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Organic Consumers Association: Landmark New Study Is Best Hope for Ridding World of Monsanto's Dangerous Weedkiller
Organic Consumers Association: Landmark New Study Is Best Hope for Ridding World of Monsanto's Dangerous Weedkiller A major study has found that the EPA's 'safe' levels of Roundup weedkiller in food aren't so safe after all. This op-ed by Katherine Paul, associate director of the Organic Consumers Association, was produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute.
Organic Consumers Association: Whole Foods Fails Consumers Again by Delaying GMO Labeling
Organic Consumers Association: Whole Foods Fails Consumers Again by Delaying GMO Labeling The company's GMO labeling promise is more about saving face than about real transparency. This op-ed by Katherine Paul, associate director of the Organic Consumers Association, was produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute.
Trump Administration's New Orwellian GMO Labels Won't Actually Say 'GMO'
Trump Administration's New Orwellian GMO Labels Won't Actually Say 'GMO' On August 1, 2016, then-President Obama signed a meaningless so-called mandatory GMO labeling law that, for all practical purposes, ended an intense four-year grassroots-led campaign for consumers' right to know if their food is genetically engineered, or contains genetically engineered ingredients. Now, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has unveiled its proposed version of GMO labels. Wait until you see them.
48 Million Sickened Every Year by Tainted Meat
We can thank the factory farm industry for the increased incidence of foodborne illness in the U.S. If you live in the U.S., you're far more likely to get hit with salmonella or some other foodborne illness, than if you live in the U.K. You can thank the factory farm industry for that.
Et Tu, Newsweek? Another Media Outlet Caves to Monsanto's Minions
Et Tu, Newsweek? Another Media Outlet Caves to Monsanto's Minions Newsweek is going to bat for a Monsanto shill. Henry Miller is at it again. Miller is the well-known Monsanto mouthpiece who earlier this year was discredited by the New York Times for getting Forbes magazine to publish an “opinion� piece under his name—a piece that was ghostwritten by Monsanto. Miller has just written a new hit piece on the organic industry. That doesn’t surprise us.
'Big Organic' Egg Producers Poised to Feather Their Nests If USDA Scuttles Animal Welfare Rule
'Big Organic' Egg Producers Poised to Feather Their Nests If USDA Scuttles Animal Welfare Rule If nutritional quality and animal welfare issues factor into your egg-buying decisions, get ready for more bad news out of the Trump administration’s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA plans to ditch rules, finalized under the Obama Administration, that would have required organic egg producers to provide hens with more space and more outdoor access.
Costco Wants to Build the Largest Chicken Factory Farm in America—and Local Residents Are Fighting Back
Costco Wants to Build the Largest Chicken Factory Farm in America—and Local Residents Are Fighting Back A band of citizen activists are taking on a city council and a corporate giant. A mighty band of citizen activists, along with the Nebraska Farmers Union, are taking on a city council and a corporate giant. And they need your help. Retail giant Costco wants to build the largest chicken factory farm in the U.S., in Fremont, Nebraska. The city’s elected officials have approved the project.
Why Big Food's Lobbying Arm Could Be on the Brink of Extinction
Why Big Food's Lobbying Arm Could Be on the Brink of Extinction Consumers have played a key role in what some argue is the diminishing power of the Grocery Manufacturers Association over federal policy. At the height of the GMO labeling battle, we not-so-fondly referred to the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) as “Monsanto’s Evil Twin.� Last month, a former GMA executive told Politico that to him, the food industry lobbying group seems like “the dinosaur waiting to die.�
Is Big Food's Lobbying Arm on the Brink of Extinction?
At the height of the GMO labeling battle, we not-so-fondly referred to the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) as "Monsanto's Evil Twin." Last week, a former GMA executive told Politico that to him, the food industry lobbying group seems like "the dinosaur waiting to die." For consumers who blame the GMA for engineering the defeat of four state ballot initiatives that would have required labels on genetically engineered foods, then teaming up with Monsanto and some Big Organic brands to...
Is Big Food's Lobbying Arm on the Brink of Extinction?
By Katherine PaulAt the height of the GMO labeling battle, we not-so-fondly referred to the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) as "Monsanto's Evil Twin."Last week, a former GMA executive told Politico that to him, the food industry lobbying group seems like "the dinosaur waiting to die."For consumers who blame the GMA for engineering the defeat of four state ballot initiatives that would have required labels on genetically engineered foods, then teaming up with Monsanto and some Big...
Ben & Jerry's Is Poisoning Vermont's Water and Ruining Its Soil
Ben & Jerry's Is Poisoning Vermont's Water and Ruining Its Soil Will an ongoing consumer campaign get the popular brand to switch to 100% organic dairy? Vermonter Jacques Couture wrote in the Burlington Free Press that he was “a little perplexed� by the “current demand by some vocal Vermonters� that “all dairy farmers� convert to organic. There’s room for both organic and non-organic, he wrote.
Big Ag’s ‘World Food Prize’ is nothing but a slick propaganda campaign
On Thursday, the World Food Prize will be ceremoniously bestowed on yet another cheerleader for degenerative agriculture. This year’s award goes to Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina of Nigeria, president of the African Development Bank, and a proud supporter of Big Ag and Biotech.
