Tag: genetically modified
Elderly Farmer Ordered to Pay Monsanto $84,000 for Planting Unlabeled Monsanto Soybeans
May 14, 2013 // 5:23 pm
Pro tip: If you’re an elderly small-time soybean farmer, make sure you’re really, really careful not to piss off huge GMO-based companies like Monsanto. That’s a lesson that 76-year-old Indiana farmer Vernon Bowman probably wishes he’d learned before a lawsuit from Monsanto went all the way to the…
Obama Signs Monsanto Protection Act, Get Ready for A Riot
March 27, 2013 // 4:51 pm
We just got word that despite past promises to promote GMO transparency, Obama signed HR 933, which contains the Monsanto Protection Act, into law. According to The Austin Chronicle, the measure protects genetically modified seeds from litigation by “allowing the U.S. Department of Agriculture to override judicial rulings…
Whole Foods Sets the Standard & Will Label All Genetically Modified Foods by 2018
March 11, 2013 // 5:34 pm
In an attempt to set the precedent, Whole Foods announced that they will label all genetically-modified food sold at their US and Canadian locations by 2018. They are the first major retailer in the US food industry to make the move and could prove to be a game-changer…
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