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February 16th, 2018

Judge Tosses Challenge to Arkansas' Dicamba Ban

By A.P. - An Arkansas judge has dismissed a company's challenge of the state's ban on a controversial weed-killer, citing a state Supreme Court ruling that has made it more difficult to sue the state.

February 6th, 2018

GOP Lawmakers Take Aim at WHO Agency Over Roundup Ingredient

By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press - Republican lawmakers threaten to cut U.S. funding for the World Health Organization's cancer research program over its finding that the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup is probably carcinogenic to humans.

January 27th, 2018

| The Organic & Non-GMO Report

Missouri organic family farm faces ruin after herbicide drift

By Ken Roseboro - Herbicide drift has been a major problem last year damaging millions of acres of crops in the U.S.

January 31st, 2018

Don't Look, But a Couple of Mega-Companies Are About to Take Over Your Food Supply

By Tom Philpott - A rumored marriage between two ag behemoths could make life tough for farmers in a whole new way.

January 24th, 2018

Roundup weed killer in LA River: Lawmaker concerned over public health, cancer risk, birth defects

BY TONI MCALLISTER - A Southland congressman Monday urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to stop using Roundup weed killer and its active ingredient glyphosate in the Los Angeles River over concerns that it could be harmful to peopleâ€™s health.

November 9th, 2017

| The New York Times

From Brussels to Arkansas, a Tough Week for Monsanto

By Danny Hakim - Opposition from France and Italy doomed a European Union vote on Thursday to reauthorize the worldâ€™s most popular weedkiller, glyphosate, a decision that came hours after Arkansas regulators moved to ban an alternative weedkiller for much of 2018.

June 23rd, 2017

The EPA Quietly Approved Monsanto's New Genetic-Engineering Technology

By Sarah Zhang - Itâ€™s the first time RNA interference will be used to kill insect pests.

June 23rd, 2017

Arkansas Tries To Stop An Epidemic Of Herbicide Damage

By Dan Charles - Arkansas's pesticide regulators have stepped into the middle of an epic battle between weeds and chemicals, which has now morphed into a battle between farmers. Hundreds of farmers say their crops have been damaged by a weedkiller that was sprayed on neighboring fields. Today, the Arkansas Plant Board voted to impose an unprecedented ban on that chemical.

April 21st, 2017

The U.S. Regulations for Biotechnology Are Woefully Out of Date

By: Brooke Borel - But what about a potentially damaging biotech creation made the same way? How will we regulate synthetic organisms made with technologies that donâ€™t yet exist? These questions arenâ€™t just about food, as important as that isâ€”theyâ€™re also key for any biotech or synbio product, such as mosquitoes engineered to curb diseases and microbes made from scratch…

December 28th, 2016

Big Battles Over Farm And Food Policies May Be Brewing As Trump Era Begins

Allison Aubrey & Dan Charles - At first glance, food policy seems to be an afterthought in the Trump administration. The campaign saw few debates about food or farming. And the president-elect hasn't yet nominated someone to head the Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug Administration.

November 7th, 2016

Bill Maher Pushes Obama on Food Antibiotics and GMOs

By: Tom Philpott - In a recent interview on our Bite podcast, food pundit Mark Bittman named one "way, way easy" thing the President Barack Obama could have done to make the food system safer and healthier: tightly restrict the meat industry's use of antibiotics…

October 29th, 2016

| The New York Times

Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops

By: Danny Hakim - The controversy over genetically modified crops has long focused on largely unsubstantiated fears that they are unsafe to eat…

Bayer's Takeover of Monsanto Would Create the World's Largest Agricultural Supplier

By John Dyer - Anti-GMO activists are horrified at the prospect of German pharmaceutical giant Bayer purchasing American agrochemical company Monsanto, a proposed consolidation the activists said would magnify corporate power over the world's food supply.

March 10th, 2016

The Battle Over the Most Used Herbicide Heats Up as Nearly 100 Scientists Weigh In

By Doug Gurian-Sherman - Several powerful agencies have recently disagreed about the health effects of glyphosate. Now, an independent group of scientists says the herbicide is probably carcinogenic.

March 8th, 2016

Pesticide Reduction: A Goal For American Agriculture

By Margaret Mellon - â€œOur goal as a community is to reduce the amount of pesticides used in agriculture,â€ said Anthony Shelton, scientist at Cornell, explaining in a New York Times article from mid 2015 why he wants to release genetically engineered diamond-back moths into New York State cabbage fields.

February 17th, 2016

FDA to Start Testing for Glyphosate in Food

By Carey Gillam - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the nationâ€™s chief food safety regulator, plans to start testing certain foods for residues of the worldâ€™s most widely used weed killer after the World Health Organizationâ€™s cancer experts last year declared the chemical a probable human carcinogen.

February 10th, 2016

| Oregon farmers battle over GMO control

Oregon farmers battle over GMO control

By Tracy Lowe - Oregon farmers are suffering real financial losses because of contamination from nearby genetically engineered crops, a Legislative committee heard Thursday. â€œWe lose money when we have a GMO contamination event, which Iâ€™ve had happen twice,â€ said Don Tipping, an organic seed grower from Williams. â€œWe lost money directly, as have other growers.â€

February 3rd, 2016

WTF Happened to Golden Rice?

By Tom Philpott - If golden rice is such a panacea, why does it flourish only in headlines, far from the farm fields where it's intended to grow? The short answer is that the plant breeders have yet to concoct varieties of it that work as well in the field as existing rice strains…

February 2nd, 2016

GLYPHOSATE NOW THE MOST-USED AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL EVER

By Douglas Main - Anyway you look at it, this is a staggering amount, says study author Charles Benbrook…

December 15th, 2015

| The New York Times

[Opinion] Are You Eating Frankenfish?

By TOM COLICCHIO - THIS month, Congress may decide whether consumers are smart enough to be trusted with their own food choices. Some lawmakers are trying to insert language into must-pass spending legislation that would block states from giving consumers the right to know whether their food contains genetically modified ingredients. They must be stopped.

December 3rd, 2015

| Chicago Tribune

EPA tosses aside safety data, says Dow pesticide for GMOs won't harm people

By Patricia Callahan - When Monsanto genetically engineered corn and soybeans to make them immune to its best-selling weedkiller, the company pitched the technology as a way to reduce overall use of herbicides and usher in an environmentally friendly era of farming.

October 29th, 2015

GMO backlash threatens beet farmers as foodmakers swap sugars

BY CHRIS PRENTICE - In the past seven years, the farmers â€“ many in Minnesota, North Dakota, Michigan, and Idaho â€“ have all switched to GMO seeds created by Monsanto Co and sold by others as they seek to increase yields and cut costs…

October 7th, 2015

Monsanto slashing 2,600 jobs, buying back shares as sales fall

BY CAREY GILLAM - Monsanto Co, one of the world's largest seed and agrichemical companies, said on Wednesday that it was slashing 2,600 jobs and restructuring operations to cut costs in a slumping commodity market.

October 7th, 2015

The complex nature of GMOs calls for a new conversation

By Maywa Montenegro - Let me begin with a frank admission: I am a proponent of agroecology, food sovereignty, and the rights of farmers to save and reproduce their seed. But I am not anti-GMO. In agreement with my colleagues at various universities and non-governmental organizations, I believe that some GM crops could have some benefits…

October 5th, 2015

GMO Propaganda and the Sociology of Science

By Kristine Mattis - Since last year, the pro-GMO rhetoric has increased tremendously in news media articles on genetically modified organisms. Recent disclosed documents have also exposed numerous scientific experts enlisted in Monsantoâ€™s messaging…

September 8th, 2015

| Common Dreams

Monsanto Favorite Glyphosate Soon to Join California's Cancer List

by Nadia Prupis - In an unprecedented move, the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) will soon start labeling the common herbicide ingredient glyphosate a "probable carcinogenic," stepping up efforts to protect health and wildlife in the agriculture-heavy state even as use of weedkillers that include such toxins hits an all-time high.

August 4th, 2015

| Sonoma Valley Sun

Behind the ˜economics of sustainability"

Andrew Kimbrell is happy to share the dirty secret of the biotech industry. â€œAfter 30, GM foods havenâ€™t done anything for consumers,â€ said the author and environmental attorney. â€œNo better taste, no more nutrition, zero benefits, and potential risks. No one gets up in the morning saying they want to eat genetically engineered foods.â€

June 23rd, 2015

| Food Safety News

Organic Industry Wants Biotechnology Regulated By Process, Not Product

By Dan Flynn - Signing the letter were groups such as the Center for Food Safety and Food and Water Watch, organic businesses such as Amyâ€™s Kitchen and Veritable Vegetables, and environmental organizations such as the Sierra Club and the Pesticide Action Network North America.

June 22nd, 2015

Groups urge tighter controls as U.S. considers GMO crop regulation

By Carry Gillam - Dozens of consumer and food groups and businesses asked the U.S. government on Monday for tighter regulation of genetically engineered crops, calling the current system a "failure." The U.S. Department of Agriculture has said it was considering changes to the way it regulates biotech crops and set a public comment period that expired Monday.

