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Another follow-up on yesterday’s report that “Big Organics” had caved to Monsanto. Another company accused of giving in on Monsanto’s demand for unrestricted release of its Genetically Modified (GMO) alfalfa was Organic Valley. Here’s what they had to say today: As one of the brands mentioned in this article, we feel it’s important to address [...]
There was a news story this week about how there are $1.5 million of Federal funds available to help farmers in Nebraska convert to Organic. This is part of an Obama administration initiative to promote the expansion of Organic agriculture. Frankly, this is a token effort that will have little effect, but there is an [...]
The Center for Food Safety has announced an immediate challenge to the USDA’s unregulated approval of Monsanto’s genetically-modified (GMO) alfalfa. “All farmers should be on notice that we will be suing again, so before they make their seed buying decisions, I would certainly caution them that we will be in court,” CFS’s Andrew Kimbrell told [...]
Harsh words from the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon. Speaking to world economic and political leaders in Davos, Switzerland, he said we need a revolution in environmental thinking or face global disaster. “Let me highlight the one resource that is scarcest of all: Time. We are running out of time. Time to tackle climate change. Time [...]
Yesterday, we reported how the Organic Consumers Association was accusing what they called “the organic elite” of caving to Monsanto and facilitating the USDA’s unrestricted approval of GMO alfalfa – a move that could seriously undermine the integrity of organic foods. Update: Organic Valley has also weighed in. See: Organic Valley says ‘No compromise, no [...]
UPDATE: For the other side of this issue, see “Stonyfield Farm Takes a Swing at Monsanto (And the OCA)” and “Organic Valley says ‘No compromise, no deal’ “ Organics is big business now. Companies like Whole Foods and Stonyfield Farm do billions of dollars in business. And in the fallout of this week’s approval of [...]
Think climate change is something that only our grandchildren need to worry about? Wrong! It’s affecting us now, in lots of ways both small and large. And while it seems ironic when the northeast is getting socked by blizzards, it’s also very true that screwing up the climate is screwing up snow patterns. And that [...]
We’re seeing more and more science overruled by politics – in climate change, in clean energy, in high-speed rail. But that’s a formula for disaster – like the Challenger disaster that took the lives of seven astronauts and irretrievably damaged the American space program. On the 25th anniversary of that tragedy, it’s worth recalling how [...]
The USDA has approved Monsanto’s gene-modified alfalfa. “So what?” you say. “I don’t eat alfalfa.” But if you eat beef, drink milk, eat cheese or ice cream, or eat any packaged food products that contain dairy, you DO eat alfalfa… as processed by cows. Alfalfa is the backbone of the beef and dairy industry. So [...]
Senate Democrats have backed off from the changes they had talked about making to fix the broken Senate. But they have agreed with Republicans on a small suite of changes that could help. A little. Will it end gridlock? Probably not. Will it end the gross abuse of the filibuster and other arcane Senate procedures [...]
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