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FBI chases anti-GMO activists while igorning Monsantos transgressions
2013-06-24 23:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Some experimental GMO crops were torn out of a field in Oregon this month. That means it`s time for the federal government to freak the fuck out and do its best to clamp down again on eco-activism. The sugar beet plants, which were genetically engineered by Syngenta to survive applications of the herbicide Roundup, were uprooted in the middle of the night from a couple of fields, presumably by anti-GMO activists. The destruction of the experimental crops occurred in the same state where a strain...
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Monsanto's Robert T. Fraley Named 2013 World Food Prize Laureate
2013-06-19 06:00:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
ST. LOUIS, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- At the 2013 World Food Prize Announcement Ceremony held today at the U.S. State Department, Monsanto's Chief Technology Officer, Robert T. Fraley, Ph.D., was named a 2013 World Food Prize Laureate. Fraley's recognition is for the research he and his teams pioneered in plant biotechnology and its application to advanced breeding and crop improvement techniques in agriculture. read more
Monsanto's Drought Tolerance Trait In Genuity DroughtGard Hybrids Receives Final Major Import Approval From China
2013-06-17 06:00:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
ST. LOUIS, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- China, a major importer of U.S. corn grain and dried distillers grain solubles, has officially granted full regulatory import authorization for Monsanto Company's (NYSE: MON) MON 87460 trait, the biotechnology trait in Genuity DroughtGard Hybrids, as part of a broader series of approvals. This represents a significant step forward for technology approvals in China. read more
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Monsanto's deception game on GMO in Europe
2013-06-05 20:14:35| Chemicals - Topix.net
William Engdahl is an award-winning geopolitical analyst and strategic risk consultant whose internationally best-selling books have been translated into thirteen foreign languages.
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States Brace for Monsanto's 'Big Stick' in GMO Labeling Fight
2013-05-16 06:41:36| Biotech - Topix.net
Grassroots groups across the United States are mobilizing against the nation's powerful biotech firms as a new round of labeling laws for foods made with genetically modified organisms make their way through state legislatures.