What if Monsanto got even Monsanto-ier?
Monsanto has really been on a roll lately — with the company's new pesticide-intensive genetically engineered (GE) crop system being approved, Obama gaining Fast Track Authority for the TPP, and the...
View ArticleWhat EPA didn't know about Enlist Duo
By now you may have heard that in a surprising move last month, EPA effectively pulled Enlist Duo from the market. It had only been a year since EPA approved Dow AgroSciences' controversial new...
View ArticleTPP: Not a done deal
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has just been signed by all twelve participating countries.But the massive and highly controversial trade agreement still has a long and rocky road ahead before it...
View ArticleProgress on drift in Iowa
Pesticide drift is not just a health issue. It can also cause significant financial problems for farmers growing sensitive crops. This spring, PAN lobbied alongside a growing coalition of farmer...
View ArticleWhat happened to GE labeling?
Last night, my neighborhood gathered for a community potluck. My neighbor David planned kid-friendly activities, including a piñata. He confessed to me that there was no candy inside it, only toys — he...
View ArticleMonsanto, you scared?
Does glyphosate cause cancer? That's the question Monsanto is desperately trying to prevent the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from answering. With governments around the globe recently...
View ArticleFarmers say no to mega-merger steamroll
Of the Big 6 seed and pesticide giants, there are three proposed mergers in the works: Dow with Dupont, Monsanto with Bayer, and Syngenta with ChemChina. Despite opposition from several farmer...
View ArticleIn case of (dicamba) drift
Pesticide drift is a severely underreported problem in rural, agricultural communities. And now we're in the middle of an epic summer of drift thanks to Monsanto’s new dicamba-resistant seed line,...
View ArticleWhy farmers oppose the Monsanto mega-merger
National poll results released this week confirm that farmers across the country believe the merger of Bayer and Monsanto will be bad for farming and farm communities. As the Department of Justice...
View ArticleEPA Silent As Dicamba Drift Rages On
A version of this blog was first published by MOSES in their Organic Broadcaster newsletter.Each year since Monsanto’s dicamba-resistant Xtend seeds have hit the market, farmers and rural communities...
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