For 40 years Percy Schmeiser grew oilseed rape on his farm in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Usually, he would sow each year’s crop with seeds saved from the previous harvest. In 1998 Monsanto took Schmeiser to court.
… Percy Schmeiser: the man that took on Monsanto Edward Goldsmith | 1st May 2004 News Monsanto Gm Seeds Canada Oilseed Rape Canola … GM Cases Action Agribusiness Companies Monsanto Biotechnology Food Chain Agribusiness …
How do you get your GM crops and herbicides into countries that don't want and can't afford them? Simple - you just wait for a crisis, and offer a helping hand...
… Monsanto's philanthropy Kamalakar Duvvuru | 26th June 2009 Comment Food And Farming Monsanto Gm Roundup handshake.jpg How do you … Over a period of several years, biotech giant Monsanto has worked very hard to build its …
Proposed merger between Dupont-owned Pioneer Hi-Bred and Pannar Seeds could spell disaster for local farmers and food security, watchdog claims
… Dupont follows Monsanto in new move to consolidate South … 1st December 2010 News Food And Farming Seeds Monsanto Dupont Gm News gmmaize.jpg Activists … two foreign seed market giants, DuPont and Monsanto, for local seed supplies. Pioneer …
US company wants its GM crops to be given carbon credits and to be at the forefront of tackling climate change despite link to deforestation
… Monsanto named worst corporate climate … Climate Change Gm Food And Farming Monsanto mermaid.jpg The Angry Mermaid award … despite link to deforestation Biotech giant Monsanto has been criticised for its … Shell and the American Petroleum Institute. Monsanto was nominated for its promotion of …
The European Commission has just cleared Monsanto's GM maize for use in the EU. Yet, as Jeffrey M Smith reveals, proper analysis of tests done to gain that approval suggest it should never have been given
… The European Commission has just cleared Monsanto's GM maize for use in the EU. Yet, as … never have been given When rats were fed Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) maize Mon … court ruled in favour of Greenpeace, forcing Monsanto to release the Mon 863 study. With …
After a run of low quality GM cotton crops with unusually short fibres, Burkina Faso has ended its love affair with Monsanto's Bt cotton, writes Claire Robinson. In a further blow to the company, growers are demanding $280 million compensation for their losses.
… Burkina Faso calls time on Monsanto's GM cotton, demands $280m damages … News Burkina Faso Gm Cotton Africa Burkinabè Monsanto dadjan wassinatou, 34, holds a basket … Burkina Faso has ended its love affair with Monsanto's Bt cotton, writes Claire Robinson. …
Graphic illustrates how just five biotech giants have increased their control of the global seed market, promoting monoculture farming and making it harder for farmers to find alternative sources of seeds
… Revealed: how seed market is controlled by Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, Dow & DuPont Tom … 7th October 2010 News Seeds Food And Farming Monsanto Bayer Syngenta Gm … the mid-1990s just five biotech giants - Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, Dow and DuPont - …
Vandana Shiva explains to the Ecologist how the global anti-GM food movement resonates with the Occupy Wall Street protests
… recent decision to file suit against Monsanto for developing Bt brinjal varities? … Spinks: What is the Indian consumer’s view of Monsanto? Vandana Shiva: The biggest … because there’s nothing else to buy! First, Monsanto goes to the farmer and says give up …
After years of failing to make its modified products do its bidding, the biotech industry is changing tack – now its modifying the protestors. Jonathan Matthews reports from South Africa
… Equals Jobs’. The paper reported that Monsanto’s PR company Burston–Marsteller had … for over a decade has featured prominently in Monsanto’s promotional work in India, was … which itself has been closely aligned with Monsanto’s lobbying for its products. Heart …
… 2008 News Gm Genetic Modification GM Crops Monsanto Biotech Biotechnology Agribusiness … Biotechnology Biotechnology Gm Products Monsanto Pests And Pesticides Food Security … In 2004, the Kenyan government admitted that Monsanto’s GM sweet potatoes were no more …
A weedkiller that kills a lot more than simply weeds? If it’s worse than the poison it’s no cure at all, says Pat thomas
… Pests And Pesticides Agribusiness Gm Products Monsanto Allergies Risk Cancer National Trust … designed to kill them - chemicals such as Monsanto’s Roundup. The name will be familiar … crops are being genetically modified (also by Monsanto) to be ‘Roundup resistant’, which …
Questions raised over why European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) chair Diana Banati failed to make clear her connections to International Life Science Institute (ILSI), which advises biotech giants like Monsanto, Bayer and BASF
… (ILSI), which advises biotech giants like Monsanto, Bayer and BASF A key figure in … which advises biotech corporations including Monsanto, Bayer and BASF. However, she has … which advises biotech corporations like Monsanto, Bayer and BASF is another nail in …
Whether it’s because of GM or gluten; if you’re giving wheat the chop, there’s an eco-friendly alternative to suit you
… Gluten Food And Farming Rothamsted Research Monsanto Rice Gram Millet Cassava Tapioca … genetic makeover. In 2009 agricultural giant Monsanto, a company that has invested heavily … in the U.S., South America, China and Canada, Monsanto’s super seeds have yet not crept into …
It was a bad year for the biotech barons. At a conference in January 1999, the consulting firm Arthur Andersen revealed Monsanto executives’ vision of an ideal future – a world in which natural seeds were virtually all extinct and where commercial seeds were genetically modified (GM) and patented.
