GMOs

Monsanto Profits Drop 25% As Farmers, Individuals Go Organic

April 12, 2016 Mike Barrett, www.globalresearch.ca Resist! Food and Agriculture, GMOs, Monsanto, Organic

By Mike Barrett for Global Research News - For Monsanto’s 2nd quarter, total sales for Monsanto dropped 13%; with one of Monsanto’s top-sellers, corn seeds, falling 11%. The biotech giant cites an “unfavorable agricultural market” for its losses. While the company is admittedly still seeing profits in the billions, the continuous decline paints a bleak picture for the agricultural giant. It means that the massive grassroots movement against Big Biotech giants such as Monsanto is working, and that our collective voice is being more than heard.

National Consensus For Transformational Change: Action Needed

April 10, 2016 Robert Weissman, www.huffingtonpost.com Strategize! Banking and Finance, Citizens United, Corporate tax, Democracy, Food and Agriculture, GMOs, Healthcare, Inequality, Social Security, Taxes, Wages

By Robert Weissman for Huffington Post. Americans overwhelmingly agree on a wide range of issues. They want policies to make the economy more fair and hold corporate executives accountable. They want stronger environmental and consumer protections. And they want to fix our political system so that it serves the interest of all, not just Big Money donors. These aren’t close issues for Americans; actually, what’s surprising is the degree of national consensus. The problem isn’t that Americans don’t agree. The problem is that the corporate class doesn’t agree with this agenda, and that class dominates our politics. Because this reality runs so counter to the dominant media story, it’s worth diving into the numbers to get a sense of the vast divide between conventional wisdom and empirical data.

Lawsuit Charges FDA Ignored Safety Warnings About GMO Salmon

April 5, 2016 David Kirby, www.readersupportednews.org Resist! FDA, Food and Agriculture, GMOs

By David Kirby for RSN - Several environmental, consumer, and fishing groups filed suit on Thursday against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over its approval of a lab-developed fish that combines genes from three fish species: Atlantic salmon, Chinook salmon, and Arctic eelpout. The lawsuit contends that the FDA ignored advice from federal fisheries and wildlife scientists to delay or deny the application and made the approval “without disclosing or analyzing the significant environmental effects from this foreseeable expansion.”

Lawsuit Challenges FDA’s Approval Of Genetically Engineered Salmon

April 2, 2016 Staff, www.corporatecrimereporter.com Resist! FDA, Food and Agriculture, Genetically Engineered, GMOs

By Staff of Corporate Crime Reporter - A coalition of environmental, consumer, and commercial and recreational fishing organizations has sued the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approving the first-ever genetically engineered (GE) food animal, an Atlantic salmon engineered to grow quickly. The man-made salmon was created by AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. with DNA from three fish: Atlantic salmon, Pacific king salmon, and Arctic ocean eelpout.

Food Companies Plan Labeling GMOs—But Is There More To Story?

March 25, 2016 Katherine Paul and Ronnie Cummins, www.organicconsumers.org Educate! Corporations, Food and Agriculture, GMOs

By Katherine Paul and Ronnie Cummins for Organic Consumers Association - The world’s largest food corporations have spent hundreds of millions of dollars (some of it illegally) to avoid being required to label the genetically engineered ingredients in their products. But with the July 1 deadline for complying with Vermont’s GMO labeling law on the horizon, a handful of the largest multinational food corporations have announced they will now label GMOs—not solely because they will be forced to, but because as General Mills claims, they believe “you should know what’s in your food and how we make ours.”

Boulder To Transition Away From Growing GE Crops

March 20, 2016 Barb Halpin, www.content.govdelivery.com Create! Food and Agriculture, Food Security, GE crops, GMOs

By Boulder County Commissioner's Office. Boulder County, Colo. – At a public meeting today, the County Commissioners directed county Parks and Open Space staff to work with local farmers to develop a transition plan for phasing out the use of genetically engineered (GE) corn and sugarbeets on County Parks and Open Space agricultural lands within a time frame of 3 to 7 years, and for staff to bring a recommendation on the transition plan back for consideration as soon as practicable. Additionally, the Board expressed a preference for phasing out the use of neonicotinoids and greatly reducing the use of herbicides and pesticides on county-owned open space lands. The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) further provided direction to staff to develop a work plan that includes the continued monitoring of soil health, water quality, and pollinator health on Boulder County agricultural land, and that also looks at developing an Agricultural Research Station in Boulder County, and studies other identified barriers to successful local farming in Boulder County.

‘This Is What Consumers Want’: General Mills To Start Labeling GMOs

March 19, 2016 Nadia Prupis, www.commondreams.org Create! Consumer power, Food and Agriculture, GMOs

By Nadia Prupis for Common Dreams - General Mills will start labeling genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in all its food products, thanks to Vermont's impending GMO law and the failure of the 'voluntary labeling' law in U.S. Congress this week. "We can't label our products for only one state without significantly driving up costs for our consumers, and we simply won't do that," wrote General Mills U.S. retail chief Jeff Harmening in a post to the company's website on Friday. "The result: Consumers all over the country will soon begin seeing words legislated by the state of Vermont on the labels of many of their favorite General Mills food products."

Breaking News: Monsanto Dark Act Defeated In Senate

March 16, 2016 the Center for Food Safety, www.ecowatch.com Resist! Food and Agriculture, GMOs, Monsanto

By the Center for Food Safet for Ecowatch. The US Senate refused to include a policy rider in the must-pass federal omnibus spending bill that would have blocked states from implementing mandatory genetically engineered (GE) food labeling laws. Three states—Connecticut, Maine and Vermont—have passed such laws, with Vermont’s slated be to be the first to go into effect in July 2016. All three democratically passed laws would have been nullified, while any future state GE labeling legislation would have been preempted. More than 30 states have introduced bills to labeling GE foods in just the past few years. This is an amazing people powered victory over one of the most powerful corporations in the world. Monsanto wanted this badly to stop the labeling movement at the state level, but the people defeated them.

