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Monsanto Losing Its Grip?
Monsanto Losing Its Grip? The earnings warning was just a precursor. Monsanto, the world’s largest seed manufacturer, is not having a good year. The company recently slashed its 2016 earnings forecast from the $5.10-$5.60 per share it had forecast in December to $4.40-$5.10, claiming that about 25-30 cents of the reduction was due to the […]
Monsanto threatens to quit Indian GM-cotton market if govt cuts its royalties
Monsanto threatens to quit Indian GM-cotton market if govt cuts its royalties Farmers plough and sow cotton seeds in a field in Shahpur village, India © Amit Dave / Reuters American agrochemical giant Monsanto has threatened to pull out of India and hold back new genetically modified cotton technologies if the government continues its “arbitrary […]
Monsanto is Suing California for Telling People the Truth About Its Chemicals
Monsanto is Suing California for Telling People the Truth About Its Chemicals (ANTIMEDIA) California — Monsanto is suing the State of California for its intent to include glyphosate — the main ingredient in its wildly popular herbicide, Roundup — on its Proposition 65 toxic chemicals list. California’s decision came after the World Health Organization’s International Agency for […]
Monsanto and the Heirloom Seed
MONSANTO AND THE HEIRLOOM SEED “Control oil and you control nations,” said US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the 1970s. “Control food and you control the people.” World food control is almost in place thanks to the reduction of seed diversity with genetically modified seeds being distributed by only a few transnational corporations. Genetic engineering has […]
How Corporations are Being Removed From the Food Supply
HOW THE CORPORATIONS ARE BEING REMOVED FROM THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN “Industrial agriculture has created a complex system of interlocking oligopolies that spans seeds, agrochemicals, biotechnology, trading, and retailing and consumer goods companies.” The Poverty of Capitalism The above quote is made by John Hilary, director of the NGO War on Want sums it all […]
Monsanto’s Roundup Kills and Damages More than Weeds
Monsanto’s Roundup Kills and Damages More than Weeds Protests against Monsanto’s Roundup, with its poisonous, weed-killing glyphosate, have spread around the globe. An arm of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it a probable cause of cancer in 2015. California’s Environmental Protection Agency (CA EPA) recently decided to label it as such. Environmental groups and […]
Ultimate Weapon in Existential Struggle: Using the TPP for Hostile Takeover of Mexican Agriculture
Ultimate Weapon in Existential Struggle: Using the TPP for Hostile Takeover of Mexican Agriculture Resisting Monsanto, the world’s largest, most influential GMO giant, is an almost impossible task. The corporation boasts more back channels and revolving doors with national governments and regulators than just about any other company on the planet, not to mention a […]
EPA Used Monsanto’s Research to Give Roundup a Pass
EPA Used Monsanto’s Research to Give Roundup a Pass THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY concluded in June that there was “no convincing evidence” that glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide in the U.S. and the world, is an endocrine disruptor. On the face of it, this was great news, given that some 300 million poundsof the chemical were used on […]
In the Public Interest: Monsanto and Its Promoters vs. Freedom of Information
In the Public Interest: Monsanto and Its Promoters vs. Freedom of Information A protester holds a placard during a march in New York. (Waywuwei / CC BY-SA 2.0) Next year, the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) will celebrate its 50th anniversary as one of the finest laws our Congress has ever passed. It is a vital […]
The GMO Puppetmasters of Academia: What the NYT Left Out
The GMO Puppetmasters of Academia: What the NYT Left Out “Reading the emails make(s) me want to throw up” tweeted the Food Babe after reading a lengthy series of them posted online by the NY Times on Sept 5th. The emails in question result from a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request and are posted in the side bars of a […]
No scientific evidence of GM food safety
No scientific evidence of GM food safety It is “premature” to declare GM safe due to “incomplete” scientific knowledge, finds report commissioned by Norwegian Environment Agency A new study commissioned by the Norwegian government, and conducted by a nationally recognised scientific authority on the safety of biotechnologies, concludes that available scientific data on GM crops […]
GMOs and the Neoliberal Apologists
GMOs and the Neoliberal Apologists Ignoring Reality, Subverting Morality Monsanto is often called one of the most ‘evil’ companies on the planet. It has a history of knowingly contaminating the environment and food with various poisons, cover ups and criminality (see this, outlining the company’s appalling history). In recent times, there has been much focus on […]
Monsanto and the Subjugation of India
Monsanto and the Subjugation of India Control the Food, Control the State After a study of GMOs over a four-year plus period, India’s multi-party Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture recommended a ban on GM food crops stating they had no role in a country of small farmers. The Supreme Court appointed a technical expert committee […]
The Chilling Thing an Industry Insider Said about Glyphosate, GMOs, and Why He Sold His Conventional Seeds Company
The Chilling Thing an Industry Insider Said about Glyphosate, GMOs, and Why He Sold His Conventional Seeds Company Dan Romig, who along with his father co-founded Trigen Seed LLC in 1993 and bloodstresold to Limagrain Cereal Seeds in 2010, is an insider in the seeds industry. His father was head of R&D at Northrup King, a subsidiary of […]
The Case for Nationalizing Monsanto
The Case for Nationalizing Monsanto Ridding the world of Monsanto via a state buy-out would be a boon to humanity. Capitalism fails in two situations: monopoly and state-capital cronyism. Monopoly extinguishes competition and that effectively extinguishes capitalism. When the elites of the state and private capital collude, i.e. crony capitalism, the few gain power and wealth […]