June 22nd, 2015

"Jurassic World" and the Dinosaurs at the USDA

By Rachel Smolker - There are also the dinosaur-like regulations of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), developed way back in the 1980s before many of the new biotechnologies were even conceived…

| Capital Press

GMO mediation bill encounters opposition

By Mateusz Perkowski - The Center for Food Safety, a nonprofit involved in prominent legal battles over GMOs, alleges that ODA canâ€™t be trusted to oversee the mediation program because the agency has served as the â€œmouthpiece of the agricultural biotechnology industry.â€

| The Des Moines Register

Will superweeds, regulation create a perfect storm in Iowa farmlands?

By Gary Paul Nabhan - Since the onset of spring, one kind of game-changing news after another has reached Iowa farmers. These announcements will affect the third of the stateâ€™s farmers who are struggling to control superweeds by using glyphosates and other herbicides…

April 28th, 2015

| InterPress News Service

Campaign Against Glyphosate Steps Up in Latin America

By Fabiana Frayssinet - fter the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared glyphosate a probable carcinogen, the campaign has intensified in Latin America to ban the herbicide, which is employed on a massive scale on transgenic crops.

April 26th, 2015

| Iowa News Service

Another Challenge to New Herbicide for Use in Iowa

John Michaelson - A legal battle is being mounted against the Environmental Protection Agency over its expanded approval of a new herbicide for use in Iowa and other states across the Midwest. The herbicide from Dow AgroSciences is called Enlist Duo.

March 31st, 2015

EPA will require weed-resistance restrictions on glyphosate herbicide

By Carey Gillam - U.S. regulators will put new restrictions on the world's most widely used herbicide to help address the rapid expansion of weeds resistant to the chemical, Reuters has learned.

March 20th, 2015

| Associated Press

Roundup Weed Killer Has Probable Carcinogen, U.N. Says

By MARIA CHENG, AP Medical Writer - One of the world's most popular weed-killers â€” and the most widely used kind in the U.S. â€” has been labeled a probable carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer…

March 3rd, 2015

| The Des Moines Register

Agriculture or agribusiness? As Iowa goesâ€¦

By George Naylor, CFS Board Member - Here we go again…

March 1st, 2015

| Statesman Journal

Without Kitzhaber, will GMO legislation stall?

By Tracy Loew - Under a bill introduced in the Legislature last week, Oregon voters would decide this fall whether to label genetically modified food sold in the state. Lawmakers also are trying to resolve the conflict between the state's GMO and non-GMO farmers, who fear contamination from cross-pollination or rogue plants.

February 19th, 2015

| Honolulu Civil Beat

House Panel Rejects Bill to Impose Buffer Zones for Pesticides

By Anita Hofschneider - The Center for Food Safetyâ€™s Hawaii director, Ashley Lukens, said after Thursdayâ€™s hearing that she was frustrated by the limited amount of time advocates were given to testify. â€œIt was clear from the very beginning that the hearing was intended to allow the industry to reiterate their talking points,â€ she said.

February 19th, 2015

Battle to feed the world pits small farmers against big agriculture

By Mark Anderson - As the world prepares to transition from the millennium development goals (MDGs) to the sustainable development goals â€“ which aim to end poverty and hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition and promote sustainable development â€“ some experts say farmers like Alvitsa exemplify the path to meeting these targets.

February 16th, 2015

You could soon be munching on genetically modified apples

The nonprofit Center for Food Safety questioned whether browning-resistance will mask apples that no longer are fresh. The Environmental Working Group said the government's decision to allow marketing of the apples shows the need for mandatory, clear-labeling of genetically modified foods.

February 13th, 2015

U.S. approves first biotech apple that resists browning

By Carey Gillam - Several science, environmental and consumer groups said they worry the genetic changes could have unintended consequences on insects, animals and humans. "We think there are some possible risks that were not adequately considered," said Doug Gurian-Sherman, a plant pathologist and senior scientist with the Center for Food Safety non-profit group.

February 8th, 2015

| Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

Monsanto Inches Closer To Biggest Biotech Launch In Companyâ€™s History

By Robert Holly - To counter a â€œsuper weedâ€ epidemic plaguing farmers, agribusiness giant Monsanto is steadily moving forward on the introduction of its next major wave of genetically engineered crops. But â€“ citing environmental and sustainability concerns â€“ critics argue that step forward is actually a substantial leap back.

February 7th, 2015

| Honolulu Star Advertiser

Hawaii County accepts help in defending anti-GMO law

The Hawaii County Council has voted to allow attorneys from national advocacy groups Earthjustice and the Center for Food Safety to represent it for free as it defends a new law restricting the cultivation of genetically modified organisms.

February 2nd, 2015

Monsanto's Newest GM Crops May Create More Problems Than They Solve

By Brandon Keim - The latest in a new generation of genetically engineered crops is poised to enter widespread use—and critics think they'll cause more problems than they solve.

January 21st, 2015

GMO-Crops Don't Live Up To The Hype With Regards To Pest Control, Research Shows

By James Ayre - New research from the University of Arizona has shown us yet another example of the many ways in which GMO-crops (genetically modified organisms) fail to live up to the hype…

January 20th, 2015

Will Hawaii Lawmakers Address Concerns About Pesticides?

By Anita Hofschneider - Hawaii doesnâ€™t have any laws regulating what pesticides are sprayed on or around schools. And the Department of Education blames a lack of money for its failure to implement a program to limit schoolsâ€™ use of pesticides on their own property…

January 15th, 2015

USDA approves Monsanto's new GMO soybeans, cotton

By Carey Gillam - Monsanto Co. received final U.S. approval on Thursday for herbicide-tolerant crops to be used with a new herbicide the company says will fight problematic weed resistance on farm fields, but critics say will only worsen the problems.

January 15th, 2015

| Wisconsin Gazette

Communities enact bans on GMO crops

By Lisa Neff - The Center for Food Safety and Our Family Farms Coalition joined the farmers in the defense of the Jackson County ordinance approved by voters in May 2014. Campaigns are underway to enact similar measures in other parts of the country, including in Wisconsin.

January 11th, 2015

| St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Genetically-modified wheat is in the works again, but are we ready for it?

By Tim Barker - A decade ago, the agriculture giant was on the verge of seeking regulatory approval for a Roundup Ready version of hard red spring wheat, typically used for bread flour. But in May 2004, Monsanto halted the program, citing changing market conditions. It was clear that growers â€” worried about consumer backlash â€” werenâ€™t ready…

January 5th, 2015

| Al Jazeera America

Can GMOs save the world?

By Anna LappÃ© - Monsanto claims that biotech can feed the planet. Here's why it won't.

January 5th, 2015

| High Plains Public Radio

Getting off the chemical treadmill

By Abby Wendle - Farmers engaged in an epic struggle with â€œsuperweedsâ€ â€“ weeds that donâ€™t die even when sprayed with herbicide â€“ are looking for help from a new super chemical thatâ€™s about to hit the market…

November 25th, 2014

| Capital Press

New GMO potato avoids USDA regulation

Mateusz Perkowski - The Center for Food Safety, a non-profit thatâ€™s critical of genetic engineering, is nervous about the USDAâ€™s position on the Cellectis potatoes. â€œI think itâ€™s really jumping the gun for the USDA to be removing it from regulatory oversight,â€ said Doug Gurian-Sherman, director of sustainable agriculture for the group…

November 22nd, 2014

| Honolulu Civil Beat

Two Groups Seek to Defend Maui Countyâ€™s GMO Farming Ban

A separate coalition of Maui County residents represented by the national nonprofits Center for Food Safety and Earthjustice also filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit to defend Maui Countyâ€™s moratorium. The nonprofits have also intervened in similar lawsuits on Kauai and the Big Island.

November 17th, 2014

Armyworm resistance to GMO crops seen in U.S. -study

By Carey Gillam - Crop-devouring armyworms are showing increasing resistance in some U.S. farm fields to a popular type of genetically modified crop that should kill them, scientists said on Monday.

November 7th, 2014

| The New York Times

U.S.D.A. Approves Modified Potato. Next Up: French Fry Fans.

By ANDREW POLLACK - Doug Gurian-Sherman, a plant pathologist and senior scientist at the Center for Food Safety, an advocacy group, said that the technique used to silence the genes, called RNA interference, was still not well understood…

November 3rd, 2014

Maui isn't Wowed by GMOs

By Shannon Wianecki - Monsanto is pouring money into rural Hawaii politics. A campaign spending report released last week revealed that the agrochemical company has spent over $5 million fighting a grassroots campaign to regulate Maui County's growing biotech industry…

October 28th, 2014

| The Pump Handle

Lawsuits challenge EPA's approval of new herbicide

By Elizabeth Grossman - Despite substantial public opposition and the "grave concerns" of about 50 members of Congress and significant unanswered questions about human and environmental health impacts, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a new herbicide called Enlist Duo for use on genetically engineered corn and soybeans in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisc…

October 22nd, 2014

Critics of Dow herbicide sue U.S. EPA over approval

By Carey Gillam - A coalition of U.S. farmer and environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to overturn regulatory approval granted last week for an herbicide developed by Dow AgroSciences. "They did not do an adequate job," said Andrew Kimbrell, an attorney with the Center for Food Safety, a plaintiff in the case. "This was a rubber stamp. They acted illegally in approving this."

October 15th, 2014

New Seeds, Old Pesticides: A Farmer Weighs on 2,4-D and Next Gen GMOs

By Jim Goodman - I doubt very many people have ever heard or seen a â€œtank mix.â€ Simply put, it is a mix of several crop chemicals used together to control a variety of weeds. I have not looked into a swirling mix of chemicals in a crop spray rig for probably 20 yearsâ€“thatâ€™s about how long it has been since we have used any herbicides on our farm.