GMA Found Guilty Of $11 Million Cover Up

March 13, 2016 Staff, www.sustainablepulse.com Educate! Corporatism, Democracy, GMOs

By Sustainable Pulse. Washington State - In a decision made public late Friday, a Thurston County Superior Court judge ruled the Grocery Manufacturer’s Association violated Washington campaign finance disclosure laws by shielding the identities of major corporate donors funding efforts to defeat a food labeling initiative in Washington. “This landmark case has been a long fight for accountability,” Attorney General Bob Ferguson said. “This ruling sends an unequivocal message: Big money donors cannot evade Washington law and hide from public scrutiny. My office will hold you accountable.” The case, State v. Grocery Manufacturers Association, concerns GMA’s financing of a 2013 campaign against Initiative 522, which sought to require labeling of genetically engineered products. GMA, a Washington, D.C.-based trade association, was the largest single donor to the “No on 522” political committee.

Newsletter: Using Courts To Build The Movement

March 6, 2016 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.popularresistance.org Newsletter Cimate, Climate Change, Courts, Exxon, FERC, Fracking, France, Fukushima, GMOs, Japan, Okinawa, Zapatistas

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers. The worst crimes of US history have been protected by law – slavery, taking of Indigenous lands, attacks on unions, denying women the vote and money as speech in elections. As a result, when politicians say we are a nation of laws, it often means the courts will be used to protect corporate interests in making a profit even if doing so destroys communities, people and the environment. But, courts do not always side with the corporations and government. There are times when an enlightenment comes to the judiciary and some begin to rule for the people or their communities. This happens because even courts reflect the political moment – or zeitgeist – when the culture takes a turn thanks to people organizing to express their interests wherever they can. We may be at the beginning of such a moment, perhaps too soon to say and perhaps we are being optimistic. It shows the importance of the movement building national consensus because such consensus impacts everything.

Right-To-Know Fight Heats Up As Pro-GMO DARK Act Advances

March 2, 2016 Lauren McCauley, www.commondreams.org Resist! GMOs, Legislation, Vermont

By Lauren McCauley for Common Dreams - Defying the rights of Americans who overwhelmingly want to know more about what they eat, a Senate committee on Tuesday advanced legislation that will block states from requiring that foods made with genetically modified organisms (GMO) be labelled. The so-called Denying Americans the Right to Know (DARK) Act (pdf) passed the Senate Agriculture Committee 14-6. It now moves to the upper chamber's floor, setting up a Congressional battle as Vermont prepares to become the first state to implement a mandatory GMO labeling law.

Scientist Wins Libel Suit Against Monsanto Over GMO’s Causing Tumors

March 1, 2016 Staff, www.jbanews.com Resist! Cancer, GMOs, health

By Staff of JBA Healthy News - On November 25, the High Court in Paris indicted Marc Fallous, the former chairman of France’s Biomolecular Engineering Commission, for “forgery” and the “use of forgery.” The details of the case have not been officially released. But according to this article from the Séralini website, Fallous used or copied the signature of a scientist whose name was used, without his agreement, to argue that Séralini and his co-workers were wrong in their studies on Monsanto products, including GM corn.A sentencing for Fallous is expected in June 2016.

GMO Labeling Next Steps—Who Will Stabenow Dance With?

February 23, 2016 Katherine Paul, www.organicconsumers.org Strategize! Food and Agriculture, GMOs, Labeling

By Katherine Paul for Organic Consumers Association - The late, great political columnist Molly Ivins, who railed relentlessly against money in politics, would be all over the GMO labeling fight. She’d be especially keen to tackle the next battle, set to take place any day now in the U.S. Senate. On Thursday (February 25) this week, the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry will take up a bill introduced last week (Friday, February 19) by Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.). Roberts’ bill aims to establish a voluntary labeling plan that would block Vermont from enacting its mandatory GMO labeling law on July 1.

Monsanto’s Minions In Senate Move To Kill GMO Labeling

February 21, 2016 Staff, www.organicconsumers.org Educate! Food Safety, GMOs, Labeling, Monsanto

By the Organic Consumers Association. Now that we’re so close to our first big GMO labeling victory—Vermont's mandatory labeling law scheduled to take effect July 1—Monsanto is going with the only strategy it has left to block it: a Senate version of the DARK Act. Roberts’ Senate bill is not identical to H.R. 1599, or what we refer to as the DARK (Deny Americans the Right to Know) Act. But it aims to accomplish the same thing: block states from passing mandatory GMO labeling laws. If Roberts' bill makes it through the Senate, either as is, or with a "compromise" that involves delaying the implementation of Vermont's law, mandatory labeling will die.

US Farmers Allege Deception By Agrochemical Giant

February 18, 2016 Clara Herzberg, www.truth-out.org Educate! Agrochemical, Farming, Food and Agriculture, GMOs

By Clara Herzberg for Truthout - From Indiana to Louisiana, a movement among thousands of corn farmers in the United States is trying to hold a Swiss GMO agribusiness giant to account for willful deceit and is making steady progress in court. According to these lawsuits - which may soon become class action - Syngenta, one of the world's largest agrochemical companies, deliberately misled small farmers into thinking that the genetically modified Viptera corn it was pushing on them would be approved for export to China.

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