By Andrea Germanos “Consolidation has now reached a point where the top four firms in almost every sector of the food and agriculture economy have acquired abusive levels of market power,” said Sen. Cory Booker, who introduced the legislation Reviving an effort made nearly 20 years ago by…
Farming, Food Safety, and Environmental Organizations Call on DOJ to Block Bayer-Monsanto Toxic Mega Merger Groups deliver 97,325 comments to DOJ opposing the merger WASHINGTON – A coalition of farming, consumer, and environmental groups delivered 97,325 public comments to the Department of Justice today, urging…
Ottawa – Canada’s Competition Bureau has approved a merger between seed and pesticide companies Bayer and Monsanto, creating the largest seed and pesticide company in the world. “This is an unprecedented level of corporate control over seeds and pesticides,” said Lucy Sharratt of the Canadian…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze The US Department of Justice, once considered the office that would protect the American economy from the fatal cancer of monopoly has now officially become the office that facilitates monopoly through legal loopholes. It’s hard to argue with the consistency of the…
By Phillip Schneider After selling off enough assets to win anti-trust approval, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved a mega-merger between Monsanto and Bayer, two of the world’s leading chemical/biotech companies. Although polling has shown that over 90 percent of farmers are concerned about…
By Andrea Germanos Watchdog groups sounded alarms on Monday after the Wall Street Journal reported that the proposed mega-merger of Bayer and Monsanto has cleared its final regulatory hurdle in the United States. The reported approval from the Justice Department came “after the companies pledged to sell off additional…
Canada could be next April 10, 2018. On Monday April 9, the Wall Street Journal reported that the United States Department of Justice has agreed to allow a merger between seed and pesticide companies Bayer and Monsanto, creating the largest seed and pesticide company…
By Ellen Brown Two new studies from Europe have found that the number of farm birds in France has crashed by a third in just 15 years, with some species being almost eradicated. The collapse in the bird population mirrors the discovery last October that over three quarters…
By Jessica Corbett After weeks of speculation, chemical giant Bayer and biotech behemoth Monsanto have cleared a significant regulatory hurdle in their bid to consolidate into one company through a multibillion-dollar deal that critics are calling the “merger from Hell.” “The coming together of these two is a…
By Sustainable Pulse In a shock announcement Friday [Jan 12], Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) have agreed on a blueprint for formal grand coalition negotiations, which includes a complete ban on glyphosate herbicides. Details of the suggested ban are…
New reports reveal devastating impacts on consumers and farmers. WASHINGTON – Over 1 million petition signatures were delivered today by farming, consumer and environmental groups to the U.S. Department of Justice calling on the department to block the proposed merger of Bayer (BAYN) and Monsanto…
By Deirdre Fulton Big Ag could score some big wins under newly confirmed Attorney General Jeff Sessions, roughly 325 food and farm groups warned on Monday, urging Sessions to reject agricultural mega-mergers that would put corporate interests above public health, small farmers, and the environment. In…
By Wenonah Hauter In addition to advising on all three mega-mergers, Credit Suisse is playing a big role behind the scenes of the Dakota Access pipeline. You probably learned in high school that monopolies are bad for consumers; they eliminate the field of competition in the…
By Makia Freeman Big Pharma-Big Agra mergers have accelerated recently, with Syngenta being bought by ChemChina (China National Chemical Corporation), Dow Chemical merging with DuPont, and Monsanto agreeing to be acquired by Bayer on Sept. 14th 2016 for US$66 billion. Bayer and Monsanto have signed…
By Heather Callaghan Previously, we reported that Bayer AG – one of the world’s largest crop chemicals business, second only to Syngenta – was out to acquire or “merge” with Monsanto – the multinational seed and biotech corporation – in one of the biggest mergers in…
By Brandon Turbeville The possibility of a merger between German pharmaceutical and chemical company Bayer AG and multinational seed and pesticide corporation Monsanto Co. has just increased with the recent rounds of discussions between the two companies. Having been in discussion regarding Bayer’s potential purchase…
By Cassius Kamarampi China National Chemical (ChemChina) is a chemical corporation owned by the Chinese government. Syngenta is one of the world’s largest producers of pesticides, GM technology, seeds, and other biotech products similar to Monsanto or Bayer Crop Science. ChemChina has been bidding for Syngenta…
By Sum of Us Legal Opinion Questions the Legality of Bayer-Monsanto Merger on Antitrust Grounds, Outlines Risks Posed by Merger WASHINGTON – A new legal opinion, written by two former Justice Department officials from the Antitrust Division, argues that a merger between Bayer and Monsanto…
By Neenah Payne Free Film: “Never Again Is Now Global” — Monday, January 30 at 7PM ET explains that the five-part documentary is by Holocaust survivor Vera Sharav, founder and president of The Alliance For Human Research Protection. The site says: “The last generation of…
By Neenah Payne See the premiere of Never Again Is Now Global on Monday, January 30 at 7 PM EST on Children’s Health Defense-TV. The five-part documentary is by Holocaust survivor Vera Sharav, founder and president of The Alliance For Human Research Protection. The site…
