Friday, October 9, 2026

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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Early voters wait inside a polling place in Florida. Photo: Alex Johnson / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lawsuits ask courts to bar armed federal agents from polling places before the midterms

New Mexico has already barred them by state law, and the Department of Homeland Security says it has no plans for operations at polls.
Nursing home workers on strike against HealthBridge in Connecticut, in an earlier dispute. Photo: Dannel Malloy / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Workers at six Chicago-area nursing homes set an October 16 strike date

The union says Landmark pays below the industry standard, and the parent company had not responded when the notice was reported.
A solar farm near Golmud, China, seen from orbit. Photo: Planet Labs, Inc. / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

China? A Rising Imperial Power?

Well, Yes... and Strangely, No
A view of Old Sana'a, Yemen. Photo: Ferdinand Reus / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Corporate Media don’t understand the Houthis, and Don’t Want to, Either

A media critique of how Western outlets cover Yemen's Houthi movement, which has governed the capital Sanaa since 2014.
Petrochemical refineries in the Houston area. Photo: Ken Lund / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

About 200 industrial plants have received presidential exemptions from Biden-era air rules

The EPA says it did not review the exemptions, and environmental groups have sued over those covering chemical plants.