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• Scholarly Saturdays: Encyclopaedia Britannica & Tomorrowland, Pt. 2

  
  Davelandblog — Authority: 424
  Now we start getting into the good stuff! Yup, vintage Tomorrowland at its best. Susie and Bobby have rejoined us and are ready to take us through the Monsanto Hall of Chemistry. I never cared much for Chemistry, but when it’s Disney-fied, ANYBODY would enjoy it! Over at the Kaiser Hall of Aluminum, you can ...
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• Transgenics Threaten to Trample Food Sovereignty in Mexico

  
  From Xico — Authority: 417
  The efforts of Monsanto to plant transgenic maize in Mexico continues in the news.  Monsanto wont be able to fade into the woodwork and silently go about its business.  Today in Enlaces Veracruz 212, the following appeared (my translation -- the awkwardness is totally mea culpa).  This is, I probably dont need to ...
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• GMO Survival Seeds – Isn’t that an oxymoron?

  
  Surviving the Middle Class Crash — Authority: 113
  If you think that selling survival GMO seeds is a good idea, look at this video, read the article, and think again.
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• Iowa law firm files as Monsanto lobbyist ahead of DOJ/USDA antitrust workshops

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 618
  Iowa attorney and Democratic political insider Jerry Crawford, longtime supporter and friend of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, has signed on as a lobbyist for Monsanto. (Photo: Crawford, Quilty & Mauro) As the U.S. Departments of Justice and Agriculture gear up for an unprecedented series of ...
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• Seeds of Doubt

  
  Green Fork Blog — Authority: 508
  American ingenuity is alive and well. Or at least it’s alive, as evidenced by such recent US inventions as Bacconaise , Snuggies , and credit default swaps . If this represents the best we can do, though, we may be in trouble. Because now, more than ever, the world needs true innovators and visionaries who can ...
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• If You Cant Stand the Beet

  
  The Big Money — Authority: 705
  Lawyers representing Big Sugar and the companies that make genetically modified beet seeds will argue in federal court in San Francisco on Friday that full evidentiary hearings—including witnesses—should be held before a judge decides whether to ban the planting of modified beets. Such a move could devastate ...
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• ‘The Angry Mermaid Award’ - Vote On The Worst Industry Lobbyists Killing Climate Action

  
  DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science — Authority: 636
  Mermaid_Colour_300x374_96dpi.jpg Citizens from around the world will convene in Copenhagen next week for the COP15 U.N. climate conference , ready to voice their frustration at the slow pace of global action to address climate change. Friends of the Earth International recently launched ‘The ...
  3 days ago

• Monsanto Claus

  
  Permaculture & Regenerative Design News — Authority: 123
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• Crony of agriculture chief now a Monsanto lobbyist

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Jerry Crawford, an Iowa lawyer and lobbyist with deep ties to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, recently registered as the Washington representative for Monsanto, a biotechnology and agrichemical giant that embodies the "special interests" President Obama planned to drive from the temple of federal government. The ...
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• 93% of Soybeans, 80% of Corn Grown from Genetically-Modified Monsanto Seeds

  
  Disinformation — Authority: 566
  Peter Whoriskey reports in the Washington Post : For plants designed in a lab a little more than a decade ago, they’ve come a long way: Today, the vast majority of the nation’s two primary crops grow from seeds genetically altered according to Monsanto company patents. Ninety-three percent of soybeans. Eighty ...
  5 days ago

• LibertyWeek 71: The Politics of Booze

  
  OpenMarket.org — Authority: 612
  Your hosts Richard Morrison and Jeremy Lott welcome guests Gregory Conko and Garrett Peck to Episode 71 of the LibertyWeek podcast . We start with an update on the latest in the Climate-Gate scandal and the impact of nanny state policies in New York City, then move on to Monsanto’s antitrust worries and finish with ...
  5 days ago

• Science & Soul: I’m Back!

  
  Science & Soul — Authority: 104
  Sorry about the long wait, but work comes first.  Anyway, I am getting back in the swing of things for a little while. Science News in Brief The Large Haldron Collider has resumed operation and set a new world record for energy.  Its particle beams were accelerated at over one trillion volts.  This was just a ...
  5 days ago

• From the Department of Incompatible Systems

  
  Needlenose — Authority: 123
  The opening paragraphs of this Washington Post story on Sunday sound more like a pitch for a science-fiction movie: For plants designed in a lab a little more than a decade ago, they’ve come a long way: Today, the vast majority of the nation’s two primary crops grow from seeds genetically altered according to ...
  5 days ago

• Will Monsanto Roast?

  
  The Big Money — Authority: 705
  The Washington Post on Sunday published a long article about the "antitrust scrutiny" facing Monsanto  (MON), which dominates the markets for both corn and soybean seeds. The article quotes Christine Varney, the Justice Departments antitrust chief, promising to step up enforcement, which was essentially ...
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• Getting Into The Weeds of Monsanto’s Empire

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 437
  The Washington Post’s Peter Whoriskey reports that 93 percent of soybeans and 80 percent of corn grown in the United States grow from seeds genetically altered by the Monsanto company. Yet this market share is only now being scrutinized by the Justice Department’s anti-trust division: Obama anti-trust ...
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• Monsantos dominance draws antitrust inquiry

  
  Newsvine - Pamela Drew's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 127
  The bigger story here is the lack of discussion of consumers right to choose to swallow for Monsanto and whether evidence exists that they are fit for human consumption.
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• Time’s Almost Up, People!

  
  Edible Aria — Authority: 426
  Act as though your life depends upon it..“If you’re talking about PCBs, Agent Orange, Bovine Growth Hormone, water privatization, bio-piracy, untested/unlabeled genetically engineered organisms, or persecuting small family farmers”,  you’re most likely talking about Monsanto, the World’s Most Hated  ...
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• The Truth about Genetically Modified Crops and Herbicides

  
  greenUPGRADER — Authority: 464
  Companies like Monsanto claim that genetically engineered (GE) crops help farmers produce higher yields with fewer chemical herbicides, but how legitimate is that claim?Related posts: Monsanto’s Food, Inc. “Facts” Monsanto should patent their modification of the word “Fact” While... 10 Great Resources ...
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• Monsanto draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 567
  11-29-2009 • United Press International WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) — Antitrust scrutiny of agriculture conglomerate Monsanto has high stakes for U.S. farmers and its competitors, analysts say. With Monsanto’s genetically altered corn and soybean seeds holding dominant positions in the U.S. ...
  6 days ago

• In the U.S. and most of the rest of the world, Monsanto OWNS soybeans and corn

  
  And, yes, I DO take it personally — Authority: 134
  heckuva strategy ... genetically modify seeds, patent them, build dominant market share to insure that your seeds are the only ones available and then keep raising the prices... pretty soon, the worlds food supply belongs to YOU... its the same strategy employed by the banksters to keep us servile and productive for ...
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