By Brandon Turbeville A recent series of focus groups conducted by researchers at the University of Adelaide is now demonstrating two things clearly: first, that Big Ag is growing increasingly desperate in its attempts to convince average consumers to continue purchasing their toxic products and remain unaware of any […]
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 a letter sent to Sessions […]
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Did you know that the European hamster is endangered in western Europe? Cannibalism doesn’t help. The wild European hamster (Cricetus cricetus) has been dying off at an unprecedented rate and a new paper demonstrates why. Researchers first had to realize the that the previous, native diet […]
By Daisy Luther If a food company invented a new version of a typical food and then packaged it in a box without the ingredients, etc. listed on the packaging, there would be quite the outcry. So why is it that Okanagan Specialty Fruits is allowed to market a new variety […]
By The Max Planck Institute Genetically modified organisms for pest control could end up as contaminants in agricultural products throughout the globe. “There’s a fly in my soup.” This statement conjures up the image of a dead fly in a bowl of soup rather than a genetically modified insect being […]
Illegal approval of dicamba use on engineered crops will harm farmers, environment WASHINGTON – Farmers and conservation groups filed a federal lawsuit on Friday challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of Monsanto’s new “XtendiMax” pesticide. The approval of the pesticide company’s latest version of the older weed-killer known as dicamba […]
By Derrick Broze Despite new research indicating health concerns and conflicts of interest related to Genetically Modified foods, the corporate media has, once again, remained silent. In late December, a series of studies and news stories went largely unreported and ignored by the corporate, deadstream media. These reports covered blatant […]
As the world of technology continues to progress, farmers around the world are curious about the technologies that will change the landscape of agriculture in the 21st century. After all, farming and agriculture at-large was changed dramatically in the 20th century, with mechanization, advanced irrigation techniques, the best herbicides for […]
By Alex Pietrowski In addition to the other documented risks of Monsanto’s Roundup, a cutting-edge study using molecular profiling reveals that it also causes liver disease, even at doses currently approved by regulators. Researchers at King’s College London have discovered that the popular weedkiller Roundup causes non-alcoholic fatty liver disease […]
By Makia Freeman The Biotech industry assures the public that GMOs are substantially equivalent to their non-GMO or near-isogenic counterparts. In fact, the whole idea of substantial equivalence has been spun into existence by Big Biotech as a clever way to peddle their wares – but they like to have it both […]