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Gmo Crops

Who Snuck A Rider Into The Ag Bill That Ordered The USDA To Ignore Judges?

Mother Jones | By Tom Philpott | Posted 04.05.2013 | Politics

As I reported a couple of weeks ago, a recent Senate bill came with a nice bonus for the genetically modified seed industry: a rider, wholly unrelated...

Connecting the Dots: GMOs and Our Food Future

Kristin Wartman | Posted 05.26.2013 | Green
Kristin Wartman

To say that GMO crops pose no threat to consumers when their use is clearly debilitating this vital butterfly species, is a careless misrepresentation of the long-term effects these novel crops are having on our food systems and perhaps the very foundation of a secure food future.

Joe Satran

Monsanto, As Goliath, Faces Small-Town Farmer In Supreme Court GMO Battle

HuffingtonPost.com | Joe Satran | Posted 02.22.2013 | Green

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Vernon H. Bowman v. Monsanto Co, a six-year-long legal battle between a 75-year-old Indian...

Judge Sides With Environmental Groups Over GMOs In National Wildlife Refuges

AP | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 12.23.2012 | Green

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. judge sided on Tuesday with environmental groups that challenged the planting of genetically-modified crops on National Wil...

Lynne Peeples

Superweeds, Superbugs And Chemical Concerns: Pesticide Use Proliferating With GMOs, Study Warns

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 10.18.2012 | Green

Scott McAllister remembers well the meeting with the Monsanto salesman. The third-generation Iowa farmer questioned the agricultural giant's peddl...

Pesticide Use Ramping Up As GMO Crop Technology Backfires, Study Claims

Reuters | Carey Gillam | Posted 12.02.2012 | Green

By Carey Gillam (Reuters) - U.S. farmers are using more hazardous pesticides to fight weeds and insects due largely to heavy adoption o...

Resistance To GMO Crops Could Ultimately Hurt Farmers

Reuters | Posted 04.18.2012 | Home

* Major seed makers ceased research on GMO crops in Europe * Scientists stress need for all research to lift output * EU...

"Non-GMO" Seal Identifies Foods Mostly Biotech-Free

nytimes.com | WILLIAM NEUMAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Alarmed that genetically engineered crops may be finding their way into organic and natural foods, an industry group has begun a campaign to test prod...