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US Supreme Court Rules Farmers May Sue Over Harms Caused by GMOs

Regina Weiss | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Regina Weiss

Today, in its first ruling on genetically modified seeds, the US Supreme Court firmly established that farmers can seek injunctions or other forms of ...

No Beef On The Streets, Only Revolution

Heidiminx | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Heidiminx

John Joseph's, Meat is for Pussies, and Slom's, The Remedy, are new books on vegan living and the evils of GMOs.

We Get What We Think About - Day Three

Esmeralda Williamson-Noble | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Esmeralda Williamson-Noble

Ok, from studying the Law of Attraction I understand that there is more to it than getting a car, or a million bucks. No, the Law of Attraction gove...

Green News Report -- April 8, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! Welcome aboard to our latest new affili...

Organic Consumers Oppose Kagan for Going to Bat for Monsanto

Ronnie Cummins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Ronnie Cummins

US Solicitor General Elena Kagan, President Obama's pick for the Supreme Court, is the most recent in a long line of pro-biotech Obama appointees, inc...

Accelerated Aging Strikes Again

Maria Rodale | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Maria Rodale

In my book, Organic Manifesto, I write about how studies are finding that genetically modified organisms (GMOs), which are now found in almost all our...

Seeds of Life: Hybrids and the Emergence of Seed Monopolies

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Rebecca Gerendasy

Hybrid crops can only be grown from seeds purchased from the commercial seed companies who control the proprietary parent lines. These plants cannot reproduce; Nature's inherent generosity is circumvented.

GMOs: Majority Of Americans Want Them Out Of Their Food

Treehugger | April Streeter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

According to the Institute for Responsible Technology(IRT), which developed the ShopNoGMO application for the iPhone and the iPod Touch, 9 out of 10 A...

India's First GM Food Crop Put On Hold Due To Safety Concerns

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

India has deferred the commercial cultivation of what would have been its first genetically modified (GM)vegetable crop due to safety concerns....

Another Assault on the SOLE Food Movement

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Kurt Michael Friese

Causing no end of difficulties in our national discourse is the steadfast belief held by both the right and the left that everything is either right o...

Message to President Obama: Why Trade Will Not Save Rural America

Paula Crossfield | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Paula Crossfield

In Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack's op-ed this week in the Des Moines Register, he recognized that hunger could not be solved by raising product...

Green News Report -- January 26, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Your weather says cold, but your climate (and NASA) says HOT; Oil, oil, toil and more trouble; Plastic bag taxes -- do the...

Getting at the Roots of Climate Change: Food

Paula Crossfield | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Paula Crossfield

We know that a third of global greenhouse gas emissions come from the way we produce, process, distribute, and consume food, but there are some real obstacles to lowering this figure.

Monsanto's GMO Corn Linked To Organ Failure, Study Reveals

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein/Gazelle Emami | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

In a study released by the International Journal of Biological Sciences, analyzing the effects of genetically modified foods on mammalian health, rese...

New Report: GMOs Causing Massive Pesticide Pollution

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Andrew Kimbrell

There is one fact about genetically engineered foods that there is no debate about: no one wakes up in the morning eager to buy gene-altered food. There's good reason for this.

New GMO Cottonseed Is Edible: Scientists Claim It Could Feed Millions

AP | BETSY BLANEY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

LUBBOCK, Texas — "The Fabric of Our Lives" may soon feed millions. A Texas researcher has found a way to reduce toxin in cottonseed that until ...

Hope: It's What's For Dinner

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Robyn O'Brien

Hope is the knowledge that change is possible, even when it seems hard to imagine. In a world that feels like it has been thrown into a cuisinart, there are so many opportunities to be part of the solution.

On Farmers, Activists and Scary Food Issues

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Leslie Hatfield

Originally published on The Green Fork. I must confess that before I traveled to Iowa earlier this month, I had rubbed elbows with quite a few farmer...

Eco Etiquette: How Can I Avoid Genetically Modified Foods?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Jennifer Grayson

I'm on a kick to boycott all GMOs [genetically modified organisms] because I don't want to support environmentally toxic agricultural policies. But ho...

Should Mexico Welcome the Invasion of 'Frankencorn?'

Elyssa Pachico | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Elyssa Pachico

Mexico's decision to start growing genetically modified (GM) corn is sowing nothing but trouble.

Obama's Chief Agricultural Negotiator Nominee a Pesticide Pusher

Paula Crossfield | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Paula Crossfield

The Obama administration has chosen someone from an organization dedicated at all costs to chemical-based agriculture to represent our trade interests abroad.

Judge Rejects U.S. Approval of Genetically Modified Sugar Beets

nytimes.com | ANDREW POLLACK | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

A federal judge has ruled that the government failed to adequately assess the environmental impacts of genetically engineered sugar beets before appro...

Evaluating the Legacy of the Father of the Green Revolution

Paula Crossfield | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Paula Crossfield

Norman Borlaug, known for winning the Nobel Prize in 1970 for his role in the Green Revolution, died this past weekend at age 95. His life was dedicated to ending hunger through technology.

Life Cycle: Pop vs. Soda? Either Way It's Made with (GMO) Corn.

Simran Sethi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Simran Sethi

Life Cycle is a series of posts that looks at the environmental impacts of everyday things. Last week we talked about popcorn. Chemically flavored...

Examining Monsanto's Greenwashing

guardian.co.uk | Fred Pearce | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

In part, no doubt, to help salvage its GM-tarnished reputation, Monsanto now makes great play of its efforts to help engineer a second green revolutio...