One of the most difficult challenges in breaking Monsanto and the GMO industry’s icy grip on the U.S. agricultural sector is untangling the roots of how this vast agrochemical behemoth actually operates. If Monsanto merges with Bayer as anticipated, the newly formed company is expected to control more [...]
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Fox News Reporters FIRED After Exposing Monsanto Milk Link to Cancer in Blockbuster Investigation (with Video)
Editor’s note: This article and video are in reference to a 1997 four-part investigative series on one of Monsanto’s most controversial products, which never aired. The story remains an important lesson in media censorship and how Monsanto wields its high-powered legal division in order to silence the full [...]
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Victory!! Two More European Nations Officially Declare Themselves “GMO Free” for 2017
One of the most puzzling developments in the saga of genetically engineered crops is the difference in how they are treated in the United States versus the rest of the world. In the U.S., where Monsanto’s headquarters continues to remain in the St. Louis, Missouri area and genetically modified [...]
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“Increasingly Urgent:” Bill Gates Ups the Ante, Donates Millions to Push GMOs on Small Farmers Around the World
Is Bill Gates a hero humanitarian, or simply another in a long line of extravagantly rich business tycoons with only his own best interests at heart? That depends on who you ask, but the Microsoft co-founder is a polarizing figure to say the very least. One of his [...]
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“An Oligopoly on Steroids:” More Than One Million Signatures Delivered to Block Proposed Monsanto-Bayer Merger Before It’s Too Late
The merger between Monsanto and Bayer, two giants in the chemcial and genetically engineered seed industries, has been in the works for several months now, with everyone from farmers to business analysts weighing in on the possible impacts of such a deal. But now, the voices of the people [...]
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The Top 10 Most Important GMOs to Recognize and Avoid Buying at All Costs
Genetically engineered food, also known as GMOs or genetically modified organisms, has practically become a household term in recent years. But most people still have no idea what foods are actually GMO and which aren’t, ahd haven’t adjusted their shopping lists accordingly. Confusing, inaccurate Internet memes and commentary from pundits [...]
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Petition Launched Against Home Depot and Lowe’s to NOT Carry New GMO Grass from Scotts and Monsanto
The genetically modified food experiment (also known as genetic engineering) was foisted upon the American people without their consent, and mostly without their knowledge, in the mid-1990s as the so-called ‘Flavr-Savr’ tomato hit store shelves. But thanks to a backlash from consumers and food companies, the product was eventually pulled [...]
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Missouri’s Largest Peach Farmer is Suing Monsanto After Devastating Pesticide Wreaks Havoc on His Crops
In the legal world, Monsanto is widely known as a legal bully prone to going after farmers who allegedly commit “Technology Agreement violations” of patents on the company’s controversial genetically engineered seeds. But while Monsanto has shown itself more than willing to go after farmers (410 farmers were sued in [...]
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Activists Erupt Over Monsanto Plan to Build GMO Lab on Nation’s Most Sacred Native Farmland
While Monsanto is still finalizing its deal with the German agrochemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer, the company is still actively expanding in the United States, even in the face of protest movements. In Argentina, protesters recently shut down the building of a flagship Monsanto seed plant with months of [...]
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Federal Study Links Monsanto Chemicals to Widespread Liver Disease in Poisoned Southern Town
While Monsanto does everything in its power to gloss over its dark history which includes the poisoning of numerous towns and ecosystems, as well as supplying the materials for deadly chemical weapons including white phosphorus and Agent Orange, those who are educated know the company is about far more [...]
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