This announcement comes after the Trump administration reversed plans to ban chlorpyrifos and rejected scientific conclusions of experts.
Read ArticleThis announcement comes after the Trump administration reversed plans to ban chlorpyrifos and rejected scientific conclusions of experts.
Read ArticleThe organic food sector in the UK rose by 4.5% last year, with sales of online retail and home delivery surging by 11.2%.
Read ArticleThe swamp remains very full — a former lobbyist for the herbicide industry helped Dow as it sought approval of its seeds in China.
Read ArticleThough not an organic brand, Quorn is introducing something that will sure to be followed by companies in our industry — carbon labels.
Read ArticleThe fruit’s global surge in popularity has fueled exports and attracted violent cartels to the trade in ‘green gold’.
Read ArticleThis gives credence to the idea that organic products certified through Regenerative Organic Certification and The Real Organic Project can charge slightly more for their products — an argument that I have been making for quite a while.
Read ArticleThailand wants to remove from the market chlorpyrifos, glyphosate, and paraquat — all shown to be hazards to human health — but the Trump administration is putting up a fight to reverse this decision.
Read ArticleAccording to a new report, nearly all of the global farm subsidies are fueling the climate crisis and destroying wildlife.
Read ArticleA look at why some organic food brands and other companies are hiding their sustainability initiatives from consumers.
Read ArticleThe likely culprit? The loosening of pesticide restrictions, including the nearly 300 new products that have been fast-tracked for approval since the beginning of the year.
Read ArticleCompany records show an action plan that includes promoting certain search results and targeting book reviews.
Read ArticleA draft report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states that the way the world produces food must change. Or the consequences will be dire.
Read ArticleShocking but not shocking. The Guardian is claiming that EU regulators literally copy-and-pasted sections from Monsanto’s own studies when creating an “independent” safety report on the controversial weedkiller glyphosate.
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Seeking a return to an agrarian lifestyle, young farmers face very serious financial challenges and are pushing hard for meaningful policy changes.
Read ArticleThe acclaimed environmental activist highlights the serious health risks of glyphosate and the action we need to take with politicians.
Read ArticleSome environmentalists are having a real issue with organic farming taking place on the grasslands of Point Reyes National Seashore, claiming they are despoiling a landscape visited by 2.5 million people every year.
Read ArticleA San Francisco Superior Court judge, who had considered overturning the recent $289M verdict against Monsanto for its RoundUp causing Dewayne Johnson to get cancer, upheld the decision but reduced the financial award to $78M.
Read ArticleThe Organic Consumers Association has sued the restaurant chain Pret a Manger because some of its “natural” food products have tested positive for glyphosate.
Read ArticleUsing internal correspondence within Monsanto, a plaintiff in California is contending that Monsanto knew for decades that its weedkiller product was carcinogenic.
Read ArticleAs part of the U.S. National Toxicology Program’s first-ever examination of formulations made with glyphosate, new tests have shown that popular weedkiller products, such as Monsanto’s RoundUp, are more toxic to human cells than their active ingredients.
Read ArticleAs discovered in a Freedom of Information Act request, FDA internal emails show that the agency knew common household foods were contaminated with the toxic weedkiller glyphosate, a chemical which the State of California says is known to cause cancer.
Read ArticleUnder pressure from having glyphosate discovered in its ice cream, Ben & Jerry will introduce an “organic dairy” line in 2018, which it expects to account for 6% of total U.S. sales.
Read ArticleAfter failing to show up for hearings into allegations of regulatory interference, Monsanto lobbyists have been banned from entering the European parliament.
Read ArticleShocking! New documents reveal that the EU made its safety recommendation about glyphosate based on a study that it copied and pasted from Monsanto’s own documents.
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