October 14th, 2014

| Des Moines Register

Kuciniches: Redefine agriculture in Iowa

By Matthew Patane - Iowans are in the perfect place to start a new conversation about moving U.S. agriculture away from the influence of large businesses, Dennis and Elizabeth Kucinich said Tuesday.

October 5th, 2014

| St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Discovery of genetically modified wheat creates stir among supporters, critics

By Tim Barker - It was revealed last month that regulators are trying to figure out why a rogue patch of genetically modified wheat popped up on a Montana farm. The news startled GMO critics and supporters â€” although for different reasons.

October 1st, 2014

| The Los Angeles Times

Escalating the weed wars

Editorial - Just as the nation must stop overusing antibiotics if it hopes to slow the emergence of resistant infections, it must do the same with herbicides and genetically modified crops.

September 30th, 2014

A farmland controversy sprouts over 'superweeds'

By Mark Koba - The approval by the U.S. Department of Agriculture this month for new soy and corn seeds by Dow Chemical is setting off another battle over genetically modified organisms (GMOs). At issue is whether the extended use of GMOs is creating a new type of "superweed."

September 25th, 2014

| Wired Magazine

New Generation of GM Crops Puts Agriculture in a â€˜Crisis Situationâ€™

By Brandon Keim - â€œIn our view, itâ€™s pathetically weak,â€ said science policy analyst Bill Freese at the Center for Food Safety, an advocacy group that has pledged to â€œpursue all available legal optionsâ€ in fighting Enlistâ€™s approval…

September 25th, 2014

Beyond GMOs: The Rise of Synthetic Biology

By Josie Garthwaite - Genetically modified organisms today usually have just one engineered gene. Scientists now want to create organisms with whole new gene clusters.

September 18th, 2014

Despite USDA approval, Dow's new GMO corn and soybeans face hurdles

By Carey Gillam - "We will litigate," said Andrew Kimbrell, founder and executive director of the Center for Food Safety. The non-profit group has a history of winning court orders that have delayed other genetically modified crops, including GMO sugar beets, canola and alfalfa.

September 17th, 2014

| New York Times

Altered to Withstand Herbicide, Corn and Soybeans Gain Approval

By Andrew Pollack - â€œWith this approval comes millions of more pounds of toxic herbicides dumped onto our land; itâ€™s an unacceptable outcome,â€ Andrew Kimbrell, executive director of the Center for Food Safety, a Washington advocacy group, said in a statement.

September 12th, 2014

Is Monsanto Admitting Guilt in ˜Zombie" GMO Wheat Settlement?

By Steve Holt - News emerged this week about a possible settlement between Monsanto and the farmers whose wheat was allegedly contaminated by unauthorized genetically modified seeds produced by the biotech firm…

September 7th, 2014

| St. Louis Post-Dispatch

GMO experiments receive questionable oversight

Bill Lambrecht - The documents show how the obscure Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), part of the Agriculture Department, takes an industry-friendly approach in seeking to prevent contamination or economic harm from field trials.

September 4th, 2014

| The Epoch Times

Superweeds and the Chemical Dependency of American Farmers

By Conan Milner - Today, however, over 60 million acres of American farmland are riddled with Roundup resistant â€œsuperweeds.â€ Government regulators say the â€œpreferred alternativeâ€ for superweed management is to increase use of an old but powerful herbicide: Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (better known as 2,4-D).

August 29th, 2014

How to Be Curious About the Green Revolution

The post below is a short guide about how to think about the Green Revolution. Itâ€™s a detective story, but one for which clues are available in the public domain. The main trick: to see a question when others see a conclusion. In other words, to be curious.

August 25th, 2014

| New York Times

Judge Blocks a Local Pesticide Law in Hawaii

By Andrew Pollack - A federal judge in Hawaii has struck down a local ordinance that would have restricted or regulated the use of pesticides and genetically modified crops on the island of Kauai, saying the measure was pre-empted by state law.

August 13th, 2014

| Associated Press

Decision could boost use of popular weed killer

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Faced with tougher and more resistant weeds, corn and soybean farmers are anxiously awaiting government decisions on a new version of a popular herbicide â€” and on genetically modified seeds to grow crops designed to resist it.

August 10th, 2014

Potato giant finds fewer pesticides please consumers, neighbors, bottom line

By Dan Gunderson - Helicopters still spray and pesticides haven't disappeared, but Offutt's using less of them. It now employs automated weather stations and a sophisticated computer program to predict disease risk. The company tried the new system on 13 percent of the crop last year, targeting sensitive areas near homes where pesticide drift might be a problem…

August 8th, 2014

| Mintpress News

Outrage Follows USDA's Advancement Of New Genetically Engineered Crops

By Andrea Germanos - "Weed resistance is a major problem for farmers and we need a solution. This decision shows that the only options USDA is willing to consider are ones that lead to increased profits for chemical companies…

August 7th, 2014

Read the Emails in the Hilarious Monsanto/Mo Rocca/CondÃ© Nast Meltdown (UPDATED)

By Tom Philpott - Last week, Gawker uncovered a hapless tie-up between genetically modified seed/pesticide giant Monsanto and CondÃ© Nast Mediaâ€”publisher of The New Yorker, Bon Appetit, GQ, Self, Details, and other magazinesâ€”to produce "an exciting video series" on the "topics of food, food chains and sustainability."

August 5th, 2014

| Hawaii Tribune Herald

County may get help in GMO lawsuit

By Tom Callis - The Center for Food Safety and Big Island organic farmers Rachel Laderman, Nancy Redfeather and Marilyn Howe are seeking to help Hawaii County defend its law restricting the use of genetically modified crops. - See more at: http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/local-news/county-may-get-help-gmo-lawsuit#sthash.DZh45DMA.dpuf

August 5th, 2014

| Wisconsin Gazette

Oregon seeks to be 1st state to map GMO fields

Associated Press - Before residents in southern Oregon overwhelmingly voted to ban genetically modified crops earlier this summer, farmers negotiated for months with a biotech company that grows engineered sugar beets near their fields.

August 2nd, 2014

| Star Tribune (MN)

'Superweeds' emerge to challenge farmers

By Tom Meersman - On a research plot near the Rochester airport, Jared Goplen has watched weeds for the past three summers. His specialty is giant ragweed, one of more than a dozen species of â€œsuperweedsâ€ that resist the most widely used Âherbicides. Superweeds can take over cropland, reduce yields and wipe out farmersâ€™ profits…

August 2nd, 2014

| New York Times

Missouri Weighs Unusual Addition to Its Constitution: Right to Farm

By Julie Bosman - KINGDOM CITY, Mo. â€” Missourians already have the constitutional right to religion, speech and guns. On Tuesday, they could make a novel addition to the State Constitution: the right to farm.

August 1st, 2014

| Honolulu Civil Beat

Earthjustice, Center for Food Safety Seek to Defend Big Island GMO Ban

By Anita Hofschneider - National nonprofits Earthjustice and Center for Food Safety, along with Big Island farmers Nancy Redfeather, Marilyn Howe and Rachel Laderman, have filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit that challenges Hawaii Countyâ€™s moratorium on growing new genetically engineered crops.

July 31st, 2014

The U.S. Bans GMOs, Bee-Killing Pesticides in All Wildlife Refuges

By Todd Woody - The U.S. government is creating a safe place for bees on national wildlife refuges by phasing out the use of genetically modified crops and an agricultural pesticide implicated in the mass die-off of pollinators.

July 29th, 2014

Brazil farmers say GMO corn no longer resistant to pests

By Caroline Stauffer - Genetically modified corn seeds are no longer protecting Brazilian farmers from voracious tropical bugs, increasing costs as producers turn to pesticides, a farm group said on Monday.

July 23rd, 2014

U.S. Midwestern farmers fighting explosion of 'superweeds'

By Carey Gillam - Farmers in important crop-growing states should consider the environmentally unfriendly practice of deeply tilling fields to fight a growing problem with invasive "superweeds" that resist herbicides and choke crop yields, agricultural experts said this week.

July 17th, 2014

| Good Housekeeping

Answers to Your Biggest GMO Questions

By Sari Harrar - News flash: Your food might have been hacked. Back in 1994, the first genetically modified tomato hit supermarkets, and ever since, lab-altered food has been creeping onto America's plates.

| Mint Press News

Half A Million People To EPA: Stop "Largest Expansion Of A Known Toxic Herbicide"

By Andrea Germanos - As the EPA appears poised to OK new herbicide duo containing 2,4-D, watchdogs sound alarm.

June 28th, 2014

| The Des Moines Register

Don't repeat mistakes that led to Superweeds

By Neil D. Hamilton - The Des Moines Register deserves a hearty thank you for Donnelle Eller's eye-opening Sunday article on glysophate-resistant Superweeds. It details a real threat to Iowa agriculture and raises important questions about responsibility and the way forward…

June 24th, 2014

The Next Generation of GM Crops Has Arrived - And So Has the Controversy

By Brandon Keim - The first of a new generation of genetically modified crops is poised to win government approval in the United States, igniting a controversy that may continue for years, and foreshadowing the future of genetically modified crops.

