Stories tagged "monsanto"

Psychologists S. Swithers & T. Davidson found that artificial sugars encourage more weight gain in rats than do natural sugars, adding fuel to nearly 20 years of arguments against artificial sweeteners.

Biofuel critics, supported by fringe groups and even big food companies, often complain that increased corn usage will take food out of the system.

One has to know about this from Monsanto as its affecting our global diversity

Derry Brownfield was a veteran of farm radio reports, until he went after Big Ag and its Mafia.

Around 300 women rural residents in Brazil burst into a property owned by the US company Monsanto and destroyed a plant nursery and crops containing genetically modified corn, their organization said.

Monsanto already dominates America’s food chain with its genetically modified seeds. Now it has targeted milk production. Just as frightening as the corporation’s tactics–ruthless legal battles against small farmers–is its decades-long history of

Leading U.S. sugar providers whose sugar is sourced from genetically engineered (GE) sugar beets begin sending their "Franken-sugar" to stores this year.

Last week, Philip Morris' funded NC-State researchers announced that they had genetically modified tobacco plants to reduce the levels of some carcinogens in their cured leaves.

“If you control the oil you control and country; if you control the food you control the population.” -- Henry Kissinger It’s got all the exciting

There have been few experiments as reckless, overhyped and with as little potential upside as the rapid rollout of genetically modified crops.