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09/18/2018
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By Isabelle Z.
Seeds of deception: Monsanto’s patented GMO seeds have given them power over life on our planet, and cultivated farmer suicides
Politicians and scientists are sometimes accused of trying to “play god,” but a far more nefarious force is quietly pulling the strings of life as we know it behind the scenes: The agricultural company Monsanto. They’ve earned a reputation as one of the world’s most hated companies, yet the truly distressing extent of power they […]
08/12/2018
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By Tracey Watson
Why is the Trump administration using billions in taxpayer dollars to subsidize GMO agriculture?
When President Trump first took office, there was renewed hope among anti-GMO activists that he would take positive action to curtail the $350 billion-a-year biotechnology industry. After all, both on the campaign trail and for the first 353 days of his presidency he never mentioned the words biotechnology, CRISPR, eugenics, gene therapy or embryo editing. […]
07/25/2018
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By S.D. Wells
Trump to pump $12 billion in welfare-type aid to U.S. farmers, but do we really need to boost genetically modified soy and corn production?
Before Trump won the Presidency, there was talk about his possible support of the clean food movement if he did in fact become POTUS, since many of his restaurants serve organic food dishes. But the Trump administration just put the wheels in motion for up to a $12 billion subsidy for U.S. farm-belt farmers that […]
12/12/2017
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By Tracey Watson
Monsanto now offering CASH to farmers if they will use its toxic “dicamba” agricultural chemical
The agri giant Monsanto, commonly known as the world’s most evil corporation, is now offering farmers cash in a desperate bid to distribute its XtendiMax with VaporGrip dicamba-based weed killer product. Reuters is reporting that Monsanto will be offering farmers refunds of over half the cost of the product in 2018, if they can prove […]
08/30/2017
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By Russel Davis
Third World farmers are committing suicide by consuming toxic pesticides
Neither using a secured storage nor implementing stricter pesticide access were effective in stemming chemical-related self-poisoning and suicide in rural Asia, two studies revealed. The use of pesticides as an act of self-poisoning remains to be one of the three leading means of suicide worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported. According to the WHO, this accounts […]
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