June 16th, 2014

| Statesman Journal, Asoociated Press

Oregon hopes to be first state to map GMO fields

By Gosia Wozniacka - Last October, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber directed the state's Department of Agriculture to undertake something far more ambitious than that failed mapping effort â€” map GMO field locations across the entire state and establish buffer zones and exclusion areas for GE crops…

June 11th, 2014

| Center for Media and Democracy's PRWatch

Pesticide and GMO Companies Spend Big in Hawai'i

By Rebekah Wilce - Hawai'i has become "ground zero" in the controversy over genetically modified (GMO) crops and pesticides…

| The Oregonian

Jackson, Josephine voters wanted to help family farmers: Guest opinion

By Elise Higley - The Oregonian editorial criticizing Jackson and Josephine County voters who overwhelmingly voted to ban the growing of genetically engineered crops missed the fundamental issue behind these votes…

| Huffington Post

The Vietnam War Toxin Now Lurking in US Food

By Elizabeth Kucinich - Lingering long after the bombs stopped falling in Vietnam, the effects of Agent Orange continue to haunt Vietnamese people and American veterans of the war. Generations later, cancers, birth defects, deformities, and organ failure have all been attributed to exposure to the chemicals produced by Monsanto and Dow Chemical to defoliate Vietnamese jungles…

| Deutsche Welle

Fear over GM plants and pesticides

Hawaii has become the world's largest genetic engineering testing ground for global seed producers. For several years, biotech companies such as Syngenta, Pioneer and Bayer Crop Science have been testing their latest breeds in the open air.

| The Oregonian

Critics appeal to USDA year after GMO wheat found in Oregon: food safety roundup

By Lynne Terry - A group of farmers and critics of genetically modified crops have appealed to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to suspend trials until protection measures are put in place. The appeal through the Center for Food Safety comes a year after the USDA found unapproved genetically engineered wheat in the field cultivated by an Oregon farmer.

High risks, few rewards for Mexico with Monsanto's maize

By Timothy A. Wise - As I began to investigate this most controversial of biotech initiatives, the question that most puzzled me was: why anyone in Mexico thinks the country needs anything that transgenic maize has to offer?

| Capital Press

Biotech critics oppose 2,4-D resistant crops

By Eric Mortenson - The next argument over genetically engineered crops has arrived with Dow AgroScienceâ€™s bid to gain federal approval for soybean and corn varieties that resist the herbicide 2,4-D and for Enlist Duo, a 2,4-D-glyphosate mix that can be used on the new varieties.

Beating Monsanto in the Food Fight: Oregon Counties Vote to Ban GMO Crops

By John Nichols - Now that the US Supreme Court has undermined historic controls on monopoly politics, corporate cash flows into election campaigns at an unprecedented rate. But it does not always win. Just ask the farmers of Oregonâ€™s Jackson County.

| The Oregonian

Measures to ban most GMO crops passing in Jackson, Josephine counties

By Yuxing Zheng - A controversial Jackson County measure to ban most genetically engineered crops passed, as did a similar measure in next-door Josephine County, according to unofficial returns Tuesday night.

VIDEO: GMO's Are in Trouble, Failing in Field: Pollan

"The Omnivore's Dilemma" Author Michael Pollan discusses modern agriculture on Bloomberg TelevisionÃ¢ï¿½ï¿½s "Bloomberg Surveillance."

| Huffington Post

National Geographic's 'Five Steps' Won't Feed The World: An Iowa Farmer's View

By George Naylor - Here in Iowa where the landscape is plastered with millions of acres of genetically modified corn and soybeans along with their poisonous herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and fertilizers polluting our lakes and rivers, our institutions deny that Silent Spring has arrived, let alone that anything needs to change.

US Nearing Approval of Next Generation of Herbicide-Resistant Crops

By Carey L. Biron - Two key federal agencies here are in the final stages of approving a new herbicide-resistant crop â€œsystemâ€ that would constitute the second phase of genetically engineered agriculture, following an announcement this week.

| Union of Concerned Scientists

More Herbicide, or More Innovative, Sustainable Farming?

By Doug Gurian-Sherman - As another growing season begins, production agriculture is confronted with important choices. Among them is whether the farming community and policy makers will heed the clear warnings from herbicide-resistant weeds that industrial monoculture farming methods are not sustainable.

April 25th, 2014

| Wall Street Journal

For Weed Control, Farmers Widen Their Arsenal of Herbicides

By Jacob Bunge - U.S. farmers are dousing their fields with a wider array of herbicides, helping some turn a corner in the war on super weeds but adding new costs and environmental concerns.

April 23rd, 2014

Monsanto GM Soy Is Scarier Than You Think

By Tom Philpott - Given soy's centrality to our food and agriculture systems, the findings of a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Food Chemistry are worth pondering. The authors found that Monsanto's ubiquitous Roundup Ready soybeans, engineered to withstand its own blockbuster herbicide, contain more herbicide residues than their non-GMO counterparts…

April 16th, 2014

| Pacific Business News

Center for Food Safety opens first Hawaii office in Honolulu

By Duane Shimogawa - The Center for Food Safety recently opened a Hawaii office in Honolulu, its fourth office in the United States, which will be overseen by Ashley Lukens as its program director and Kasha Ho as its community outreach coordinator.

April 14th, 2014

| The Garden Island

Hooser: "Big win" for Kauai

By Chris D'Angelo - A federal judge is allowing the Center for Food Safety and Earthjustice to intervene as defendants in the legal challenge of Ordinance 960 by KauaiÃ¢ï¿½ï¿½s four biotech seed corporations. Andrew Kimbrell, founder and executive director of CFS, said U.S…

April 7th, 2014

Monsanto and co. pouring money into defeating county measure to ban GMOs

Monsanto and five other top agrochemical companies have donated a combined $455,000 to defeat an Oregon county ballot initiative that would restrict the growth of genetically-modified crops in area farms.

April 2nd, 2014

| Huffington Post

Monsanto: The Enemy Of Family Farmers

Elizabeth Kucinich - Monsanto is cozying up to the reputation, authenticity and wholesomeness of family farmers -- and hoping the all-American nostalgia many associate with the small scale farmer rubs off on them.

April 2nd, 2014

| Jefferson Public Radio

Ag Industry Rallies to Defeat Oregon Anti-GMO Measure

By Liam Moriarty - If voters approve, Jackson County would become the first in the state to ban growing genetically modified crops. A local farmersâ€™ group has put a measure on the May ballot. The measure would apply to just one, mostly-rural county. But the campaign has attracted attention â€“ and money â€“ from around the state, and across the nation.

March 31st, 2014

Meet the Mutant Worm That's Stronger Than Pesticides

By Steve Holt - Prior to the availability of Bt corn, only about 20 percent of corn fields were sprayed for corn rootworm, says Bill Freese, Washington, D.C.â€“based policy analyst with the Center for Food Safety. Thatâ€™s right: The introduction of a seed that was supposed to eliminate the need for insecticides may be increasing their use.

March 26th, 2014

How ''Extreme Levels'' of Monsanto's Herbicide Roundup in Food Became the Industry Norm

By Thomas BÃ¸hn and Marek Cuhra - Food and feed quality are crucial to human and animal health. Quality can be defined as sufficiency of appropriate minerals, vitamins and fats, etc. but it also includes the absence of toxins, whether man-made or from other sources…

March 24th, 2014

Why GMOs Aren't Like Smartphones

By Pete DeLaurentis - GMOs aren't like any other form of modern technology, because instead of manipulating plastic or metal, it's life that's being manipulated, and it can't be controlled as easily. Life isn't like cellphones, cars, and microchips. Life spreads. Mistakes can permanently pollute and endanger the world's food supply. Sadly, this is not future speculation. It's history.

March 17th, 2014

Voracious Worm Evolves to Eat Biotech Corn Engineered to Kill It

By Brandon Keim - After years of predicting it would happen â€” and after years of having their suggestions largely ignored by companies, farmers and regulators â€” scientists have documented the rapid evolution of corn rootworms that are resistant to Bt corn.

March 17th, 2014

Pests worm their way into genetically modified maize

By Brian Owens - Broadening of rootworm resistance to toxins highlights the importance of crop rotation.

March 13th, 2014

Center for Food Safety sues USDA over genetically modified alfalfa

By David Pierson

March 12th, 2014

| Al Jazeera America

Agent Orange from farm to table

By Anna LappÃ© - â€œIf Dow Chemicalâ€™s 2,4-D-tolerant corn and soy crops are approved by the USDA, hundreds of millions more pounds (PDF) of this toxic chemical will be used on crops, with ever-increasing residues on our food,â€ the Center for Food Safetyâ€™s Rebecca Spector told me…

March 3rd, 2014

| Earth Island Journal

Trouble in Paradise

By Maureen Nandini Mitra - â€œThe thing with the Kauai bill is that it exposes the link between GMOs and pesticides,â€ says Bill Freese of the Center for Food Safety. The Kauai measure is important, Freese says, because it skips the question of whether GMOs are safe for human consumption and instead focuses on the issue of public health in farming communities…

February 27th, 2014

| Honolulu Civil Beat

Are These Chemical Companies Really Being 'Good Neighbors?'

By Paul Achitoff - Many Kauai locals have been outraged to discover that their island paradise is also home to a proliferating genetically engineered crop industry that is dousing the Garden Isle with extremely toxic chemical pesticides.