Big Ag's 'World Food Prize' Is Nothing but a Slick Propaganda Campaign
Big Ag's 'World Food Prize' Is Nothing but a Slick Propaganda Campaign Every year, Monsanto, Bayer, Dow and their biotech allies award someone who supports destructive, industrialized agriculture. On Thursday, the World Food Prize will be ceremoniously bestowed on yet another cheerleader for degenerative agriculture. This year’s award goes to Dr. Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina of Nigeria, president of the African Development Bank, and a proud supporter of Big Ag and Biotech.
Monsanto Tried to Bury the Truth About the Toxicity of Roundup, Which Was Recently Detected in Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
Monsanto Tried to Bury the Truth About the Toxicity of Roundup, Which Was Recently Detected in Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream It's more bad news for Monsanto and Unilever—but it's the consumers, animals and the environment who pay the dearest price. Sometimes the stars align. This is one of those times.
This South Pacific Nation Is Saying Goodbye to Single-Use Plastic Bags and Bottles
By Marnie CunninghamThe Pacific nation of Vanuatu is addressing its waste problem by banning certain plastic items.
Do You Question the Value of the USDA Organic Seal? Here's What You Need to Know
Do You Question the Value of the USDA Organic Seal? Here's What You Need to Know The Washington Post has exposed two companies that are certified organic, but don't meet organic standards. AÂ recent series of articles by a Washington Post reporter could have some consumers questioning the value of the USDA organic seal.
Hong Kong Ivory Seizure Largest in 30 Years
World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) is calling for an urgent clamp down on international organized ivory trade syndicates, as customs officers in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong report their seizure of approximately 7.2 tonnes of ivory in a shipping container inbound from Malaysia, earlier this week.
You May Be Eating Chicken Contaminated With a Hallucinogenic Drug
You May Be Eating Chicken Contaminated With a Hallucinogenic Drug The nation's third biggest poultry producer is falsely advertising chicken that tested positive for a slew of drugs as "100% Natural." Three nonprofit groups filed suit June 22 against Laurel, Mississippi-based Sanderson Farms, Inc. for falsely advertising products that contain a wide range of unnatural and in some cases prohibited substances, as “100% Natural.�
After the March Against Monsanto, What’s Next?
After the March Against Monsanto, What’s Next? On Saturday, May 20, activists took to the streets all over the world for the sixth annual March Against Monsanto protests. News reports from Switzerland, Bangladesh, Toronto and the United States painted a picture of solidarity against what’s come to be known as the most evil corporation in the world. As in years past, the Organic Consumers Association wholeheartedly supported this year’s march.
Monsanto has violated the basic human right to a healthy environment and food
On Tuesday, April 18, representatives of the Organic Consumers Association and our Regeneration International project gathered in The Hague, Netherlands, along with members of other civil society groups, scientists and journalists. We assembled to hear the opinions of the five judges who presided over the International Monsanto Tribunal.
Monsanto Has Violated the Basic Human Right to a Healthy Environment and Food
Monsanto Has Violated the Basic Human Right to a Healthy Environment and Food On Tuesday, April 18, representatives of the Organic Consumers Association and our Regeneration International project gathered in The Hague, Netherlands, along with members of other civil society groups, scientists and journalists. We assembled to hear the opinions of the five judges who presided over the International Monsanto Tribunal.
Monsanto Isn't Feeding the World—It's Killing Our Children
Two new reports published in recent weeks add to the already large and convincing body of evidence, accumulated over more than half a century, that agricultural pesticides and other toxic chemicals are poisoning us. Both reports issue scathing indictments of U.S. and global regulatory systems that collude with chemical companies to hide the truth from the public, while they fill their coffers with ill-gotten profits.
Monsanto isn’t feeding the world, it’s killing our children
Two new reports published in recent weeks add to the already large and convincing body of evidence, accumulated over more than half a century, that agricultural pesticides and other toxic chemicals are poisoning us. Both reports issue scathing indictments of U.S. and global regulatory systems that collude with chemical companies to hide the truth from the public, while they fill their coffers with ill-gotten profits.
6 Reasons Trump's Agriculture Secretary Pick Is Bad for America
In announcing his pick for Secretary of Agriculture, Trump heaped predictable praise on Sonny Perdue, promising that the former governor of Georgia will “deliver big results for all Americans who earn their living off the land." We predict that Perdue will indeed deliver “big� results—but he’ll deliver them to his friends in Big Food and Big Ag, not to America’s rural farmers, and surely not to America’s consumers.
Six Reasons We Need to Ramp Up the Consumer Revolution Under Trump
Six Reasons We Need to Ramp Up the Consumer Revolution Under Trump If ever conditions were ripe for revolution, that time is now—especially for anyone who cares about their health, and the health of planet earth. President-Elect Donald Trump’s short lists for his environment and agriculture cabinet appointments are dominated by entrenched D.C. insiders, career politicians and industry lobbyists. Not one of these proposed “leaders�
‘Pure’ Fiction? Sue Bee Honey Secret Ingredient
Organic Consumers Association and our allies at Beyond Pesticides sued the maker of Sue Bee and Aunt Sue’s honey brands for labeling their products “Pure” and “100% Pure” when in fact those products test positive for glyphosate, the active (and ubiquitous) ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide. We know what you’re thinking. Honey comes from bees, and beekeepers don’t spray their hives with Roundup—so how did glyphosate end up in honey?
