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Monsanto and Gates Foundation Push GE Crops on Africa

Cross Posted from Truthout, Tuesday 12 July 2011  by: Mike Ludwig, Skimming the Agricultural Development section of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation web site is a feel-good experience: African...

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Kenya set to give green light to GM crops

Bt cotton first in line for open release. Cross-Posted from Nature.com by Natasha Gilbert Cotton that uses genes from Bacillus thuringiensis to fight pests is likely to be the first crop approved under...

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Listen to This Week’s Earth Minute on KPFK Los Angeles: GE Rice Contamination...

Genetic rice lawsuit in St. Louis settled for $750 million Listen to the Earth Minute on KPFK by going to the following link and forwarding to minute 35:06....

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Genetically engineered dairy and trees in Aotearoa (New Zealand)

•  GJEP just received this disturbing news from climate justice aotearoa: Fonterra, the New Zealand based dairy giant is slashing its support for [already token support of] organic farming and moving...

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Radio Interview Part II: World Bank and Climate Smart Crops in Africa: KPFK...

Global Justice Ecology Project partners with the Sojourner Truth show on KPFK Pacifica Los Angeles for a weekly segment on the environment. Last week’s segment featured an interview with Soren Ambrose,...

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Video: Shut Down Monsanto Protest at the Gates Foundation

 As part of the Global Day of Action to Shut Down Monsanto on Saturday, this action was co-organized by AGRA Watch/Community Alliance for Global Justice, Washington Fair Trade Coalition, Washington...

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Former Monsanto employee talks GE crop concerns amidst deregulation efforts

Note: Another reason why GE trees are so dangerous.  A quote from the former Monsanto employee below: “the process of genetic engineering changes the cell in such a way that it’s unknown what the...

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Brazil set to unleash terminator threat

Fast-tracked Legislation to Allow Sterile Seeds Would Harm Farmers, Food Security October 8 - Brazil’s Judicial Commission (Comissão de Constituição e Justiça e de Cidadania) is slated to rule on the...

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Habitat loss on breeding grounds cause of monarch decline, study finds

By Lori Bona Hunt, June 4, 2014. Source: Back to EurekAlert Habitat loss on breeding grounds in the United States – not on wintering grounds in Mexico – is the main cause of recent and projected...

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War on cornfield pest sparks clash over insecticide

By Jack Kaskey, June 11, 2014.  Source: Bloomberg Pesticide use is surging among U.S. corn farmers who are worried that some insects have become resistant to genetically modified versions of the crop....

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