Ecologist readers will know by now that the magazine is to re-launch on-line. I want to explain why.
… about the highly litigious biotech giant, Monsanto. The edition was a direct response to adverts posted by Monsanto in magazines and papers throughout … that: ‘Biotechnology is a matter of opinions; Monsanto believes you should hear all of them. …
In the penultimate extract from Fatal Harvest’s demolition of agribusiness disinformation, The Ecologist assesses the claim that biotechnology will solve industrial agriculture’s ills.
… and ‘pest’-resistant seeds. Monsanto makes Roundup Ready seeds, which are … greater amounts without killing the crops. Monsanto and other companies also produce Bt …
Recent decades have seen a hardening global clampdown on the rights of farmers to use, save, develop, share, swap and distribute the seeds that produce the food we all eat, writes Andrew Kimbrell - and which constitute an essential common heritage of mankind. Here's his plan to fight back against the seed monopolists ...
… barriers to small seed savers benefit the Monsantos of the world. These companies own … In our view, it is highly unlikely. Monsanto, Dupont, Dow, Syngenta and the other …
The environment secretary's stance on GM food is grotesque, argues Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith.
… for the technology". At the same time Monsanto said it would not be selling its … labels on GM foods. The GM lobby spent $46m. Monsanto's contribution alone was $8m, more …
When a group calling itself Sense About Science launched its 'Science for celebrities' pamphlet in the national media last month, it was supposed to look like the long-overdue backlash of a normally passive science community to years of misinformation from ill-informed celebrities.
… bothered to mention that he was being paid by Monsanto - the makers of Agent Orange – at the …