Posted April 3, 2020
Bayer AG agreed to pay $39.5 million to settle allegations that its Monsanto unit ran misleading ads about the controversial Roundup weedkiller and its potential health risks to humans and animals. As part of the deal, language will be removed from Roundup Weed and Grass Killer’s label saying that glyphosate — the product’s active ingredient — only affects an enzyme found in plants. Consumers alleged that the chemical attacks an enzyme found in humans and some animals. Read more.
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Revealed: Monsanto Predicted Dicamba Crop System Would Damage US Farms
Posted April 3, 2020
The US agriculture giant Monsanto and the German chemical giant BASF were aware for years that their plan to introduce a new agricultural seed and chemical system would probably lead to damage on many US farms, internal documents seen by the Guardian show. Read more.
Do We Need a GMO Banana?
Posted March 27, 2020
Bananas are one of the world’s most popular fruits, with 114 million tons produced globally in 2017.1 While there are more than 1,000 varieties of bananas, most commercialized bananas sold in U.S. and European grocery stores are the Cavendish type. This variety accounts for about 47% of global banana production. Read more.
USDA Advisory Committee Recommends Suspension of Dicamba Use
Posted March 27, 2020
The USDA Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee has recommended the suspension of dicamba registration to prevent produce crop harm resulting from off-target movement when the herbicide is applied to non-produce row crops. Read more.
Genetically Engineered Food — the Lie that Won’t Die
Posted March 13, 2020
Promises, promises, promises. The toxic world of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and industrial agriculture is built on false promises. For nearly 30 years we have been listening to the propaganda of the big biotech companies like Monsanto/Bayer, Syngenta, DuPont/Pioneer, BASF and others about how genetic engineering will transform farming and food production. Read more.
Toxic Agriculture and the Gates Foundation
Posted March 6, 2020
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was launched in 2000 and has $46.8 billion in assets (December 2018). It is the largest charitable foundation in the world and distributes more aid for global health than any government. One of the foundation’s stated goals is to globally enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty. Read more.
Dicamba Litigation Against Bayer, BASF Posed to Explode, Lawyers Say
Posted March 6, 2020
Thousands of farmers from multiple states are expected to join mass tort litigation pending in federal court over claims that weed-killing products developed by the former Monsanto Co. and other chemical companies are destroying and contaminating crops, including organic production, a group of lawyers and farmers said on Wednesday. Read more.
Bayer’s top Seed Faces US Soybean Challenge from Corteva
Posted March 6, 2020
Bayer AG’s takeover of Monsanto has been beset by problems, and now a decades-long dominance of the $4 billion U.S. soybean seed market is under threat from rival Corteva Inc. Read more.
Printable list of Companies that use Monsanto Products
Posted March 6, 2020
In light of the recent public anger over the Monsanto Protection Act, here’s a simple, printable list of companies that use Monsanto products. Read more.
The Story of Studio Hill Farm began in 1936
Posted February 27, 2020
When Cally’s great grandparents saw the collapse of societal systems during The Great Depression, they decided to find land for food security for themselves and their family. They found a hilltop farm in Vermont. It began as a small conventional dairy farm and was run that way until 1963. Read more.
