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Romanian civil society asks the new Minister for Agriculture to NOT Genetically Manipulate Romania

06/09/2010
73 Romanian NGOs have expressed deep concern with regards to the appointment of Romania's new Agricultural Minister, Valeriu Tabara. The main reason for the concern is that Valeriu Tabara has a conflict of interest on the issue of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), due to his contractual connections with Monsanto - the largest GMO producer in the world. More...

Illegal GM potato variety found in Sweden

06/09/2010
The European Commission has asked German chemicals company BASF to explain why an unauthorised genetically modified variety of potato has been planted in Sweden. More...

Why is Kofi Annan Fronting For Monsanto? The GMO Assault On Africa

03/09/2010
Kofi Annan has joined with President Obama, Monsanto, AGRA, and the Gates foundation to promote and execute food aid that replaces bags of wheat, rice and corn (agricultural dumping) with bags of pesticides, herbicides, chemical fertilizers and genetically engineered seeds. The end result will be to starve people in Africa and feed corporations in the US and Europe. More...

Large Unions Negotiate the Contamination of Romanian Agriculture

01/09/2010
The signers of this document wish to express worry about the fact that the large farming unions FNPAR and AGROSTAR have revealed that they are promoting genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Romanian agriculture. FNPAR and AGROSTAR recently made a public call mobilizing Romanian farmers to participate in demonstrations which will take place in Bucharest on the second of September. In the official document[3] which states the list of demands of the two unions the seventh demand made is „The introduction of cultivation of genetically modified plants, especially genetically modified corn and soy.” More...

Agriculture biotechnology giant Monsanto Co. is slashing hundreds of jobs for a third time in 14 months as it shrinks its Roundup weed killer business in response to declining sales

01/09/2010
Agriculture biotechnology giant Monsanto Co. is slashing hundreds of jobs for a third time in 14 months as it shrinks its Roundup weed killer business in response to declining sales. More...

Bayer CropScience grants seed rights to Monsanto

31/08/2010
Bayer CropScience has reached an agreement to grant Monsanto the rights to commercialize a seed treatment that protects against insects and nematodes. More...

Greenwashing biotech

31/08/2010
Ten years ago, Monsanto tried to convince the world – Europe, in particular –that genetically engineered (GE) crops were needed to ‘feed’ the hungry. At that time, the message was largely greeted with derision as a cynical ploy to sell a product that no one, including people in developing countries, wanted. More...

European Agency Assesses Allergens in GMOs

30/08/2010
The European Food Safety Authority's Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) Panel has adopted a scientific opinion to determine the potential for an allergic reaction by genetically modified plants and microorganisms and derived food and feed. More...

A Month Without Monsanto: What Does it Take to Cut out the GMO Giant?

26/08/2010
I began to research where exactly Monsanto corn appeared in my family’s diet. With a little online sleuthing, I learned that in addition to producing the genetically modified corn, Monsanto produces several other genetically modified crops such as soy, sugar beets, and cotton More...