Correction: Food and Farm-GMO Labeling story

In a Jan. 26 story about food labeling legislation, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Syngenta had announced plans to begin testing genetically modified wheat. Syngenta spokesman Paul Minehart said the company halted work on genetically modified wheat several years ago.

EU court puts limits on modified honey

Honey that contains traces of pollen from genetically modified crops needs special authorization before it can be sold in Europe, the European Union's top court said Tuesday, in a judgment that could have widespread consequences on the bloc's policy on genetically modified organisms, or GMOs.

EU moves to allow traces of GMO in feed

A European Union committee on Tuesday approved rules that would allow the import of animal feed contaminated with small traces of genetically modified crops.

U.S. Sees No Breakthrough at WTO Talks

The United States downplayed prospects for an immediate breakthrough in stalled global trade negotiations as top officials from six member nations of the World Trade Organization headed Thursday for talks in India.

Bush to Meet With New Mexican President

Mexican President Felipe Calderon has a tough message for President Bush: The United States must do more — "much more" — to solve thorny issues of drug-trafficking and immigration. At the last stop on his Latin American tour, Bush must convince Calderon on Tuesday that he's committed to soothing strained U.S.-Mexico relations, which only got worse when Bush signed a law calling for construction of more than 700 miles of new fencing along the long border the two countries share.

Gasification May Be Key to U.S. Ethanol

The government awarded $385 million in grants last week aimed at jumpstarting ethanol production from nontraditional sources like wood chips, switchgrass and citrus peels. What's surprising is that half of the six projects chosen will use a process first discovered almost a century ago to turn coal into a gas.

Bayer to Cut 6,100 Jobs Worldwide

The drugmaker Bayer AG said Friday that it will cut 6,100 jobs, or 5.5 percent of its work force, as it integrates Schering AG into its health care unit. More than half of the cuts will be in Europe, but about 1,000 positions will be eliminated in the United States.

Venezuela May Control Food Distribution

President Hugo Chavez's government has drafted a decree allowing officials to take control of food distribution chains, including supermarkets and storage depots, if services are interrupted, officials said Sunday.

Scientists Get OK for Engineered Peanuts

A leading industry group has given scientists the go-ahead to build genetically engineered peanuts that could be safer, more nutritious and easier to grow than their conventional version.

Crop Report: Corn Prices Keep Rising

Farmers are getting the best price for corn in more than a decade amid strong demand for ethanol and feed, the Agriculture Department reported Monday.

USDA OKs Genetically Engineered Rice

The Agriculture Department approved for human consumption a type of genetically engineered rice that had contaminated domestic rice supplies last summer.

Calif. Growers Fear Biotech Rice Threat

Fourth-generation farmer Greg Massa was in the middle of the rice harvest and he was dirty, angry and depressed.

Just after France legislators and officials moved to ban Monsanto’s genetically modified strain of GMO maize over environmental and health concerns, the European Union has decided to step in and re-secure Monsanto’s presence in the country — against the very w …

The Lies You've Been Told... Exposure to genetically modified foods and companion pesticides has been linked to a number of health risks including infertility, neurological disorders, birth defects and cancer. Yet despite all the evidence, the collusion between industry and …

The USDA has a system in place where-in you must meet some pretty precise criteria to get on official seal designating your product as "USDA-Certified Organic" That should allow us to buy in confidence when we're concerned about a product's potential content-right? [Klaxon Soun …

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After losing a 3-day old daughter to kidney failure, a woman named Sofia Gatica from Argentina made a decision to spearhead an anti-Monsanto movement with other mothers of sick children. Monsanto is a biotechnology, agrochemical company which has been polluting the environment  …

Vermont is trying to pass a bill to make labeling GMO ingredients mandatory for foods sold in the state.  Like the big Ag Companies, Mr Kleckner has tried to make this an issue of the consumer trying to hurt the farmer.  Telling the truth isn't about hurting anyo …

The drama of FDA tyranny versus raw milk freedom continues from one state or province to another, almost like episodes from a dystopian TV series.First, the Amish farmer Dan Allgyer and his wife Rachel were forced to shut down their Pennsylvania farm after two years of harass …

The American public seems very much to want to learn more about its food. Recently, for instance, an unprecedented 1 million people signed a letter to ask the Food and Drug Administration to label genetically modified crops. (The F.D.A. counted the petition as just one&nbs …

Early last year, leaked documents obtained by a Colorado beekeeper exposed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) illegitimate approval of clothianidin, a highly-toxic pesticide manufactured by Bayer CropScience that the regulatory agency knew was capable of killing  …

WARSAW — Poland will impose a complete ban on growing the MON810 genetically modified strain of maize made by US company Monsanto on its territory, Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki said Wednesday. “The decree is in the works. It introduces a complete ban on the MON …

Despite overwhelming public support and support from a clear majority of Vermont’s Agriculture Committee, Vermont legislators are dragging their feet on a proposed GMO labeling bill. Why? Because Monsanto has threatened to sue the state if the bill passes.  The popu …

Near the end of February, Occupy Wall Street launched an event called “Occupy Your Food Supply.” As my way of participating, I posted an article called “Let’s Occupy Our Food Supply By Labeling GMOs.” In it, I pointed out that instead of protecting  …

GMO Battle in Boulder Ends With Discontent

Since 2008, the Boulder Colorado community has been divided over the issue of planting of genetically modified crops on the approximately 16,000 acres of public land. While the planting of the first GM crop -- corn -- was permitted in 2003, it was not until farmers asked for per …

The claims made in a book from the biotechnology industry are laughable. But these blatant lies are passed off as 'science' for schoolchildren.

On March 15, over 1,500 beekeepers and their allies marched thru the streets of Warsaw, depositing thousands of dead bees on the steps of the Ministry of Agriculture, in protest of genetically modified foods and their requisite pesticides which are killing bees, moths and other a …

Last week, in a letter sent to the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Margaret Hamburg, 55 members of Congress expressed support for a recent petition to require the labeling of genetically engineered foods.  The petition, which was filed with the FD …

A coalition of activist organizations demonstrating at the Monsanto office in Davis CA. successfully caused a shutdown of the multinational chemical and biotech company offices there on on Saturday, March 16. Upon announcement of the shutdown, Monsanto instructed employees to st …

A bill has recently been introduced in the Vermont state legislature that would require food to be labeled as genetically engineered if it is entirely or partially produced with genetically engineered ingredients. If passed, the bill, H.722, also known as the 'VT Right to Know …

In early February, Chinese officials decided to no longer accept genetically modified rice. During that same week, British activists succeeded in getting Monsanto to withdraw from the UK. The public's ire against the agribusiness giant was so intense, they're  …

Interestingly, low-potency pot of the kind produced by Monsanto seeds at the University of Mississippi is exactly the kind of product the Ministry of Health is asking for from contractors. The guidelines ask specifically for "standardized marijuana cigarettes with THC content o …

“Monsanto’s GM maize trials have been going on for several seasons now in various locations around the country. It took a rare scientist in one monitoring team to point out the fact that planting of the herbicide-tolerant GM maize took place without permission from co …

Mountain growing seasons are very short so we gardeners need to get creative.√  The veggies we need to grow are rarely, if ever, featured in nurseries.

(NaturalNews) A recent study published in the Journal of Toxicology in Vitro has found that, even at very low levels, Monsanto's herbicide formula Roundup destroys testosterone and ultimately leads to male infertility.