February 25th, 2014

| The Garden Island

Lawsuit defenders could grow

By Chris D'Angelo - A coalition of Kauai residents and public interest groups, represented by the Center for Food Safety and Earthjustice, filed papers in federal district court Monday to intervene as defendants in the legal challenge of Ordinance 960, formerly Bill 2491.

February 24th, 2014

U.S. GMO crops show mix of benefits, concerns - USDA report

By Carey Gillam - After more than 15 years of using genetically modified crops, U.S. farmers are continuing to see an array of benefits, but the impacts on the environmental and on food production are mixed, and high farmer use of a popular herbicide on GMO crops is a cause for ongoing concern, according to a report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

February 18th, 2014

| Huffington Post

Meet the New Monsanto: Dow Chemical... and Their New 'Agent Orange' Crops

By Andrew Kimbrell - There is one company that may even be worse than Monsanto. And unless we act soon, that company is going to start contaminating our farms and our food in ways we have never seen before. Meet the Dow Chemical company.

February 17th, 2014

| Huffington Post

GMOs: The Pesticide Connection

By Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff - My problem with GMOs in plants grown for food is that most manipulation involves making them able to better withstand high doses of pesticides. In fact, from 1996 to 2008 -- the first 13 years of commercial GMO crop production -- there were 318 million more pounds of pesticides applied to crops.

February 17th, 2014

| The Raw Story

France continues to push ban on genetically modified corn due to environmental risks

By Reuters - France published a decree on Monday to prevent the planting of genetically modified maize as a stop-gap measure, while the government works on changes to domestic and European laws to ensure a longer-term ban…

February 3rd, 2014

| One Green Planet

Why We Need to Keep "Agent Orange" GMO Crops Off Our Farms

By Abigail Seiler - Have you heard of superweeds? For years, Monsanto has been selling genetically engineered (GE) or GMO corn and soybeans that promote the use of an herbicide called Roundup. Evolution is happening, and now weeds are becoming resistant to Monsantoâ€™s killer…

January 26th, 2014

| The Garden Island

Farming forever?

By Chris Dâ€™Angelo - A pair of bills introduced Friday in the Hawaii House and Senate seek to prevent counties from restricting farming beyond state and federal laws.

January 21st, 2014

Crop flops: GMOs lead ag down the wrong path

By Tom Philpott - Before I respond to Nathanael Johnsonâ€™s assertion that the â€œstakes are so lowâ€ in the debate over GMOs, I want to address a smaller point. â€œThe debate isnâ€™t about actual genetically modified organisms â€” if it was weâ€™d be debating the individual plants, not GMOs as a whole,â€ Johnson writes…

January 16th, 2014

America's GM backlash should give Britain food for thought

By Peter Melchett - American consumers are beginning to discover, as Europeans did back in the late 1990s, that most of their processed food contains GM ingredients. This coincides with US farmers starting to fall out of love with the technology. In the UK, we are constantly told that GM must work "because American farmers carry on growing GM crops"…

January 14th, 2014

Grist's Coverage on GMOs: What's Really at Stake

By Anna LappÃ© - If youâ€™ve been reading the running commentary over at Grist for the past six months, journalist Nathanael Johnson has been opining about genetic engineering in agriculture, diving into the debate and surfacing now with a final â€œwhat I learnedâ€ piece…

January 12th, 2014

| Daily Finance

Dow Chemical Readies for a New Era of Superweeds

By Rich Duprey - Because of the overuse of Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller, farmers have created "superweeds" that resist the best efforts of the herbicide to eradicate them…

January 11th, 2014

| Honolulu Star Advertiser

3 companies sue to block Kauai's new law on GMOs, pesticides

By Star-Advertiser staff - Syngenta, Pioneer Hi-Bred and Agrigenetics -- an affiliate of Dow -- have sued to block Kauai County from implementing its new genetically modified organism and pesticide regulation law. "Kauai's ordinance is a sound and well-crafted law…

January 7th, 2014

Why I'm Still Skeptical of GMOs

By Tom Philpott - Over the weekend, listservs, blogs, and Twitter feeds lit up with reactions to Amy Harmon's New York Times deep dive into the politics behind a partial ban on growing genetically modified crops on Hawaii's main island…

January 3rd, 2014

USDA moves Dow's GMO Enlist corn and beans closer to approval

By Carey Gillam - "This is among the worst applications of biotechnology," said Andrew Kimbrell, executive director of the Center for Food Safety. "They will increase the use of toxic pesticides in industrial agriculture while providing absolutely no benefit to consumers."

December 21st, 2013

| Food Poisoning Bulletin

Natural Label Should Not Include GMO Foods

By Linda Larsen - Center for Food Safety has asked the FDA not to allow GMO foods to fall under the "natural" label, while the GMA is preparing to petition the FDA to include GMO foods under the definition…

December 12th, 2013

Unease among Brazil's farmers as Congress votes on GM terminator seeds

By Jonathan Watts - Brazil is set to break a global moratorium on genetically-modified "terminator" seeds, which are said to threaten the livelihoods of millions of small farmers around the world.

December 6th, 2013

| Living on Earth

GMO Study Retracted - Censorship or Caution?

A French study in 2012 led by Gilles-Eric SÃ©ralini found animals fed Monsantoâ€™s Roundup Ready corn had increased mortality and more tumors than a control group. Amid heavy industry criticism, the journal that published the research has retracted the study from its archives…

December 5th, 2013

| San Diego Free Press

Monsanto, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Global Food Dominance

By Ellen Brown - Global food control has nearly been achieved, by reducing seed diversity with GMO (genetically modified) seeds that are distributed by only a few transnational corporations…

December 2nd, 2013

| Los Angeles Times

China rejects shipment of U.S. genetically modified corn

By David Pierson - China recently rejected a 60,000-ton shipment of American corn because it included unapproved genetically modified grain, the countryâ€™s food-quality watchdog said…

December 2nd, 2013

| Inter Press Service

Argentine Protesters vs Monsanto: "The Monster is Right on Top of Us"

By Fabiana Frayssinet - The people of this working-class suburb of CÃ³rdoba in Argentinaâ€™s central farming belt stoically put up with the spraying of the weed-killer glyphosate on the fields surrounding their neighbourhood. But the last straw was when U.S. biotech giant Monsanto showed up to build a seed plant.

November 27th, 2013

Journal retraction of Seralini study is illicit, unscientific, and unethical

The editor of the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology (FCT), Dr A…

November 19th, 2013

| Huffington Post

Hawaii's Big Island Bans Biotech Companies & GMO Crops

Large biotech companies like Syngenta, Monsanto, Pioneer, Dow and BASF have long been experimenting with GMO crops and seeds in Hawaii. They have farms on Oahu, Kauai and Molokai, but they've never operated on Hawaii's Big Island -- and now they never will…

November 19th, 2013

China rejects US corn cargo due to unapproved GMO variety

By Niu Shuping and Karl Plume - China, one of the world's largest corn importers, has rejected a cargo of the grain from the United States as it contained a genetically modified variety that has not been approved by Beijing, traders said…

November 15th, 2013

| Honolulu Civil Beat

Democracy Interrupted: Kauai Suspends Vote on Pesticide, GMO Bill

By Sophie Cocke - Drama hung in the air at the Kauai County Council as members prepared to vote Thursday on whether they would override Mayor Bernard Carvalhoâ€™s veto of pesticide and GMO disclosure Bill 2491.

November 12th, 2013

Consumer, green groups voice fears over EU-U.S. trade deal

By Philip Blenkinsop - Consumers risk losing out in a planned free-trade deal between Europe and the United States if big business succeeds in loosening standards, European consumer and environmental groups warned on Tuesday.

November 8th, 2013

| Wall Street Journal

Our GM Food Fears Aren't Irrational: Letter to the Editor

By Andrew Kimbrell - Marc Van Montagu's "The Irrational Fear of GM Food" (op-ed, Oct. 23) is flawed from its first sentence. Genetically engineered (GE) crops have failed to deliver the promises Mr. Van Montagu cites as fact.

October 25th, 2013

| The Washington Post

Letter to the Editor: Will genetically modified foods lead to feast or famine?

By Elizabeth Kucinich - The Post pitted sustainable agriculture against hunger in its editorial on using genetically modified crops in Africa. But poverty, land access, infrastructure and debt were noticeably absent from its analysis.

October 21st, 2013

| Bioscience Resource Project

Scientists State: There Is No Scientific Consensus on GMO Safety

There is no scientific consensus on the safety of genetically modified foods and crops, according to a statement released today by an international group of more than 90 scientists, academics and physicians.[1] The statement comes in response to recent claims from the GM industry and some scientists, journalists, and commentators that there is a "scientific consensus" that GM foods and crops were…

October 21st, 2013

Potential effects of agrochemicals in Argentina

Photo Series: Agrochemical spraying in Argentina has increased ninefold, from 9 million gallons in 1990 to 84 million gallons today. Yet the South American nation has a hodgepodge of widely ignored regulations that leave people dangerously exposed, and chemicals contaminate homes, classrooms, and drinking water…

October 21st, 2013

Monsanto Brings High Yields - And More Cancer - to Argentina

By Willy Blackmore - Since welcoming Monsanto into the country in 1996, Argentina has become the worldâ€™s third largest soybean producer…

October 21st, 2013

| Huffington Post

Los Angeles Proposes Banning GMOs

By Kathleen Miles - Los Angeles is considering banning the cultivation and sale of genetically modified organisms. If it does, the second-largest U.S. city would become the country's largest GMO-free zone.

