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Monsanto Profits Surge Due To Strength Of GMO Seed Business

AP | Posted 03.06.2012 | Home

ST. LOUIS — Monsanto Co. said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter earnings soared on strength of its seed business. The company also brightened it...

Occupy Iowa Caucus: A Democrat "Uncommitted" in 2012 or Why I Won't Caucus for Obama a Second Time

Dave Murphy | Posted 03.04.2012 | Politics
Dave Murphy

The question now for Iowa Democrats is, will they blindly stand by their man or will they express their dissatisfaction with Obama's complete failure to follow through on what he promised us during his first tour through the Iowa countryside?

Lawsuit Alleges Frito-Lay's GMO Snacks Aren't "Natural"

Michele Simon | Posted 02.26.2012 | Home
Michele Simon

One year ago, Frito-Lay promised that "approximately 50 percent of its product portfolio will be made with all natural ingredients, including three of its biggest brands," Lays, Tositos, and SunChips. What does that mean?

Why Jamie Dimon Just Doesn't Get It

Robert Greenwald | Posted 02.20.2012 | Politics
Robert Greenwald

Jamie Dimon, the infamous CEO of JPMorgan Chase, is back to doing what he does best: defending the bankers of the 1% against the petulant 99%.

French Council Lifts Ban On Modified Corn

AP | Posted 01.28.2012 | Green

PARIS — France's highest administrative body has annulled rules suspending the planting of genetically modified corn, but two key ministries qui...

Recent College Grad Dons "Hire Me" Sandwich Board

Turnstyle | Posted 01.16.2012 | College
Turnstyle

Photo: Tajah Jones/Youth Radio Alexander Monsanto wearing his "Hire Me" sandwich board in San Francisco. By: Sayre Quevedo Alexander Monsanto has ac...

Consciousness: What You Don't Know Might Kill You

Vaishali | Posted 01.10.2012 | Green
Vaishali

When inquiring about consciousness a valid qualifying question might be, "What type of consciousness are we talking about?"

Monsanto's Seed: How One Company is Tarnishing Our Food Supply

Maria Russo | Posted 01.10.2012 | Green
Maria Russo

The only way we will ever see the demise of Monsanto is if consumers actively boycott foods containing GMOs.

Occupy Your Kitchen!

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 12.27.2011 | Home
Kurt Michael Friese

What we have is not just a food problem in this country, but a cooking problem. Food marketers have been working for decades to convince people that cooking is a chore.

The Food Movement Must Occupy Wall Street

Kristin Wartman | Posted 12.14.2011 | Home
Kristin Wartman

If you eat any processed or packaged food, or anything from a typical restaurant or café, you can guarantee that Monsanto or Cargill played a role in those foods somewhere along the line.

Feeding Our Families and Our Farmers

Mike Callicrate | Posted 12.02.2011 | Home
Mike Callicrate

In the last 30 years, 90 percent of our pork producers, more than 80 percent of our dairymen, and more than 40 percent of our ranchers have been driven out of business. Is this what we want?

Are Monsanto's Days Numbered? 50+ Organizations Urging GMO Ban

Organic Authority.com | Posted 11.30.2011 | Green
Organic Authority.com

A document signed by more than 50 civil society organizations (CSOs) is asking the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development scheduled to take place in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012, to ban the use of genetically modified foods.

'Green News Report' - September 22, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.22.2011 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S VERY SCARY RADIO REPORT...

'Green News Report' - September 8, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.08.2011 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: In our ex...

Lucia Graves

Beetle Develops Resistance To Monsanto's GMO Corn

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 10.31.2011 | Green

WASHINGTON -- Corn beetles have been consuming plants that were genetically modified to be resistant to that very beetle, raising fears that a new sup...

Monsanto Seeks Approval For Soybean Genetically Modified For Lower Fat

AP | MICHAEL J. CRUMB | Posted 10.31.2011 | Home

DES MOINES, Iowa — The soybean industry is seeking government approval of a genetically modified soybean it says will produce oil lower in satur...

Dave Jamieson

After Long Delay, White House Moves On Child Labor Rule

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.22.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- After much delay, the White House has finally released a proposed rule that would update child labor regulations in agricultural work. P...

Dave Jamieson

Despite Teen Deaths On Farms, Child Labor Rules Stalled At White House

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.15.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Last week, two 17 year olds were critically injured in Oklahoma when they were pulled into a grain augur while on the job. Responders ha...

Lynne Peeples

Battling Agricultural Pests With Natural Weapons

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 09.12.2011 | San Francisco

The 15 million wasp eggs scattered across neighborhoods in Sacramento and San Luis Obispo counties represent a rare return to historical methods of pe...

Meatless Monday: Jack and the GMO Beanstalk

Ellen Kanner | Posted 09.10.2011 | Green
Ellen Kanner

Once upon a time, there was a boy named Jack. Jack came from a hard-up family, but he considered himself a savvy, enterprising lad. To prove it, he we...

Lucia Graves

Monsanto Under Federal Investigation For Cash Incentives Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 08.30.2011 | Green

WASHINGTON -- Global agribusiness giant Monsanto is under federal investigation for using cash incentives to persuade distributors to use Roundup, the...

Lucia Graves

Roundup: Scientists Say World's Top-Selling Weedkiller Causes Birth Defects

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 08.24.2011 | Green

WASHINGTON -- The chemical at the heart of the planet’s most widely used herbicide -- Roundup weedkiller, used in farms and gardens across the U.S. ...

10 Companies That Radically Transformed Their Businesses

TIME.com | JOSH SANBURN | Posted 08.16.2011 | Business

IBM turned 100 today, the rare company to thrive a century after it was founded. But in the 1980s and 1990s, many people had written the company off. ...

Can Monsanto Police Itself?

Andrew Gunther | Posted 08.15.2011 | Home
Andrew Gunther

Rather than encourage the sustainable use of pesticides, too often agrochemical companies seek only to maximize short-term sales and profits.

Documentaries and the Truth We Can Still Tell (But for How Long?)

Vivian Norris | Posted 08.13.2011 | Media
Vivian Norris

Documentaries tell us who we are, what our world is about, and give us the truth. But more and more these filmmakers find themselves, especially in the US, attacked by layer upon layer of lawsuits funded by corporations with deep pockets.