Tag: food
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Monsanto: A Corporate Profile Sheds Light on GE Seed Giant’s Dark History
FOOD & WATER WATCH — The report offers a timeline of milestones in the company’s history including chemical disasters, mergers and acquisitions, and the first genetically modified plant cell …
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Monsanto and Other GE Companies Hitch a Ride on Must Pass Budget Bill
FOOD & WATER WATCH — The other rider is a giveaway to genetically engineered (GE) seed companies that would allow the continued planting of genetically engineered crops even when a court finds they were approved illegally. This provision …
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President Obama Signs Monsanto Protection Act
FOOD DEMOCRACY NOW! — For the past year, family farm advocates and legal experts have fought to stop the Monsanto Protection Act, another special interest corporate giveaway that fundamentally undermines …
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More Than Honey: How Dwindling Bee Populations Impact Global Food Supply
CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — For over a decade, the bee population has dwindled, baffling scientists worldwide. And for an insect that is responsible for two-thirds of the world’s food source, their disappearance could …
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President Obama, Stop the Monsanto Protection Act
FOOD DEMOCRACY NOW! — The so-called “biotech rider” was included in budget legislation that won final approval from the House, avoiding a shutdown of the federal government on March 27, when the current funding was set to expire. The provision was slipped into the …