New York – August 11, 2011 The eighty-three family farmers, small and family owned seed businesses, and agricultural organizations challenging Monsanto’s patents on genetically modified seed filed papers in federal court today defending their right to seek legal protection from the threat of being sued by Monsanto for patent infringement should they ever become contaminated [...]
Archive for the ‘Organic Foods’ Category
Farmers and Seed Distributors Defend Right to Protect Themselves From Monsanto Patents
Posted in Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Organic Foods, Sustainable Agriculture, Uncategorized on August 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Join a Millions Against Monsanto Event
Posted in Activism, Genetic Engineering, Organic Foods on August 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Nationwide, October 16, 2011: World Food Day Rallies for the Right to Know About Genetically Engineered Foods In the United States, there are few causes that nine out of ten people support, but 90% of consumers agree that we deserve the right to know about genetically engineered foods. If almost everyone wants them, why aren’t [...]
Whole Paycheck and Organic Food Deserts: The Challenge
Posted in Organic Foods, Pesticides, Sustainable Agriculture on August 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
By Ronnie Cummins Organic Consumers Association, Aug 4, 2011 After decades of grassroots public education, battles to safeguard standards, and hard work, organic food and farming has become the fastest growing sector of U.S. agriculture. Organics have surged in popularity to become a $30 billion dollar industry in the United States, representing approximately four percent [...]
Conference Asks What the Future of Food Should Look Like
Posted in Articles, Climate Change, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Organic Foods, Sustainable Agriculture on May 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Article on the Future of Food conference
ORGANIC FARMERS AND SEED SELLERS SUE MONSANTO TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM PATENTS ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED SEED
Posted in Activism, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, News Articles, Organic Foods on May 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
On behalf of 60 family farmers, seed businesses and organic agricultural organizations, the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) filed suit today against Monsanto Company to challenge the chemical giant’s patents on genetically modified seed. The organic plaintiffs were forced to sue preemptively to protect themselves from being accused of patent infringement should they ever become contaminated by Monsanto’sgenetically modified seed, something Monsanto has done to others in the past.
Millions Against Monsanto Anti-GMO Strategy Session
Posted in Activism, Genetic Engineering, Geoengineering, Organic Foods on March 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Join this strategy session to take action in response to new, unlabeled genetically modified organisms (GMOs) entering our food supply, increasing the use of dangerous farm chemicals, contaminating organics, and damaging human, animal, plant and soil health with novel diseases and allergens. We’ll hatch real-life, anti-GMO action ideas to take out of the Green Festival [...]
Organic Seed Alliance Publishes State of Organic Seed
Posted in Farm Issues, Organic Foods, Reports, Sustainable Agriculture on February 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Organic Seed Alliance (OSA) released an extensive report last weekend at the Organicology conference in Portland, Oregon, that serves as the first comprehensive analysis of the challenges and opportunities in building the organic seed sector. The report, titled State of Organic Seed: Advancing the Viability and Integrity of Organic Seed Systems, is an ongoing project [...]
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Sugar Beet Industry’s Opinion on Roundup Ready Sugar Beets and Frank Morton’s Response
Posted in Articles, Environment, Farm Issues, Genetic Engineering, Organic Foods, Sustainable Agriculture on February 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The pro-biotech web site “Truth About Trade & Technology” published an article written by a farmer named Noel Kjesbo, who is a sugar beet producer in the Red River Valley (North Dakota and Minnesota – he doesn’t say specifically which state he farms). Noel was responding to the lawsuit brought by OSA and others against USDA-APHIS [...]