October 20th, 2013

| The Garden Island

Attorneys to mayor: Sign Bill 2491

By Tom Hasslinger - A pair of attorneys are calling for Kauai's mayor to sign Bill 2491 into law. In a letter Friday to Kauai Mayor Bernard Carvalho, Jr., attorneys Paul Achitoff, of Earthjustice, and George Kimbrell said they would be willing to defend the bill in court should it come to that and urged the mayor to sign it…

October 19th, 2013

| The Washington Post

A new method against genetically modified salmon: Get retailers to refuse to sell it

By Brady Dennis - Consumer and environmental activists, likely to be defeated in their bid to block government approval of the first genetically engineered salmon, are trying a different tack to keep the fish off America's dinner plates: Getting retailers not to sell it. And they're making headway.

October 18th, 2013

Outrage Follows World Food Prize Award to GMO Scientists

By Kaye Spector - Petitions signed by more than 345,000 people were delivered to the World Food Prize headquarters Thursday opposing the awarding of this yearâ€™s prize to top researchers from agrichemical giants Monsanto and Syngenta whose contributions led to the development of genetically engineered (GE) crops.

October 18th, 2013

World Food Prize stirs controversy

By Lynn Hicks - Outside the ceremony, activists protested and fired off press releases. A truck with an advertisement from the Union of Concerned Scientists circled the Capitol, proclaiming "Monsanto fails at improving agriculture." The group said biotech companies overhype the technology's abilities…

October 16th, 2013

| New York Times

Limits Approved for Genetically Modified Crops in Kauai, Hawaii

By ANDREW POLLACK - Legislators on the island of Kauai in Hawaii have approved a bill that would restrict the use of pesticides by companies developing genetically modified crops there.

October 15th, 2013

Thinking Outside The GMO Box

By Beth Hoffman - Genetically Modified Organisms. Some argue they are the way to â€œfeed the worldâ€ and that an exploding population will require them. Others see GMO technology as part of a corporate plot to take over fields and drive farmers into debt, while everything from pesticide use to allergies are on the rise because of them…

October 14th, 2013

| New York Times

How to Feed the World

By MARK BITTMAN - It's been 50 years since President John F. Kennedy spoke of ending world hunger, yet on the eve of World Food Day, Oct. 16, the situation remains dire. The question "How will we feed the world?" implies that we have no choice but to intensify industrial agriculture, with more high-tech seeds, chemicals and collateral damage. Yet there are other, better options.

October 2nd, 2013

| New York Times

Monsanto's Losses Widen as Seed Sales Decline

Associated Press - Agricultural business giant Monsanto Co. reported worse-than-expected losses for its fiscal fourth quarter on Wednesday, due to lower sales of its genetically engineered seeds.

October 1st, 2013

Switch to organic farming may boost yields and incomes

By Jan Piotrowski - Switching to organic and resource-conserving methods of farming can improve smallholder crop yields, food security and income, a review study has found.

September 27th, 2013

| International Business Times

"Monsanto Protection Act" Killed In Senate: Controversial Provision Removed From Spending Bill

By Connor Adams Sheets - "One week ago, I asked, 'Who pulls more weight on Capitol Hill? The agrichemical companies like Dow and Monsanto, or the food movement?'" Elizabeth Kucinich, policy director for the Center for Food Safety, said in a statement. "Thanks to the leadership of Senator Barbara Mikulski we now know the answer: the food movement."

September 27th, 2013

| Wall Street Journal

The Hidden Biotech Provision Hidden in Budget Showdown

By Alicia Mundy - Critics of genetically modified crops say the technology could cause unforeseen health problems and also pose a threat to the organic-farming industry. The Center for Food Safetyâ€™s Colin Oâ€™Neil said the rider would allow industries to â€œend-runâ€ court rulings protecting the environment.

September 27th, 2013

Food safety group demands U.S. probe in tainting of alfalfa crop

By Carey Gillam - The Center for Food Safety said it was basing its legal petition on evidence that the seed used by farmer Joseph Peila to plant the crop was purchased in the year before the biotech variety was granted final regulatory approval by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2011…

September 26th, 2013

Why Commodity Farming is a Tough Row to Hoe

By Tom Philpott - Large agri-business companies usually donâ€™t actually grow food-because even with subsidies and federal insurance, growing commodity crops doesnâ€™t usually pay…

September 25th, 2013

| Washington Post

In Oregon, local government rights could go on trial this Monday

By Niraj Chokshi - Lawmakers and Kitzhaber have been accused of serving special interests in reviving the measure, and a coalition of environmental, farm and food groups are asking that he withdraw it from the special session…

September 24th, 2013

Senate CR to strip Monsanto rider

By DAVID ROGERS - â€œThat provision will be gone,â€ said Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), confirming the change to POLITICO. The Center for Food Safety, a Washington-based non-profit, welcomed the decision as â€œa major victory for the food movementâ€ and â€œsea change in a political climate that all too often allows corporate earmarks to slide through must-pass legislation.â€

September 22nd, 2013

| Huffington Post

Gabbard Outraged Over Extension Of 'Monsanto Protection Act'

By Chad Blair - Tulsi Gabbard says attempts to extend the so-called "Monsanto Protection Act" in the U.S. Congress is "outrageous." In an email to supporters Friday, the Hawaii congresswoman urges her constituents to defeat the measure.

September 20th, 2013

U.S. House votes to extend "Monsanto rider" on GM crops

"The American people deserve better than dirty politics, yet the Republican leadership continues to side with the agrichemical companies that the rider seeks to protect," said Colin O'Neil, director of government affairs for Center for Food Safety, which opposes GM crops.

September 18th, 2013

| Huffington Post

The Monsanto Protection Act Is Back!

By Elizabeth Kucinich, Policy Director at Center for Food Safety - The agrichemical companies may have the best lobbyists in town. Last May, the agrichemical giants -- Monsanto, Dow, Syngenta, Bayer, DuPont, BASF -- pulled off a stunning maneuver to protect their massive profits…

September 17th, 2013

USDA will not take action in case of GMO alfalfa contamination

By Carey Gillam - The detection of a small amount of genetically modified material in a Washington state farmer's non-GMO alfalfa crop constitutes a "commercial issue" only and does not warrant any government action, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday…

September 16th, 2013

| KING 5 News Seattle

Genetically modified seeds used for alfalfa crop renews I-522 debate

By ANGELA KING - The Washington State Department of Agriculture has confirmed genetically modified seeds were used to grow a recent crop of alfalfa. The alfalfa, produced by a Washington farmer, was rejected by foreign buyers last month who ban the use of genetically engineered foods. The discovery has refueled the debate over food labeling…

September 16th, 2013

USDA weighing what to do in case of GMO alfalfa contamination

By Carey Gillam - USDA and GMO proponents have said biotech and non-biotech crops can co-exist successfully. But opponents said the incident in Washington state shows that non-GMO farmers have to bear the burden and cost of any lost sales if their crops get contaminated, even at low levels…

September 12th, 2013

Washington state alfalfa crop may be contaminated with genetic modification

By Suzanne Goldenberg - Authorities were investigating a new suspected case of crop contamination on Thursday â€“ the second in the Pacific north-west in five months â€“ after samples of hay tested positive for genetically modified traits…

September 11th, 2013

Exclusive: Washington state testing alfalfa for GMO contamination

By Carey Gillam - Agriculture officials in Washington state are testing samples of alfalfa after a farmer reported his hay was rejected for export because it tested positive for a genetically modified trait that was not supposed to be in his crop…

September 11th, 2013

| Huffington Post

House Republicans Push To Include Monsanto Protection Act In New Spending Bill

Ryan Grim - Colin O'Neil, a lobbyist for the Center for Food Safety, said in a statement, "It is extremely disappointing to see the damaging 'Monsanto Protection Act' policy rider extended in the House spending bill. Hundreds of thousands of Americans called their elected officials to voice their frustration and disappointment over the inclusion of the 'Monsanto Protection Act' this past spring…

September 9th, 2013

| Prevention Magazine

Yep, There's A New GMO

By Leah Zerbe - GMO, or GE, technology promised to reduce the amount of pesticides we use, but in 2009 alone, farmers dumped 57 million pounds of glyphosate on human and livestock food crops…

September 4th, 2013

GMOs are tearing a tropical paradise apart

By Adam Skolnick - According to state pesticide records, 18 tons of 22 Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs â€“ pesticides that require special permits) are sprayed each year on Kauai. The American Cancer Society and American Academy of Pediatrics have linked 15 of those to cancer in recent studies…

August 30th, 2013

Eco-Groups Challenge Obama Administration Over GMO Farming in National Wildlife Refuges

By Mike Ludwig - Environmental advocates are once again suing the Obama administration to stop the farming of genetically engineered crops in national wildlife refuges, this time in five refuges in four Midwestern states…

August 28th, 2013

Hey Feds, Let's Keep Pesticides and GMO Crops Out of America's Wildlife Reserves

By Shaya Tayefe Mohajer - Environmental groups are getting tough with federal officials in a lawsuit that alleges some of Americaâ€™s beloved natural spaces are being damaged because lands are leased to farmers who plant genetically modified plants and use heavy pesticides…

August 28th, 2013

| Associated Press

Groups sue to stop use of GMO crops in wildlife refuges

Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop planting genetically modified crops in wildlife refuges in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Missouri. The federal lawsuit was filed Tuesday in California by the Center for Food Safety, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, the Sierra Club, and Beyond Pesticides…

August 26th, 2013

Why Genetically Modifying Food Is A Bad Idea

By Beth Hoffman - Recently the debate over genetically modified (GMO) foods has heated up again. In just the past few weeks, articles about GMOs have appeared in Slate, the New York Times, and Grist…

August 25th, 2013

| Dissident Voice

Soy Mafia and GMO Assassins Aided and Abetted by Scientific American

Bill Freese, a science policy analyst at the Center for Food Safety, said approval of the FG72 soybean would likely lead to a significant increase in the use of isoxaflutole in the U.S. â€œWe are poised to dramatically increase use of a probable human carcinogen,â€ he said, adding that the herbicide is toxic to aquatic organisms and non-target plants.

