Anti-Monsanto Protests Draw Huge Crowds Around the World (Video)

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 26, 2013 What began as a call to action on Facebook against Monsanto months ago became a worldwide event Saturday, as demonstrators took to the streets in hundreds of cities spanning more than 50 countries around the globe to protest against the biotech behemoth in a "March Against Monsanto." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How the U.S. Government Shills for Monsanto

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 16, 2013 Thanks in part to WikiLeaks, we now know that the State Department is acting like a global sales agent for biotech behemoths such as Monsanto. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Sides With Monsanto Over Soybean Farmer

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 14, 2013 The justices Monday ruled that Indiana farmer Vernon Bowman infringed Monsanto's patent for genetically modified soybeans when he bought some of those seeds from a local grain elevator and used them for a second, late-season crop. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Michael Hudson on Obama, Social Security and Mean Mrs. Thatcher

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2013 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Economist Michael Hudson attacks Obama's proposed cuts. Also on the program: the fight to keep Monsanto from polluting Hawaii's natural wonders, a college degree ain't what it used to be, and a new movie documents the legal showdown over medical marijuana. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What You Need to Know About the Terrifying Monsanto Protection Act

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Mar 29, 2013 In case you haven't yet heard of the so-called Monsanto Protection Act, it's a horrific piece of legislation that is tantamount to a huge corporate giveaway to the agricultural biotech giant Monsanto. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Soybean Farmer Takes Monsanto to Supreme Court

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 10, 2013 A single 75-year-old Indiana soybean farmer in rural southwestern Indiana is taking on the multibillion dollar agricultural giant over the issue of who controls the rights to seeds planted in the ground. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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California’s Food Fight: To Label or Not to Label GMOs

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Oct 25, 2012 Of the 11 initiatives before the 2012 California electorate, one drawing perhaps the most attention is Proposition 37, on the labeling of food containing genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

USDA May Let Monsanto Test Own Crops

Staff / Truthdig Apr 26, 2011 Monsanto, a giant in the genetically modified food business, may be granted a privilege that any corporation would envy: regulating its own products. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Monsanto Dominance Prompts Antitrust Inquiry

Staff / Truthdig Nov 29, 2009 Some 93 percent of soybeans and 80 percent of corn: Those numbers reflect how much of each crop is grown with seeds genetically altered under the patents of agro-giant Monsanto. An antitrust investigation is at hand, as questions about a monopoly status seem not too far off. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Behind the Label

Staff / Truthdig Aug 29, 2009 An industry group of organic and natural food producers is attempting to develop a standard for non-genetically modified and organic food. Existing labels declaring food "organic" are based as marketing devices, not on an actual standard of rigorous testing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scientists Seek to Create Docile Zombie Animals

Staff / Truthdig Jan 15, 2007 Researchers are probing ways to create genetically modified livestock that are oblivious to their confinement and thus easier to prepare for subsequent slaughter. Zombie bacon double-cheeseburger, anyone? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )