Tag: GMOs
USDA grants final approval for Monsanto/Scotts’ genetically engineered grass
"USDA's approval of this genetically engineered grass is as dangerous as it is unlawful."
Monsanto and its minions are poisoning us: How can we defend...
If we can’t trust the government or the large corporations, we need to take matters into our own hands, today and everyday.
Pledge to buy non-GMO
Have you ever asked yourself why our food is being produced and modified by the biotech industry?
China’s top grain producing province bans GM crops
Growing of GM corn, rice and soybean will be banned, while illegal production and sales of GM crops and supply of their seeds will also be prohibited.
Local governments can prohibit GE crops, says U.S. court of appeals
In granting its decision the court recognized potential harm to farmers and environment from the widespread planting of GE crops
Sonoma County voter success leads to largest GMO-free zone in U.S.
On election day, voters in Sonoma County successfully banned the cultivation of genetically modified crops!
EPA approval of Monsanto’s dicamba will ‘massively increase use of toxic...
The Center for Biological Diversity said the new EPA decision will open the door for dicamba use to jump from less than 1 million pounds to more than 25 million annually.
President Obama admits ‘legitimate concerns’ in GMO debate
“If it turns out that some of these genetically modified foods aren’t healthier, aren’t more productive and use more pesticides then we should follow the science.”
USDA approves 2 new varieties of GMO potatoes
It's hardly an exaggeration to say that over the past two decades, the agriculture industry in the U.S. has wholeheartedly embraced GMO crops with gusto
New York Times Takes Critical Look at False Promise of GMOs
Hakim’s conclusion, he points out, is similar to a report from the National Academy of Sciences that found GMO crops have not, to date, increased actual yields and should not be exclusively relied upon to meet long-term food security needs.
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Trump quietly expands corporate tax breaks while threatening states over food aid
Treasury guidance weakens corporate minimum tax as the Agriculture Department warns states to “undo” full November SNAP payments amid shutdown confusion.
Bill Gates gave $3.5M to think tank run by climate crisis denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
Military moral injury, iolence, and the parable of the Guinea worm
An unexpected encounter with compassion.
Taxing the rich is key to challenging the far-right
There are many things that need to change in this world. But one thing is clear: anyone who claims to oppose the rise of the far right must, at the very least, support higher taxes on extreme wealth.
Utah’s 1,300-bed homelessness “accountability center” tests Trump-era crackdown
Planned for 16 acres on the edge of Salt Lake City, Utah’s new homelessness campus would combine mass shelter, court-ordered treatment, and “work-conditioned housing.” Supporters call it a model of reform, while advocates warn it mirrors forced labor and internment.