Corporate cash sways voters on GMO foods

DC Protest Denounces "Monsanto Protection Act"

Global Protest in 300 Cities Will Take Aim on Monsanto

How Monsanto Is Using Cronies in Congress to Take Away States' Rights to Label Genetically Modified Foods | Alternet

How Monsanto Is Using Cronies in Congress to Take Away States' Rights to Label Genetically Modified Foods | Alternet
"Sources report that Monsanto has begun secretly lobbying its Congressional allies to attach amendments to the Farm Bill that would preempt or prohibit states from requiring labels on GE foods."

Vermont May Be First State to Require Labeling of Genetically Modified Food

Vermont May Be First State to Require Labeling of Genetically Modified Food
"Monsanto and the other GMO giants are rightfully fearful that people will avoid genetically engineered food in large numbers and hurt their profits.  But health and personal choice come before hiding the truth, stock prices, share holder dividends and executive compensation."

States Brace for Monsanto's 'Big Stick' in GMO Labeling Fight | Common Dreams

States Brace for Monsanto's 'Big Stick' in GMO Labeling Fight | Common Dreams
"Grassroots groups across the United States are mobilizing against the nation's powerful biotech firms as a new round of labeling laws for foods made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) make their way through state legislatures. 

The front lines in this battle have shifted to two New England states where legislators are preparing to vote on GMO labeling laws while backers prepare for a legal assault by large industry firms like Monsanto."

Corporate Win: Supreme Court Says Monsanto Has 'Control Over Product of Life' | Common Dreams

Corporate Win: Supreme Court Says Monsanto Has 'Control Over Product of Life' | Common Dreams
"The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in favor of biotech giant Monsanto, ordering Indiana farmer Vernon Hugh Bowman, 75, to pay Monsanto more than $84,000 for patent infringement for using second generation Monsanto seeds purchased second hand—a ruling which will have broad implications for the ownership of 'life' and farmers' rights in the future."

New GMO Labeling Bill Will Be the Ultimate Test Between the Will of the People Versus the Greed and Power of the Biotech Industry

New GMO Labeling Bill Will Be the Ultimate Test Between the Will of the People Versus the Greed and Power of the Biotech Industry
"In an exciting move in Washington, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) together have sponsored new federal legislation that requires the labeling of all genetically engineered food in the U.S. The Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act is the first national labeling bill to be introduced in Congress since 2010. U.S. citizens have demonstrated overwhelming support to label GMO foods in this country."

Weeding Corporate Power Out of Agricultural Policies: Communities Mobilize for Food and Farm Justice | Common Dreams

Weeding Corporate Power Out of Agricultural Policies: Communities Mobilize for Food and Farm Justice | Common Dreams
"From the school cafeteria to rural tomato farms, and all the way to pickets at the White House, people are challenging the ways in which government programs benefit big agribusiness to the detriment of small- and mid-sized farmers. Urban gardeners, PTA parents, ranchers, food coops, and a host of others are organizing to make the policies that govern our food and agricultural systems more just, accountable, and transparent."

Lawmakers On Both Sides Of The Aisle Call On The FDA To Label Genetically Engineered Food

Lawmakers On Both Sides Of The Aisle Call On The FDA To Label Genetically Engineered Food: Health and environmental advocates have fought for years for a federal labeling program for genetically engineered food. Now, for the first time, their battle has bipartisan support in Congress. On Wednesday, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) introduced the Genetically Engineered Food Right-To-Know Act, a bill whose nine cosponsors in the Senate [...]/p

GMO Labeling Fight Heads to Maine | Common Dreams

GMO Labeling Fight Heads to Maine | Common Dreams
"Monsanto and the Grocery Manufacturers Association also poured money into California's defeated Prop. 37, which sought to label GMOs."

How Monsanto Went From Selling Aspirin to Controlling Our Food Supply | Alternet

How Monsanto Went From Selling Aspirin to Controlling Our Food Supply | Alternet
"Monsanto controls our food, poisons our land, and influences all three branches of government."

Exposed: Monsanto's Chemical War Against Indigenous Hawaiians | Alternet

Exposed: Monsanto's Chemical War Against Indigenous Hawaiians | Alternet
"Hawaiians are fighting back against the GMO giant."

The Real Monsanto Protection Act: How The GMO Giant Corrupts Regulators And Consolidates Its Power

The Real Monsanto Protection Act: How The GMO Giant Corrupts Regulators And Consolidates Its Power: Liberals and Tea Party members alike are up in arms over the so-called “Monsanto Protection Act,” a provision snuck into the emergency budget bill that essentially exempts biotech firms like Monsanto Company from judicial review. Now that President Obama has signed the law, Monsanto may plant genetically modified seeds even if a court of law [...]/p

Monsanto's Next Target: Democracy | Alternet

Monsanto's Next Target: Democracy | Alternet
"Big Food’s greatest fear is materializing. A critical mass of educated consumers, food and natural health activists are organizing a powerful movement that could well overthrow North America’s trillion-dollar junk food empire. Savvy and more determined than ever, activists are zeroing in on the Achilles heel of Food Inc. -- labeling."

Meet the GOPer Who Worked With Monsanto to Sneak the "Monsanto Protection Act" into Law | Alternet

Meet the GOPer Who Worked With Monsanto to Sneak the "Monsanto Protection Act" into Law | Alternet
"Anger at the so-called “Monsanto Protection Act” — a biotech rider which protects genetically modified seeds from litigation in the face of health risks — has been directed at numerous parties in Congress and the White House for allowing the provision to be voted and signed into law. But the party responsible for anonymously introducing the rider into the broad, unrelated spending bill had not been identified until now.

As Mother Jones’ Tom Philpott  notes, the Senator responsible is Missouri Republican Roy Blunt — famed friend of Big Agrigulture on Capitol Hill."

Monsanto Cashes in on Ongoing Drought | Common Dreams

Monsanto Cashes in on Ongoing Drought | Common Dreams
"As ongoing drought continues to rampage through America's heartland, genetically modified seed giant Monsanto is cashing in."

Monsanto: Patenting Death | Common Dreams

Monsanto: Patenting Death | Common Dreams
"Monsanto has yet another case pending in the court system, this time before the U.S. Supreme Court on the exclusivity of its genetically modified seed patents. Narrowly at issue is whether Monsanto retains patent rights on soybeans that have been replanted after showing up in generic stocks rather than being sold specifically as seeds, or whether those patent rights are “exhausted” after the initial planting. But more broadly the case also raises implications regarding control of the food supply"

What it Means that Monsanto Holds the Patents on Life | Alternet

What it Means that Monsanto Holds the Patents on Life | Alternet
"The real issue is this: Why have we surrendered control over something so basic to human survival as seeds? Why have we bought into the biotech industry’s program, which pushes a few monoculture commodity crops, when history and science have proven that seed biodiversity is essential for growing crops capable of surviving severe climate conditions, such as drought and floods?"

Monsanto Recieves Warm Reception in High Court | Common Dreams

Monsanto Recieves Warm Reception in High Court | Common Dreams
"Observations from Tuesday's Supreme Court hearing between the Monsanto corporation and Indiana soybean farmer Hugh Bowman, indicate that the sympathy of the nine justices leaned heavily towards the agro-chemical giant while heaping skepticism on the arguments made on behalf of the small farmer."