The Monsanto Chemical Company was purchased by German giant Bayer in 2018 for $63 billion, but the company’s former name remains in news headlines for countless reasons. Monsanto recently was ordered to pay $2.25 billion in a cancer verdict this January that mostly flew under the radar. On February 12, [...]
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Breaking News: Monsanto Has Been Sued for Contaminating Schools with Toxic Chemicals
Monsanto is now a part of Bayer, the German multi-national chemical, pesticide and GMO corporation. That hasn’t stopped the company from making headlines in recent months. According to a new post from GMO Free USA, the non-profit, non-GMO organization, Monsanto is being sued by the state of Vermont for allegedly [...]
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Investors Demanding Billions From Monsanto As Part of New Class Action Lawsuit
Of the top five global seed companies in the world, all five of them are heavily involved in either researching, producing, or creating genetically modified seeds (GMOs), including the number one company on the list, Monsanto (now known as Bayer). The French seed company Limagrain, which ranks fourth, has also [...]
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Monsanto’s Promise Not to Sue Farmers is Completely Meaningless, According to Monsanto’s Own Lawyers
In early 2013 a verdict was reached in the OSGATA (Organic Seed Growers and Traders Association) v. Monsanto lawsuit by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. over whether or not a case would be allowed to proceed against the GMO seed and chemical giant. [...]
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“Knock, Knock: Monsanto’s Here” Farmers Recall Lawsuits (and Tense Moments) in Shocking Short Film
There are millions of people who have legitimate grievances with Monsanto and other large agrochemical companies for many different reasons ranging from environmental to health reasons, but perhaps no group has a bigger one than the farmers who’ve suffered under their domineering policies. According to a Center for Food Safety [...]
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A Legacy of Destruction: Monsanto’s Dark History Exposed in Stunning Photo Essay
The Monsanto Company has been active for over 100 years in the United States, and yet the St. Louis based genetically modified seed and chemical giant’s long legacy of nefarious actions has only recently come into public view. The mainstream in America is just now waking up to the destruction [...]
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The Hypocrisy of Monsanto’s “Promise Not to Sue” Organic Farmers
A recent court decision has many in the organic farming community frustrated, as described in a new article on OccupyMonsanto360.org that I wrote, which can be read here. One of the biggest things that irks me, and many others in the holistic health space, about Monsanto and GMOs is the [...]
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Interview: Organic Farming Head on Landmark Lawsuit, GMO testing and the Lies Only Monsanto Could Get Away With
One look at organic farmer Jim Gerritsen and you know he means business. In a time when chemical industry created mono-crop plots and genetically modified corn and soy dominate the United States landscape, Gerritsen, owner of Wood Prairie Organic Farm in Northern Maine, has been successful by remaining true to his profession [...]
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