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Monsanto's Fraley debates benefits of GMOs
2014-12-05 21:30:06| Chemicals - Topix.net
In recent months Monsanto Company executives, and the corporation as a whole, have been making concentrated efforts to engage the public on the topic of genetically modified organisms. This week Chief Technology Officer Robert Fraley joined the "pro" side in a mediated debate about the benefits of GMOs hosted by Intelligence Squared U.S., a nonprofit that focuses on civil discourse.
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Reverend Billy Holds a Thanksgiving Dinner on Monsanto's Front Lawn
2014-11-29 12:29:01| Chemicals - Topix.net
New York-based activist Reverend Billy and several members of his Stop Shopping Choir held a Thanksgiving meal outside Monsanto's world headquarters in the suburban St. Louis community of Creve Coeur on Thursday, joined by around 25 people from San Antonio, Detroit, New York and nearby Ferguson. Everyone brought home-made organic food that was laid out on a folding table on the front lawn of the biotech giant's corporate campus.
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Monsanto's 'zombie wheat' case reveals serious legal vulnerabilities in business model
2014-10-06 09:33:28| Chemicals - Topix.net
Monsanto's business model is falling apart right in front of their own face, because the biotech firm blatantly disrespects the property rights of farmers, contaminating their fields with unauthorized genetically modified seeds. These unapproved GMO seeds inevitably cross-contaminate farmers' fields, effectively destroying their yields.
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USDA leans to approve Monsanto's GMO beans, cotton
2014-08-12 00:22:08| Chemicals - Topix.net
U.S. regulators on Tuesday said they are leaning toward approval of a new line of herbicide-tolerant crops developed by Monsanto Co even though they could increase problematic weed resistance for farmers.
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Malawian civil societies oppose Monsanto's push for GM cotton release
2014-07-12 19:44:28| Chemicals - Topix.net
In a press release issued on July 4 by the organization Commons for EcoJustice, 19 separate civil society organizations and an organic vegetable farmers group have called on the government of Malawi to reject Monsanto's application to commercially plant genetically modified cotton.
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