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Digging for seeds of truth in GMO debate
2016-01-18 17:08:51| Chemicals - Topix.net
By some estimates, 80 percent of all processed foods -- cereals, baby formula, canned soups and more -- contain at least one GMO, or Genetically Modified Organism. Digging for seeds of truth in GMO debate By some estimates, 80 percent of all processed foods -- cereals, baby formula, canned soups and more -- contain at least one GMO, or Genetically Modified Organism.
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Monsanto posts 1Q loss amid currency pressures, falling sales of biotech-enhanced corn seeds
2016-01-06 15:41:20| Chemicals - Topix.net
Monsanto on Wednesday said it swung to a $253-million loss in the first fiscal quarter, amid foreign currency pressures and falling sales of its biotech-enhanced corn seeds. On a per-share basis, the St. Louis-based company said it had a loss of 56 cents.
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Study finds high concentration of CO2 protects sorghum against drought and improves seeds
2015-12-01 11:55:31| Green Car Congress
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Native Seeds Help Weather Climate Change in El Salvador
2015-11-30 23:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Knife in hand, Domitila Reyes deftly cuts open the leaves covering the cob of corn, which she carefully removes from the plant a process she carries out over and over all morning long, standing in the middle of a sea of corn, a staple in the diet of El Salvador. Reyes is taking part in the tapisca derived from pixca in the Nahat indigenous tongue, which means harvesting the field-dried corn. The process will end, weeks later, with the selection of the best quality seeds, in order to ensure...
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Monsanto to Mexico honey farmers: Our soya seeds not to blame for woes
2015-11-07 00:23:32| Chemicals - Topix.net
Monsanto Co on Friday denied that plantings of its genetically modified soybeans have impacted bees, led to deforestation or caused damage to the honey production industry in two Mexican states. Mexico's Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked a move to allow the planting of genetically modified soya seeds in the southern Mexican states of Campeche and Yucatan, arguing that indigenous communities that had fought the move should be consulted before it was approved.
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