By Alex Pietrowski In addition to the other documented risks of Monsanto’s Roundup, a cutting-edge study using molecular profiling reveals that it also causes liver disease, even at doses currently approved by regulators. Researchers at King’s College London have discovered that the popular weedkiller Roundup…
By April McCarthy Governments around the world consider antimicrobial-resistant bacteria a major and growing threat to public health. In 2017, many more people could begin dying from common bacterial infections as resistance to antibiotics booms. Diseases are becoming untreatable — a situation that looks set…
By Brian Berletic Farming, under even the best of circumstances, is a risky and difficult occupation. And farmers often live and work under less than ideal circumstances. Today, in many communities around the world, there is increasing awareness of where our food comes from, how…
By Exopolitics Obama’s recent executive order is a both a globalization of control over “health” and its militarization. Section 1 of the order, ‘Policy,’ lays out what the focus will be for the response plan: “As articulated in the National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats…
By Julian Rose I am writing this in the Polish Parliament in Warsaw (The Seime). Jadwiga Lopata, founder of The International Coalition to Protect the Polish Countryside, myself (ICPPC President) and farmer colleagues from different regions of Poland, are in the parliament as part of…
By Whitney Webb Late last week, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved two new strains of genetically engineered potatoes. The potatoes, created by JR Simplot, have been engineered to resist potato blight, a plant disease made famous for its role in the Irish potato…
WASHINGTON – A new report and scorecard grades 20 of the largest food retailers in the U.S on their policies and practices regarding pollinator protection, organic offerings and pesticide reduction. Of the top food retailers, 17 received an “F” for failing to have a publicly…
By Amando Flavio Innovations that will make the human race thrive on Earth, saving its finite resources from extinction, are something we should embrace without a second thought. We get our food from plants and animals. As we grow in numbers, so too does the global…
By Christina Sarich Nobel Laureates who have been pushing the genetically modified organism agenda deep into scientific circles are being lambasted by a group called the Union of Latin American Scientists Committed to Society and Nature (UCCSN-AL). A whopping third of Nobel laureates recently slammed…
By Makia Freeman Big Pharma-Big Agra mergers have accelerated recently, with Syngenta being bought by ChemChina (China National Chemical Corporation), Dow Chemical merging with DuPont, and Monsanto agreeing to be acquired by Bayer on Sept. 14th 2016 for US$66 billion. Bayer and Monsanto have signed…
By Christina Sarich An illegal pesticide prone to drift has contaminated Monsanto’s Roundup Ready soy and cotton farms across ten states. Pesticide drift from Dicamba has hurt many thousands of crops along America’s farm belt already. Larry Steckel, University of Tennessee weed specialist, says, What’s…
By Christina Sarich Italy just put massive restrictions on the use of Monsanto’s probably carcinogenic herbicide, Roundup, just as studies suggesting it is more toxic than previously assumed come under public scrutiny. Italy’s Ministry of Health has banned the spraying of the main ingredient in…
By Christina Sarich In India’s poorest state, farmers are setting world-breaking records growing rice and other staple foods, without the help of genetically modified organisms, and none of Monsanto’s billion-dollar herbicides. With the biotech industry claiming that the world can only be fed with heavily-doused…
By Chris “Kikila” Perrin GMOs (or Genetically Modified Organisms) — perhaps one of the sacred cow topics of anti-neoliberal, anti-globalization activist discourse, they are as confusingly scientific as vaccines and carry with them just as fervent criticism and defense. For the most part, some of the…
By Daisy Luther Now that glyphosate has been denounced by the World Health Organization, there’s a new spray in town from our friendly neighborhood purveyor of poison, Monsanto. It hasn’t yet been approved, but given the history of blatant collusion between Monsanto and the government,…
By Christina Sarich Though consumers have been purchasing organic products by the bucket load, and the industry is expected to grow like wildfire into 2020, only 1 percent of all farmland currently used in America is used to grow organic food. Americans have already spent…
By Seeker Stories As urban populations continue to rise, innovators are looking beyond traditional farming as a way to feed everyone while having less impact on our land and water resources. Vertical farming is one solution that’s been implemented around the world. Vertical farms produce…
By number23 Atrazine, the second most commonly used herbicide in the United States, is likely having adverse effects on the environment and animal species, according to 500-page risk assessment released by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is not the first time this dangerous pesticide has been assessed;…
By Chris “Kikila” Perrin Access to healthy, nutritious food has long been a problem for low-income consumers — a problem that often leads to a variety of diseases, like obesity and type-II diabetes. Hoping to reduce some of the financial barriers that keep some families out…
By Daisy Luther Finally….the week we’ve all been itching for. At least where I live, it’s planting time! Did you ever wonder exactly how to grow specific vegetables in your garden for the biggest, healthiest harvests? I’ve spent the past few weeks poring over my gardening…
