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...
View ArticleKenya 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...
View ArticleListen 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....
View ArticleGenetically 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...
View ArticleRadio 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,...
View ArticleVideo: 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...
View ArticleFormer 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...
View ArticleBrazil 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...
View ArticleHabitat 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...
View ArticleWar 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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