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on August 27, 2014 in World News

Monsanto and Ukraine

Monsanto and Ukraine Finally, a little-known aspect of the crisis in Ukraine is receiving some international attention. On July 28, the California-based Oakland Institute released a report revealing that the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), under terms of their $17 billion loan to Ukraine, would open that country to genetically-modified (GM) crops and genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture. The report is entitled “Walking on the West Side: the World Bank and the IMF in the Ukraine Conflict.” [1] In late 2013, the then president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, rejected a European Union association agreement tied to the… View Article

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on January 23, 2014 in World News

Industrial agriculture has reached its peak

            Industrial agriculture has reached its peak say scientists; time for a return to small-scale organics The era of large-scale monoculture, with all of its toxic pesticides and untested genetically modified organisms (GMOs), could finally be coming to an end. Researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) discovered recently that yield expansion rates for most major industrial food crops are plateauing or even declining in many areas of the world, a fact that further supports the case for a return to small-scale, diversified agriculture grown organically. Published in a recent issue of the journal Nature… View Article

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on December 11, 2013 in World News

Hawaii’s ‘Big Island’ passes bill forbidding biotechnology companies, GMOs

      Hawaii’s ‘Big Island’ passes bill forbidding biotechnology companies, GMOs (NaturalNews) Legislation outlawing all future plantings of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) as well as the very companies that manufacture and spread them has become law on Hawaii’s “Big Island” following the historic passage of Bill 113. According to reports, the new law prohibits biotechnology companies like Monsanto and Dow from further experimenting with GMO crops and seeds on the Big Island, and also forbids any new GMOs from being cultivated there. The Honolulu Civil Beat reports that the Hawaii County Council voted 6-3 to pass the momentous bill, which… View Article

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on September 22, 2013 in World News

Will Monsanto Destroy Another Crop?

Will Monsanto Destroy Another Crop? The U.S. wheat industry was nearly brought to its knees after the discovery of a genetically modified strain Monsanto  (NYSE: MON  )  had tested years ago was inexplicably found growing in an Oregon farmer’s field. Because most of the rest of the world rejects GM wheat and the wheat from the Pacific Northwest is mostly targeted for export, the ramifications of the discovery were massive. Now it’s deja vu all over again. A Washington State farmer had his alfalfa crop rejected by a broker after it tested positive for the presence of genetic modification. The implications for… View Article

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