Once upon a time, a system was designed in which “the people” elected delegates to go to Washington DC.  These members of Congress had the specific duty of representing the wishes of their constituencies when laws were being voted upon. The success of last weekend’s March Against Monsanto should have[...]

Smoke herbicide and pesticide all day and what do you get? You get a recurring hangover that seemingly needs a new blast of nicotine to quell or “dissipate,” but in actuality, the only thing the nicotine does is stave off the headache, the nervousness, the anxiety, the “chemical hangover,” and[...]

1. Greek yogurt manufacturing produces millions of pounds of (toxic) acid whey waste every year, and no one knows what to do with it. From Modern Farmer’s fascinating story about how to deal with the whey problem: “For every three or four ounces of milk, Chobani and other companies can produce only one[...]

For some U.S. wheat farmers, they are the seeds of trouble. A Kansas farmer is suing Monsanto Co. for gross negligence after last week’s discovery of a stand of the company’s experimental Roundup Ready genetically engineered wheat in an Oregon field caused global prices to plunge. Farmer Ernest Barnes, who[...]

Unapproved genetically modified wheat has been discovered growing in the United States. The revelation is threatening the outlook for U.S. exports of the world’s biggest traded food commodity, with importers keenly aware of consumer sensitivity to gene-altered food. The European Union is preparing to test incoming shipments, and will block[...]

Tsvetan Petrov a health blogger from “Get Holistic Health Blog” team One of the greatest minds of Germany, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, once said something very deep in sense “A man sees as much as he knows!”. Contemporary political elites understand this in a superb way, therefore it is not necessary[...]

Fed up with the fact that she has to spend “a small fortune” in order to feed her family things she says “aren’t poisonous,” Tami Canal of Utah has organized a global movement against the giant chemical and seed corporation Monsanto. Monsanto is the conglomerate mastermind behind many of the[...]

Did you hear about the 800 esteemed scientists who came together and demanded the production of genetically modified crops and products be stopped? Scientists who called on world powers to re-evaluate the future of agriculture and seek sustainability rather than corporate profits? Don’t be surprised if you haven’t, as the mainstream media won’t[...]

The United States Senate decided again Thursday that it simply does not want to let states tell people whether or not they are eating genetically modified food. The Senate voted overwhelmingly – 71 to 27 – against an amendment to the sweeping farm bill, squashing a measure that would not have required[...]

Vermont seemed more likely than ever to become the first US state to mandate the labeling of genetically modified food (GMO) after a bill passed the state house, though legislators worry about a lawsuit threat from biotech giant Monsanto. Similar bills seeking to provide consumers with labels at the grocery[...]

Quirky grocery chain Trader Joe’s is dealing this with some concern over its products, including a public statement from a major advocacy group criticizing the presence of antibiotics in meat and a lawsuit from the state of California alleging undisclosed lead content in candies. In an advertisement in the Los[...]

Ken Powell, chairman and CEO of General Mills Inc., restated his opposition to mandatory labeling of genetically modified organisms, commonly called GMOs, at a conference in California. The conference, called Brainstorm Green, was put on by Fortune. In an uneditedtranscript posted by the magazine, Powell said GMOs are safe and they’re part of[...]

The Biosecurity Board has decided to ban the entry of 26 genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into Turkey amid ongoing debates about whether genetically modified rice passed through customs. The board, which is the deciding body on the issue in the country, unanimously rejected the entry authorization demands.The banned products include[...]

WHY ORGANIC CONSUMER ASSOCIATION  BELIEVES THAT MOST “NATURAL” FOODS ARE A FRAUD There is widespread use of GMO (genetically modified organisms) ingredients in so-called “natural” foods, including the “natural” brands that make up most of WFM and UNFI’s sales. So-called “natural” (non-organic) soy milk, including leading brands such as “Silk,”[...]