August 22nd, 2013

U.S. farm, food groups want better oversight of GMO field trials

By Carey Gillam - More than 150 U.S. farm and food businesses and organizations on Wednesday called for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to strengthen its oversight of field trials of experimental, genetically modified crops. The group includes organic and natural food industry representatives as well as family farm and trade policy players…

August 17th, 2013

Did Berkeley Defund a High-Profile Pesticide Researcher?

By Tom Philpott - Thus began Dashka Slater's feature in the Jan./Feb. 2012 Mother Jones on Tyrone Hayes, the University of California/Berkeley biologist who has done groundbreaking research suggesting that atrazine, a widely used herbicide, can literally change frogs' gender, even at at tiny exposure levelsâ€”a finding atrazine's maker, Swiss agrichemical giant Syngenta, vigorously denies…

August 5th, 2013

5 Surprising Genetically Modified Foods

By Maggie Caldwell - By now, you've likely heard about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and the controversy over whether they're the answer to world hunger or the devil incarnate…

August 4th, 2013

| St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Wheat panic abates, but source of 'rogue' strain still unknown

By Georgina Gustin - â€œThis is beginning to look at lot like the LibertyLink episode,â€ said Bill Freese, of the Center for Food Safety, a group critical of GMO regulation and the industry. â€œThey did a months-long investigation and never pinned down the source of the contamination. We see this as further evidence that the regulatory process is grossly inadequate.â€

August 1st, 2013

| Huffington Post

The Killing Fields: Industrial Agriculture, Dead Zones and Genetically Engineered Corn

By Elizabeth Kucinich, CFS Policy Director - Scientists are predicting one of the largest dead zones ever in the Gulf of Mexico this year, with estimates ranging from 7,286 to 8,561 square miles, or as large as the state of New Jersey. Dead zones are the oxygen-deprived bottom waters of bays and oceans…

July 31st, 2013

You get my drift? Pesticides cause big problems when they go where they're not wanted

By John Upton - Too many crop dusters are accidentally missing their targets and spraying poisonous pesticides where theyâ€™re not supposed to go, killing crops and sickening farmersâ€™ neighbors.

July 31st, 2013

| Indiana Public Media

Farmers: Monsanto's GMO Crop Could Create Pesticide Disaster

By Sehvilla Mann - Each year, a handful of Red Goldâ€™s suppliers see yields diminished by drift damage, and he worries that number could mushroom if the government approves crops genetically engineered by the Monsanto Company to tolerate an herbicide called dicamba…

July 29th, 2013

Turns Out Nearly Everyone Wants GMO Labeling

By Steve Holt - "This is the latest in a long series of polls showing that the overwhelming majority of Americans favor labeling of genetically engineered foods," Bill Freese of the Center for Food Safety tells TakePart…

July 23rd, 2013

| Ottawa Citizen

Pooping Canada geese may have spread GM wheat seeds

By Tom Spears - Canada geese may have spread viable seeds of genetically modified wheat grown at the Central Experimental Farm, documents from Agriculture Canada show. The odds arenâ€™t high, the department says. But the geese ate the experimental wheat last summer at the Experimental Farm. Geese are voracious eaters and leave droppings every few minutes.

July 25th, 2013

| Miami New Times

How Monsanto Is Terrifying the Farming World

By Chris Parker - Schmeiser's case illustrates how Monsanto is dominating -- and terrifying -- the agricultural world with secretive technologies, strong-arm tactics, and government approval. According to the Center for Food Safety, Monsanto has filed at least 142 similar lawsuits against farmers for alleged infringement of its patents or abuse of its technology agreement…

July 23rd, 2013

The 'other Kucinich' pans GMOs

By Julian Hattem - Since May, Kucinich has been the policy director of the Center for Food Safety, a nonprofit that pushes for environmentally friendly agriculture and fights the proliferation of genetically modified food and plants. The debates at the center of the groupâ€™s work have been steadily gaining public attention.

July 18th, 2013

| St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Some farmers want more scrutiny of new Monsanto crops

By Georgina Gustin - A coalition of farmers is asking federal regulators to further scrutinize Monsanto Co.â€™s new soybean and cotton offerings, saying they could pose environmental threats to nearby crops.

July 17th, 2013

Monsanto. Broccoli. I Love This. Really!

By Tom Philpott - As Michael Moss reports in a recent New York Times piece, a group of plant breeders from land-grant universitiesâ€”including Cornell, the University of Maine, and the University of Tennesseeâ€”are looking to extend broccoli's growing season…

July 15th, 2013

| New York Times

Looking for Ways to Beat the Weeds

By CARL ZIMMER - For decades, farmers have responded to resistant weeds by turning to a new herbicide. But a number of scientists argue that we need to get off this treadmill. They argue that we can find more effective ways to fight weeds by appreciating how well theyâ€™ve done at our expense.

July 15th, 2013

Turf war: In the battle for our crops, superweeds are winning

By Tom Laskawy - Biotech crops, which represent almost all the corn, soy, and cotton grown in the U.S., have finally met their match. And itâ€™s not (only) the millions of consumers demanding labels on food that contains genetically modified crops, or GMOs…

July 10th, 2013

Monsanto Is Losing the Press

By Tom Philpott - Back in 2008, I felt a bit lonely participating in this annual riteâ€”it was mainly just me and reporters in a the Big Ag trade press. Over the past couple of years, though, it's gone mainstream.

As Biotech Seed Falters, Insecticide Use Surges In Corn Belt

By Dan Charles - Across the Midwestern corn belt, a familiar battle has resumed, hidden in the soil. On one side are tiny, white larvae of the corn rootworm. On the other side are farmers and the insect-killing arsenal of modern agriculture.

What Is Farm Runoff Doing To The Water? Scientists Wade In

Abbie Fentress Swanson - America's hugely productive food system is one of its success stories. The nation will export a projected $139.5 billion in agricultural products this fiscal year alone. It's an industry that supports "more than 1 million jobs," according to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack…

Herbicide-resistant weeds gaining ground in Iowa

Herbicide-resistant weeds â€” called â€œsuperweedsâ€ in some quarters â€” are forcing Iowa farmers to adopt more diverse weed-management strategies.

Hawaiians fight back against GMO experiments

By John Upton - The state of Hawaii has become a lot like the island of Dr. Moreau. Except that instead of Dr. Moreau â€” the mad scientist in H.G. Wellsâ€™s 1896 novel who vivisected animals into beast-people â€” Hawaii is ruled by the GMO industry. But now many residents, including lawmakers, are saying they have had enough of this science-fictionesque madness.

June 28th, 2013

| Harvest Public Media

Who Wants Biotech Wheat?

By Grant Gerlock - â€œConcerns about GMOs are particularly strong when it is such a staple crop or something that we eat directly,â€ said Bill Freese, science policy analyst at the Center for Food Safety. â€œ(Wheat) is the stuff of life. Itâ€™s the staple crop. Itâ€™s what we make bread and pasta out of.â€

June 27th, 2013

Study: Monsanto GMO food claims probably false

By Jill Richardson - A new peer-reviewed study published in the International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability examined those claims and found that conventional plant breeding, not genetic engineering, is responsible for yield increases in major U.S. crops. Additionally, GM crops, also known as genetically engineered (GE) crops, canâ€™t even take credit for reductions in pesticide use.

June 19th, 2013

Life in the Rural Police State of Monsanto

By Richard Schiffman - For as long as humans have been growing food, farmers have saved seeds from their harvest to sow the following year. But Monsanto and other big seed companies have changed the rules of the game…

June 17th, 2013

| Los Angeles Times

Genetic engineering and the alien wheat in Oregon

By Karin Klein - There's a dearth of evidence that genetically engineered food is dangerous to human health â€” but that doesnâ€™t mean consumers are wrong to have concerns about its effect on the environment and on non-bioengineered crops. U.S…

June 14th, 2013

| Capital Press

GMO debate stretches from farm to table

By JOHN O'CONNELL - Among the 20 genetically modified crops now awaiting USDA approval, two stand out -- a new potato and an apple. While most of the biotech crops being evaluated will be fed to livestock or crushed for biofuel feedstock, the potato and apple are intended for human consumption, sparking keen interest among both the farmers who will grow them and the public who will eat them.

