Alert Net
Ruth Gidley
Fans of biofuels give the impression we could soon be running cars on maize, producing electricity with sugar, and getting power from palm oil. Using plants to feed our fuel needs sounds like a great idea, and it could be a moneyspinner for some poor countries, but it might well mean people […]
Check Biotech
By Kristen Philipkoski
Organic cotton growers could face increased risk of crop contamination if a merger between the world’s largest seed company and the nation’s largest cottonseed seller is allowed to proceed, an influential agriculture watchdog group warned Thursday.
Biotech giant Monsanto agreed to purchase Delta and Pine Land Company […]
KTIC 840 Rural Radio
Nebraska
WASHINGTON (AP) - Milk from cloned cows is no longer welcome at the nation’s biggest milk company.
Although the government has approved meat and milk from cloned animals while it conducts further studies, Dean Foods Co. of Dallas said Thursday that its customers and consumers don’t want milk from cloned animals. […]
The Cornucopia Institute has informed the USDA of their intention to file a complaint in federal district court accusing the agency of ignoring the organic regulations, and the intent of Congress, by their failure to enforce the law.