Big Ag Asked Congress to Make Taxpayers Fund Public Education About GMOs
The New York Times recently ran a piece on how the biotech industry has failed to deliver on its promises for GMO crops. The article followed less than a month after the biotech industry asked congressional leaders for $3 million in taxpayer-provided funding to “educate� the public about biotechnology and agricultural production. Congress should turn down this request for two reasons. The biotech and food industries should spend their own money to market their products.
'A Five-Alarm Threat to Our Food Supply': Experts Describe Bayer-Monsanto Merger
It’s been about a week since Monsanto and Bayer confirmed their intention to say “I do�—ample time for media, lawmakers, consumer and farmer advocacy groups, and of course the happy couple themselves, to weigh in on the pros and cons. Reactions poured in from all the usual suspects. Groups like the Farmers Union, Food & Water Watch, Friends of the Earth and others didn’t mince words when it came to condemning the deal.
6 Questions Judges Will Consider in Monsanto Trial for Crimes Against Human Health and the Environment
6 Questions Judges Will Consider in Monsanto Trial for Crimes Against Human Health and the Environment Until now for the most part, Monsanto has been able to poison with impunity. Monsanto may not be the largest company in the world. Or the worst. But the St. Louis, Mo. biotech giant has become the poster child for all that’s wrong with our industrial food and farming system. With 21,000 employees in 66 countries and $15 billion in revenue, Monsanto is a biotech industry heavyweight.
Nine Out of 10 Americans Tested Positive for Monsanto's Cancer-Linked Weedkiller Glyphosate
Nine Out of 10 Americans Tested Positive for Monsanto's Cancer-Linked Weedkiller Glyphosate A probable human carcinogen is found in far too many foods. If you participated in the glyphosate test project launched last year by the Detox Project (formerly Feed The World) and Organic Consumers Association, you probably failed. A staggering 93 percent of Americans tested positive for glyphosate, according to the test results, announced on May 25.
The Media Got It Wrong About a New Report Saying GMOs Are Safe-Here Are 3 Takeaways
The Media Got It Wrong About a New Report Saying GMOs Are Safe—Here Are 3 Takeaways The National Academies of Science produced a 400-page report full of equivocations and recommendations they know will be ignored. A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NAS) on GE crops and technology was met with cheers from the biotech industry, but little meaningful scrutiny by the mainstream media.
Is the GMO Labeling Movement About to Score a Major Victory?
Is the GMO Labeling Movement About to Score a Major Victory? Hundreds of millions of dollars spent to keep labels off GMO ingredients may come to an end on July 1. Oh, to be a fly on the wall inside the offices of the top lobbyists for the Grocery Manufacturers Association. So close to the July 1 deadline for complying with Vermont’s GMO labeling law, and still no court ruling to overturn Vermont’s law. Still no federal legislation to preempt Vermont’s law.
Food Companies Plan to Label GMOs -- but Is There More to the Story?
Have consumers won the GMO labeling battle? (Photo: Pavel Horak / Flickr; Edited: JR / TO) Only you can help sustain grassroots, groundbreaking journalism. Join the thousands of readers who support Truthout: Click here to make a donation! The world's largest food corporations have spent hundreds of millions of dollars (some of it illegally) to avoid being required to label the genetically engineered ingredients in their products.
Food Companies Plan to Label GMOs-but Is There More to the Story?
Food Companies Plan to Label GMOs—but Is There More to the Story? [Editor’s note: Since we posted this, ConAgra Foods also announced plans to label GMOs. We will update this article as soon as we are able to contact ConAgra for answers to our questions.] The world’s largest food corporations have spent hundreds of millions of dollars (some of it illegally) to avoid being required to label the genetically engineered ingredients in their products.
Why Vermont is leading the fight to label GMOs
The late, great political columnist Molly Ivins, who railed relentlessly against money in politics, would be all over the GMO labeling fight. She’d be especially keen to tackle the next battle, set to take place any day now in the U.S. Senate. On Thursday, February 25, the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry will take up a bill introduced last week by Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.).
Why Vermont Is Now Ground Zero in the Fight to Label Genetically Modified Foods
Why Vermont Is Now Ground Zero in the Fight to Label Genetically Modified Foods The late, great political columnist Molly Ivins, who railed relentlessly against money in politics, would be all over the GMO labeling fight. She’d be especially keen to tackle the next battle, set to take place any day now in the U.S. Senate. On Thursday, February 25, the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry will take up a bill introduced last week by Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.).
4 Major Food Companies You Should Pressure to Ensure You Know What's in Your Food
4 Major Food Companies You Should Pressure to Ensure You Know What's in Your Food With less than two weeks to go before voters in Oregon and Colorado decide on ballot initiatives to require mandatory labeling of foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the Junk Food Giants are at it again.
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