June 13th, 2013

| Wall Street Journal

Study: You're In Trouble, Roundup

By Ashley Dalton - Europe may be skeptical of genetically modified crops â€” fearing they may contaminate traditional species and require more pesticides â€” but a new study shows that tests of urban Europeansâ€™ urine already spell M-O-N-S-A-N-T-O…

June 11th, 2013

| Chicago Tribune

Pigs fed GM grain suffer health problems, study says

By Monica Eng - Pigs fed a combination of genetically modified soy and corn suffer more frequent severe stomach inflammation and enlargement of the uterus than those who eat a non-GM diet, according to a new peer-reviewed long-term feeding study published Tuesday in the Organic Systems Journal.

| Billings Gazette

Region's farmers not confident in GMO safeguards

By Tom Lutey - Farmers in Montana and North Dakota say neither the government nor agri-giant Monsanto have done enough to safeguard wheat fields from genetically modified crop contamination…

Monsanto Faces More Suits Over Genetically Modified Wheat (2)

Monsanto Co. (MON), the world's largest seed company, was sued by an environmental group and a Washington farm over claims it failed to take steps to prevent genetically altered wheat from contaminating regular wheat. Yesterday's complaint by the Center for Food Safety filed in federal court in Spokane, Washington, follow a June 3 lawsuit in Kansas brought after wheat modified to withstand St…

Scientists Unswayed by Monsanto Findings on Rogue Wheat

By Mark Drajem & Jack Kaskey - Several plant scientists questioned conclusions Monsanto Co. (MON) drew from its investigation of an escaped gene-altered wheat variety and said there is still a risk that rogue grain is in the seed supply…

| New York Times

Genetically Altered Wheat in Oregon Comes as No Surprise

By MICHAEL WINES - One week after the revelation that an Oregon farmer had found genetically engineered wheat growing in his fields, scientists remain mystified over how the strain - apparently the remains of a test crop shut down a dozen years ago - got there. But few are surprised…

| U.S. News and World Report

Organic Should Be the Baseline for Our Foods

By Elizabeth Kucinich - Buying food presents us with important decisions each and every day…

| New York Daily News

Monsanto sued by Kansas farmer over GMO wheat discovery that's hurt US exports

By David Knowles - For some U.S. wheat farmers, they are the seeds of trouble. A Kansas farmer is suing Monsanto Co. for gross negligence after last weekâ€™s discovery of a stand of the companyâ€™s experimental Roundup Ready genetically engineered wheat in an Oregon field caused global prices to plunge…

| The Oregonian

Genetically modified wheat: Discovery in Oregon field re-ignites a scientific dispute

By Eric Mortenson - "Nature finds a way," said George Kimbrell, an attorney with the Center for Food Safety in San Francisco, arguing that even the most carefully regulated plant studies can go wrong.

Genetically modified wheat found in Oregon spurs international backlash

An international backlash against U.S. agricultural practices is building in response to the discovery of genetically modified wheat on a farm in Oregon. Commercial farming of genetically modified wheat is banned in the United States…

U.S. discovery of rogue GMO wheat raises concerns over controls

By Carey Gillam and Julie Ingwersen - For global consumers now on high alert over a rogue strain of genetically modified wheat found in Oregon, the question is simple: How could this happen? For a cadre of critics of biotech crops, the question is different: How could it not?

| Concord Monitor

Rogue Oregon wheat stirs foes of Monsanto gene-altered crops

By STEVEN MUFSON - But food safety groups drew the opposite conclusion. "This was not from a recent trial, which means it's been sitting there in the environment," said Andrew Kimbrell, executive director of the Center for Food Safety, a nonprofit group. "It's highly doubtful that it's just on one farm…

Rogue Oregon Wheat Inflames Foes of Gene-Altered Crops

By Alan Bjerga and Jack Kaskey - "This is another serious breakdown of their field trial system, which endangers farmers and the entire wheat industry," Bill Freese, the center's science policy analyst, said by telephone. "It's especially troubling here because there hasn't been a field trial of Roundup Ready wheat in Oregon since 2001, so it's totally unclear where this is coming from."

| Food Safety News

Corn Growers Turn to Pesticides After Genetically Modified Seeds Fail

By Dan Flynn - Any reduction now looks to be history. Coming off two extraordinary years when acres dedicated to corn produced $77 and nearly $80 billion, respectively, in 2011 and 2012 with corn prices of $6.22 and $7.40 per bushel, growers are not pulling back and pesticides are now one of their big "inputs" in the corn crop.

| New York Times

Seeking Food Ingredients That Aren't Gene-Altered

By Stephanie Strom - Food companies big and small are struggling to replace genetically modified ingredients with conventional ones.

40 Organizations That Are Shaking Up the Food System

6. Center for Food Safety (United States) - The Center for Food Safety is a non-profit advocacy organization that promotes food systems that are safe, sustainable, and environmentally sound…

| Wall Street Journal

Pesticides Make a Comeback

By IAN BERRY - Insecticide sales are surging after years of decline, as American farmers plant more corn and a genetic modification designed to protect the crop from pests has started to lose its effectiveness. The sales are a boon for big pesticide makers, such as American Vanguard Corp. AVD +3.58% and Syngenta SYNN.VX -0.59% AG…

USDA Sticks It to Monsanto and Dow -- At Least Temporarily

By Tom Philpott - Previous Center for Food Safety lawsuits on EIS grounds managed to temporarily delay the release of Monsanto crops like Roundup Ready sugar beets and Roundup Ready alfalfa. These suits are precisely what the infamous "Monsanto Protection Act," snuck into a March Senate funding bill by a Monsanto-tied politician, is designed to combat.

Monsanto, Dow Crops Face Delays as U.S. Boosts Scrutiny

By Jack Kaskey - The Center for Food Safety, which successfully sued to force the USDA to create environment impact statements for Roundup Ready sugarbeets and alfalfa, said approval of the new crops would cause a â€œdramatic increaseâ€ in the use of herbicides linked to health problems…

| Baltimore Sun

USDA says more review needed for new Monsanto, Dow GMO crops

By Carey Gillam, Reuters - The Department of Agriculture said Friday it will extend its scrutiny of controversial proposed biotech crops developed by Dow AgroSciences, a unit of Dow Chemical, and Monsanto Co. after receiving an onslaught of opposition to the companies' plans.

| Food Safety News

GE Crop Risk Assessment Challenges: An Overview

By Dr. Charles Benbrook - There have been dramatic changes in the transgenic composition of GE corn and soybeans over the last five years, coupled with a substantial increase in reliance on pesticides and Bt toxins.

| The Miami Herald

Feds: Use genetically modified crops on refuges?

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY - The agency began taking public comments Tuesday for an environmental analysis required under a ruling by U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg in Washington…

April 30th, 2013

EPA finalizes Roundup residue limit

By Julian Hattem - The federal environmental regulator has established limits for residues of the chemical weed-killer commercially known as Roundup on fruits and vegetables. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing tolerances for residues of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's popular herbicide brand, on agricultural crops.

April 10th, 2013

| The New York Times

Food Politics Creates Rift in Panel on Labeling

By STEPHANIE STROM - A dietitian working on a panel charged with setting policy on genetically modified foods for the academy contends she was removed for pointing out that two of its members had ties to Monsanto, one of the biggest makers of genetically modified seeds.

April 10th, 2013

Monsanto Claims to Ditch Herbicide While Selling More of It

By Tom Philpott - Genetically modified seed giant Monsanto likes to trumpet its "commitment to sustainable agriculture." The story goes like this: by generating novel, high-tech crop varieties, Monsanto will wean farmers off of synthetic chemical poisons…

March 27th, 2013

Farmers and food safety advocates lead Monsanto backlash

By Connor Adam Sheets - Anger is growing against President Barack Obama the day after he signed into law a spending bill that included a provision opponents have dubbed the â€œMonsanto Protection Act.â€

March 25th, 2013

Big Agriculture Flexes Its Muscle

by David Rogers - Congress holds the purse strings, but who holds Congress these days when it comes to farm policy: the meatpackers and Monsanto? So it seemed last week as lawmakers sent the White House an updated budget for the Agriculture Department complete with industry-backed orders on how Secretary Tom Vilsack should run the place.

March 21st, 2013

Did Congress Just Give GMOs A Free Pass In The Courts?

by Maria Godoy. Tucked inside a short-term funding measure that Congress approved Thursday is a provision that critics are denouncing as a "Monsanto Protection Act." The so-called "biotech rider" was included in legislation that won final approval from the House, avoiding a shutdown of the federal government on March 27, when the current funding was set to expire…

March 19th, 2013

| Interpress Service News Agency

Secretive U.S. Amendment Would Weaken Biotech Oversight

By Carey L. Biron. Food safety advocates, environmentalists and health professionals here are engaging in a fervent last-minute campaign to highlight a controversial legislative amendment they say would gut the ability of both the judiciary and the federal government to regulate genetically modified agricultural products.

March 18th, 2013

| Ag Professional

Glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth

Excerpt from LSU AgCenter fact sheet by Donnie MIller, Ph.D., and Daniel Stephenson, Ph.D.

March 15th, 2013

Frankenfoods hitch a ride through Congress - but you can help stop them

By Tom Laskawy Remember that one time? In Congress? When an anonymous group of House Republicans tried and failed to sneak a rider into the farm bill that would have exempted agribusiness from liability for biotech crops and all but eliminated the governmentâ€™s power to regulate them? Good times.

March 11th, 2013

| GeneWatch Magazine

AgBiotech Policy: 2012 in Review

A review of 2012 agricultural biotech policy by CFS Director of Government Affairs, Colin O'Neil

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