New Study Renews Roundup ‘Weedkiller’ Toxicity Concern
Sayer Ji Activist Post A new study published in the January issue of International Journal of Toxicology titled, “GlyphosateCommercial Formulation Causes Cytotoxicity, Oxidative Effects, and…
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EU To Ban Heirloom Seeds and Criminalize Unregistered Gardens
If the global domination is allowed to take root, biotech and Big Agra will control the world food supply, at the expense of personal liberty….
How Does Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Wind Up in Organic Meat?
Heather Callaghan Activist Post There is a dizzying and vicious cycle of the overuse of antibiotics in meat production. Animals make up over three quarters…
USDA-Approved Agent Orange: It’s Coming to a Farm Near You
Daisy Luther Activist Post Ah, the sweet smell of Agent Orange in the morning. Our benevolent agricultural guardians at the USDA have announced that they…
Researcher: Extensive Use of Antibiotics in Agriculture Creating Public Health Crisis
Activist Post Citing an overabundance in the use of antibiotics by the agriculture and aquaculture industries that poses a threat to public health, economics professor…
Study Reveals Concerns About Future Global Crop Yield Projections
Activist Post About 30 percent of the major global cereal crops – rice, wheat and corn – may have reached their maximum possible yields in…
Brazil delays approving terminator seed biotech ’till Feb. 2014
Rady Ananda Activist Post Brazil’s Judicial Commission has tabled a bill allowing for genetically modified terminator seeds until February 2014, when it will again take…
Big Ag Mega Farm Threatens Pristine South Carolina River
The Edisto River, South Carolina image source By Joe Wright Even though climate change has taken center stage in the nation’s environmental debate, the well-documented…
The Sickness of Factory Farms (Infographic)
image source Activist Post Horrific animal cruelty videos continue to emerge from factory farms despite many states attempting to impose “Ag-Gag” bills that essentially criminalize…
China to US: ‘Take Your 60,000 Tons of GMO-Contaminated Corn and Shove It’
Melissa Melton Activist Post China recently rejected 60,000 tons of corn being imported into the country from the United States when it was found to…
Monsanto, the TPP, and Global Food Dominance
image source Ellen Brown Activist Post “Control oil and you control nations,” said US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the 1970s. “Control food and…
Horrific Animal Cruelty Video Prompts Tyson Foods to Cancel Contract
By Joe Wright While lawmakers in many states rush to outlaw undercover farm videos showing animal cruelty, and prosecute the activists or whistleblowers who bring…
Improved Non-GMO Corn Performing Better Than GMO Crops
Heather Callaghan Activist Post Despite genetically modified corn comprising up to 90% of corn crops in the United States, non GMO hybrid corn (often called…
How About Some Carbon Monoxide in Your Meat?
Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton Activist Post On top of all the other troubling ingredients, chemicals and known toxins found in foods and/or used in…