Via Campesina, the world’s largest confederation of farmers with member organizations in 70 countries, has called Monsanto one of the “principal enemies of peasant sustainable agriculture and food sovereignty for all peoples.” See how peasant farmers, and the activists who support them, are challenging the agribusiness giant’s incursions into developing world farming.
Tag: Monsanto
Short Film Discusses GM Crops “Farmer to Farmer”
There have been several points over the past few weeks when I’ve thought “You know what… let’s just take a break on agriculture.” Proponents of biotechnology, organic agriculture, and other [ … ]
1996: The Year That Everything Changed For US Agriculture
Farming is a unique industry. Even though less than 1% of Americans are doing it, it is still an industry with hundreds of thousands of independent decision makers. It is [ … ]
Concern and Encouragement In The News About Climate Change and Food
Last week, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization released a report which described the current upswing of global food prices (see chart above). They characterized it as a “polite [ … ]
The Ethics of Selling Crop Seed: Part 2 – GMO Seed
[social_buttons] This is a followup post that will attempt to address some additional, wide-spread myths about the commercial sale of seed. In this case the topic with be “GMO” seed [ … ]
Are Large, For-Profit Corporations Intrinsically Less Ethical?
[social_buttons] In the comment streams on my blog posts there is a recurrent theme from one segment of the respondents – they have a deep distrust in the large companies [ … ]
International Paper Growing Genetically Engineered “Frankenforests”
[social_buttons] I can’t believe what I read on Bloomberg.com, “International Paper’s ArborGen joint venture with MeadWestvaco Corp. and New Zealand’s Rubicon Ltd. is seeking permission from the U.S. Department of [ … ]
Food, Inc. Documentary Movie Removes Shroud of Secrecy
For those in America who have yet to read The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Fast Food Nation or even The Jungle, the new docu pic Food, Inc. smoothly stirs the boiling pot [ … ]
Pesticide Lobby Bugged by Michelle Obama’s White House Organic Garden
Are you worried that an organic garden on the White House grounds might cause some Americans to start eating a wide variety of chemical-free, locally grown produce? The Mid America [ … ]
Monsanto’s Started a Blog: Conversation with Critics, or the Same Old PR?
Yesterday’s Post-Dispatch had a story on the front page of the Business section that immediately caught my eye: St. Louis-based agribiz giant Monsanto has started blogging (and Twittering and YouTube-ing). [ … ]
Hell Hath No Fury Like a Mom with a Blog
Eleven ways that moms are leveraging social media to pursue the mom agenda. It’s a self-evident truth that moms know best. Until recently, though, this knowledge was largely confined to [ … ]