Unbelievably, over the past 12 days the Obama administration has approved not one, but two of Monsanto’s Round Up Ready genetically modified (GMO) crops. On Thursday January 27th, the USDA made the decision, under the directive of the White House, to fully deregulate Roundup Ready alfalfa, followed by the partial deregulation of Roundup Ready sugar [...]
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Tell President Obama not to cave to Monsanto!
Posted in Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Herbicides, Organic Foods, Petitions, Sustainable Agriculture on February 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
USDA ‘partially deregulates’ GM sugar beets, defying court order
Posted in Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Herbicides, News Articles, Organic Foods, Sustainable Agriculture on February 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A week ago, the USDA shocked the organic-farming community by “fully deregulating” genetically modified alfalfa, after acknowledgingthat organic farmers had legitimate concerns about the move and hinting they’d be taken into account. On Friday, the agency didn’t simply skulk away from its own words in an apparent attempt to appease the agrichemical industry. This time, it defied [...]
Big Win for Biotech: USDA Deregulates Monsanto Alfalfa
Posted in Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Herbicides, News Articles, Organic Foods on February 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
After nearly five years of legal and regulatory battles, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has fully deregulated Monsanto’s Roundup Ready alfalfa that is genetically modified (GM) to be resistant to Roundup herbicide. The decision squashed a proposed compromise between the biotech industry and its opponents that would have placed geographic restrictions on Roundup Ready [...]
USDA DECISION ON GE ALFALFA LEAVES DOOR OPEN FOR CONTAMINATION, RISE OF SUPERWEEDS
Posted in Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Herbicides on February 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
ROGUE AGENCY CHOOSES “BUSINESS AS USUAL” OVER SOUND SCIENCE CENTER ANNOUNCES IMMEDIATE LEGAL CHALLENGE TO USDA’S FLAWED ASSESSMENT The Center for Food Safety criticized the announcement today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that it will once again allow unlimited, nation-wide commercial planting of Monsanto’s genetically-engineered (GE) Roundup Ready alfalfa, despite the many risks [...]
Food for a Rooted Future
Posted in Agroecology, Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Health Issues, Herbicides, Organic Foods, Pesticides, Sustainable Agriculture on January 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Our search for rootedness has brought us back to the Philippines, back to communities in the south where Robin spent a year over three decades ago. We spend time with the family of a rice farmer, Delia, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Delia, her husband Romulo, two daughters, one son, and three grandchildren [...]
Tell President Obama and Sec. of Agriculture Vilsack to Adopt a Moratorium on the Planting of GE Alfalfa. USDA’s Environmental Impact Statement Does Not Justify Approval
Posted in Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Herbicides, Petitions, Sustainable Agriculture on January 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In a precedent-setting final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the planting of Monsanto’s genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) acknowledges for the first time that GE contamination of organic and conventionally grown crops presents a huge problem in the U.S. Yet, the document falls woefully short of proving that GE alfalfa [...]
Video: Paul Hawken: The High Cost of Cheap Food
Posted in Environment, Farm Issues, Health Issues, Herbicides, Organic Foods, Sustainable Agriculture, Video on January 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Paul Hawken: The High Cost of Che…” from blip.tv: Excerpted from the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s, Cooking For Solutions 2010 media conference, Paul Hawken eloquently explains how the price of food is divorced from its true costs, and what this really means for society at large. See the video.
Tell Sec. of Agriculture Vilsack to Adopt a Moratorium on the Planting of GE Alfalfa. USDA’s Environmental Impact Statement Does Not Justify Approval
Posted in Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Herbicides, Petitions on January 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In a precedent-setting final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the planting of Monsanto’s genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) acknowledges for the first time that GE contamination of organic and conventionally grown crops presents a huge problem in the U.S. Yet, the document falls woefully short of proving that GE alfalfa [...]
Monsanto & the Merchants of Death
Posted in Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Health Issues, Herbicides, Petitions on January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In the 1990s, Monsanto found an ingenious way to sell large quantities of its broad-spectrum toxic herbicide RoundUp to farmers. The company’s scientists gene-spliced corn, soy, cotton, and canola with foreign DNA, enabling these “Frankencrops” to survive massive doses of RoundUp. Farmers could now repeatedly spray their fields with RoundUp, killing weeds but not the [...]
USDA Releases Roundup Ready Alfalfa EIS and Sponsors Major Meeting on Organic-Biotech Crop Co-existence
Posted in Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Herbicides, Organic Foods, Reports, Sustainable Agriculture on January 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From: THE SCOOP – January 2011 Organic Center Newsletter The long-awaited Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on Roundup Ready (RR) alfalfa was released by USDA on Thursday, December 16, 2010. The 2,300 page document identifies and analyzes three options – disapproval, approval without restrictions, and approval with restrictions to prevent gene flow from [...]