… the consulting firm Arthur Andersen revealed Monsanto executives’ vision of an ideal future … developing the strategy and tactics to help Monsanto achieve industry dominance in a GM … major food companies followed suit, leaving Monsanto’s ideal future in tatters. That …
The promise of more food from increased yields is driving the appeal for more GM crops, but that promise is theoretical and unfulfilled, argue Dr Ricarda A Steinbrecher and Antje Lorch
… in 2001, and for reasons not yet understood, Monsanto’s herbicidetolerant RR … with manganese availability in soil. Monsanto’s new RR2Y soya (MON89788) is to be … variety A3244 as the new background line, Monsanto claims RR2Y has an ‘increased yield’ …
In the past decade, the sales pitch of the biotech companies has shifted with the climate of public opinion. Public scepticism has remained high, but politicians seem to have bought enthusiastically into the GM ‘solution’. In many ways this encapsulates where science has gone wrong – by inventing technologies without first deciding what problems need addressing. If GM crops are the answer, what exactly is the problem?
… Riley | 1st November 2008 News Gm Focus Gm Monsanto Debates Government Gm Products … Biotechnology Campaigns Gm Products Monsanto Food And Farming Health Politics And … when the public turned against GM crops, Monsanto engaged in a cheap and nasty public …
In the face of food shortages, Indonesia is preparing to turn towards GM crops to feed its 220 million people.
… Indonesia to go GM 20th July 2007 News Gm Monsanto Indonesia Monsanto Biotechnology Gm Products Natural … Previous trials of GM cotton sponsored by Monsanto in the South Sulawesi region had to …
Despite promising the world in 2009, biotech corporations have increasingly raised the hackles of scientists and citizens worldwide
… was also widely acknowledged while news of Monsanto's attempts to dress up … And it wasn't just scientific enquiry that Monsanto was exposed as strangling. An … Press investigation reported on confidential Monsanto contracts showing how the world's …
We didn’t want GM on your table, but the crucial question now is, will we allow it in our tanks? Robin Maynard and Pat Thomas report
… 29th March 2007 News Gm Biofuel Maize Oilseed Monsanto Syngenta Biofuel Agribusiness … storm. The ability of biotech companies like Monsanto and Syngenta to improve agricultural … for ethanol production in the USA and Monsanto reports that sales of its corn seeds …
A seasonally-adjusted contemporary Pantomime, by Paul Kingsnorth
… | 21st December 2006 News Jack Beanstalk Gm Monsanto Giant Comedy Agribusiness Farming … read the name on the card and turned purple. ‘Monsanto!’ she bellowed. ‘You gave my cow to someone from Monsanto?! And you took his beans? These …
Study identifies naturally occurring alternatives for controlling wireworm, a widespread potato pest in the UK
… resistance was growing to a key ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup herbicide. Weed scientist … States and Canada. According to reports, Monsanto declined to answer questions about … to be approved for planting in Europe since Monsanto's MON810 GM maize in 1998. BASF said …
The days of Apartheid are over, but once again South Africa is the victim of a dangerous experiment. Jeffery Smith raises the alarm over the government's legislation of genetically modified maize
… Modified Food Conspiracies Gm Products Monsanto Campaigns Food And Farming … of FDA policy was a former attorney for Monsanto (and later its vice president). The … trypsin inhibitor, a common allergen in soy. (Monsanto’s own research showed a 27 per cent …
Why are GM crops being grown, how are plants genetically modified, where is it being cultivated, who’s in control and what is being researched and developed?
… of herbicide-resistant soya beans made by Monsanto, 36 cows were divided into different … corporations: Syngenta, Bayer CropScience, Monsanto and DuPont. In 2001 these firms had a … Bayer Aventis 6,086 192 6,278 Monsanto 3,505 1,707 5,212 …