| 19 June 2008 |
GM - a crop of hyperbole |
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NOTE: Doug Gurian-Sherman, as well as being a senior scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington, was formerly the EPA's biotech specialist and an advisor on biotech ...
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| 17 June 2008 |
Monsanto scans for anti-GM blogs |
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EXTRACT: Is it common practice in business these days to roll out promises for categorical, but as yet unspecified, products that may or may not come along 12 to ...
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| 15 June 2008 |
GM global news: early June |
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News update summary for early June from GMWatch.
Includes: Monsanto lobbying expenses, Monsanto profits increase 14 fold, Monsanto purchases more seed companies, court decision questions patent law, mythmaking will never feed the ...
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| 13 June 2008 |
GM Coexistence plans a failure |
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Press Release: Network of Concerned Farmers
13th June, 2008
GM Coexistence plans a failure
For the first time in Australia, the GRDC funded GM canola coexistence protocols were ...
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| 11 June 2008 |
Patent dispute may impact on GM future |
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EXTRACT: Van Dyke also said that the ruling could be good news for farmers who want to use genetically modified seed from the plants that they grow, rather than ...
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| 12 May 2008 |
ABARE produce another bogus report to push GM crops |
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Press release:
ABARE produce another bogus report to push GM crops
The Network of Concerned Farmers (NCF) have slammed ABARE for their latest economic report titled "Economic Impacts ...
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| 06 May 2008 |
UK:BASF targeted in GM protest |
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PROTESTORS claim to have shut down BASF UK's headquarters at Cheadle Hulme, near Manchester, this morning (Tuesday, May 6) in protest at the company’s GM potato trials.
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| 06 May 2008 |
Multinationals make billions in profit out of growing global food crisis |
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EXTRACTS: Giant agribusinesses are enjoying soaring earnings and profits out of the world food crisis which is driving millions of people towards starvation...
"Instead of agriculture, they have gone ...
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| 02 May 2008 |
Farm Broadcaster Ousted after Ripping Monsanto's Goon Squads |
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- Stokes and Stumo were promoting a new project to study corporate concentration in the seed industry. Monsanto is the dominant player in the global seed industry and has ...
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| 02 May 2008 |
Mass Protests against GM Crops in India |
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- It is at this juncture that farmers’ unions, consumer organizations, environmental groups, development organizations and concerned scientists have stepped up their protests against Bt Brinjal, realizing that the ...
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| 29 April 2008 |
Australian taxpayers to pay for GM research venture |
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The scientists from the public sector in both the countries have decided to make this representation to their respective governments, after which official-level discussions would follow to pave the way for setting up of the joint ...
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| 23 April 2008 |
SBS transcript - excellent report on health issues |
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SBS transcript
http://news.sbs.com.au/insight/future_food__the_story_545478
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| 19 April 2008 |
Governments refuse to agree with GM findings due to vested interest |
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"It is now blatently obvious that genuine economic, health and environmental concerns are being desperately and misleadingly countered by government organisations in order to support their own interests."
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| 18 April 2008 |
GM crop ban extended indefinitely in SA |
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"However, 81pc of the submissions and 97pc of the letters supported retaining the moratorium. "Our view is that at present we believe there's no compelling reason to lift the ...
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| 18 April 2008 |
Australian government refuse to sign global vision due to lack of support for GM |
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Australian authorities were cited as saying they have not signed off on a new global vision for agriculture because it focuses too much on economics and not enough on ...
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| 18 April 2008 |
Monocrops bring food crisis |
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- Because the new monocrops were poorly adapted to local conditions, the plants didn't do so well unless sustained by massive amounts of water, fertilizers, and pesticides. Little wonder ...
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| 18 April 2008 |
No support for GM in internationally adopted report |
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- The report's lack of specific support for GM crops was based on a rigorous and peer-reviewed analysis of the empirical evidence. After consideration of the evidence on both ...
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| 18 April 2008 |
No GM, says Bendigo - State Government defied |
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Cr Keith Reynard said he feared the ownership of patents on GM crops by several large multinational companies posed serious dangers for the future viability and freedom of farmers.
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| 17 April 2008 |
Nations split on GM role in food crisis |
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- "Assessment of the technology lags behind its development, information is anecdotal and contradictory, and uncertainty about possible benefits and damage is unavoidable," said the report.
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| 17 April 2008 |
International report - Feed the world without GM |
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EXTRACTS: ...in a move that has led to the US, UK, Australia and Canada not yet endorsing the report, the authors said GM technology was not a quick fix ...
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| 17 April 2008 |
No GM, says Bendigo -- State Government defied |
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THE City of Greater Bendigo will defy State Government policy in an effort to keep the municipality free of genetically modified crops and declare ...
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| 15 April 2008 |
Worlds experts see no role for GM |
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EXTRACT: "Dependency on world agricultural commodity prices and speculation, as well as on seed and toxic agricultural inputs controlled by a few transnational players is literally a kiss of ...
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| 15 April 2008 |
4000 scientists say GM Crops no silver bullet for hunger |
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4000 scientists say GM Crops no silver bullet for hunger
GM Freeze, Immediate Release 15 April 2008
GM Freeze Call for Government, Industry and Scientists to Respond To IAASTD
Report Challenges: GM ...
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| 10 April 2008 |
Monsanto Profit Doubles |
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For the quarter ended Feb. 29, the producer of genetically modified seeds posted net income of $1.13 billion, or $2.02 a share, up from $543 million, or 98 cents a share, ...
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| 10 April 2008 |
Californian farmers push bill to stop Monsanto intimidation |
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...In spite of the uncontrollability of genetic contamination, farmers contaminated by GE crops can be and have been sued by GE manufacturers for patent infringement.
...AB 541 protects California farmers ...
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