Posted February 15, 2019
Consumers can’t imagine the whole American shopping experience inside grocery stores, viewing food ads on TV and going to doctors’ offices are orchestrated to promote over-consumption of processed foods that foments metabolic disease that in turn requires more drugs to be prescribed. Read more.
Get Informed on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
Is Fear Driving Sales of Dicamba-Proof Soybeans?
Posted February 8, 2019
Dicamba fumes from fields of [GM dicamba-tolerant] Xtend soybeans have curled up the leaves of sycamore trees and millions of acres of traditional soybeans across much of the Midwest and South. [Soybean farmer] Brazel wasn’t willing to take the risk of that happening to his crops. He cancelled his entire order and bought the new dicamba-tolerant soybeans instead. Read more.
Top 6 Reasons to Support Regenerative Agriculture
Posted February 8, 2019
It’s easy to forget that at one point, not so long ago, all food was organically grown in a way that supported the ecosystem and environment. This all changed in the 1940s when the Green Revolution took hold and industrial, chemical-dependent farming techniques spread and quickly became the norm. Unfortunately, industrial farming has created a series of unsustainable situations in less than 70 years, and evidence suggests we will not make it until the end of the century if we continue along the path of degenerative food and farming. Virtually every growing environmental and health problem can be traced back to modern food production. Read more.
Paul Francois, the French farmer Taking on Monsanto
Posted February 8, 2019
François is now seeking more than €1 million in damages from Monsanto. Considered 40 percent disabled by France’s Agricultural Mutual Fund, François says he suffers from bouts of amnesia, vertigo, stuttering, seizures, irritability and recurrent comas caused by the weed killer. Read more.
GMO Foods will soon be Mislabeled as Biofortified
Posted February 1, 2019
* The agenda to sneak GMOs into our foods advances. If you have ever been to Berlin, Germany in the late Fall, you know how miserably wet, cold, and windy it can be. The only real refuge from those elements is to be found indoors. But even then there can be events that drive you right back outdoors and into the elements. Such was the case with the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU), which was holding its 40th session during the week of November 26-30, 2018, in that city. Read more.
EPA Actively Deceiving Public on Glyphosate
Posted February 1, 2019
New analysis shows the agency willfully ignored evidence of glyphosate’s danger. Action Alert! Read more.
Coconut Oil Protects Against Macular Degeneration
Posted January 30, 2019
If you’re experiencing deteriorating vision as you age and don’t want to believe that it’s an unavoidable reality, the results of a recent study on macular degeneration will give you good reasons to get wide-eyed: coconut oil can now add “retina protection” to its long list of health benefits. Read more.
Chinese University Fires Scientist who Claimed to have Created First Gene-Edited Babies
Posted January 30, 2019
A university in China has severed ties with the scientist who rattled researchers last year after he claimed to have engineered the world’s first gene-edited babies. The Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTC) in Shenzhen ended He Jiankui’s employment after government investigators concluded that the scientist’s experiment violated regulations and may incur criminal repercussions. According to the probe, He violated “ethical principles and scientific integrity.” Read more.
Monsanto Roundup Trial Tracker: New Developments
Posted January 24, 2019
You can find updates about the ongoing litigation against Monsanto Company in this blog, which we will be updating regularly with tips and tidbits of interest. Discovery documents from the litigation are posted on our Monsanto Papers page, and we provide links to recent news stories and analysis here. Read more.
USDA Makes GMOs Disappear
Posted January 14, 2019
It’s official: the “mandatory” GMO labeling rule will obscure more than it makes transparent. Action Alert! Read more.
