German drug and crop chemicals maker Bayer is set to win conditional European Union antitrust approval for its $62.5 billion bid for the world’s major seed company, Monsanto, Reuters reports citing its sources. The European Commission is expected to issue a decision on the deal by April 5. Bayer has already pledged to sell certain seed and herbicide assets for €5.9 billion ($7.2 billion) to chemical... 

European MPs agreed that lobbyists representing controversial US-based agricultural giant Monsanto should be barred from the European Parliament after the company refused to attend a hearing on allegations that it influenced studies on the safety of its products. The measure includes meeting MEPs, attending parliamentary committee meetings and using the parliament’s digital resources in Brussels... 

Last week, an EU court ruled Italy cannot ban the cultivation of an EU-approved genetically modified crop, thus publicly supporting GMO. At the same time, Russia has been ramping up production and export of organic food. GMO has been banned in Russia since 2016. “Recently the organic food market has definitely expanded in Russia. The organically produced food industry held a market valuation... 

Copyrighted FISH! Soon those devils will wipe all natural fish and hold only to those copyrighted GMO fish which you cannot legally grow or catch yourself. Laws should be put in place that would ban all kind of copyrighting and patenting on GOD created flora and fauna. Furthermore messing with the genes of God’s creation should also be banned. If you are a monkey-man who believes in apes and... 

Now that Marijuana is about to get legalized in some US states, Monsanto has taken over the marijuana industry and transformed it from one of the most powerful ANTI-CARCINOGENS in the world that CURES cancer, into a CARCINOGENIC plant that CAUSES cancer! As time will pass, you won’t even be able to find a real natural NON-GMO marijuana plant on the market just like what’s happening with... 

More than 400 simultaneous demonstrations around the world are voicing fury at US biotech leviathan Monsanto, which is facing a hostile takeover from German pharmaceuticals company Bayer. “The whole world hates Monsanto!” read the banners among a throng in Paris, marching to the sound of a drum band. The crowd held up posters condemning the sale of the herbicide RoundUp, which has been accused... 

A years-long saga involving fugitive spies, FBI wiretaps, and seeds smuggled in popcorn packets is coming to a close after Mo Hailong admitted to being the ringleader of a group that stole biological materials from US firms, causing millions in damages. On Wednesday, Mo, a China-born US citizen who has lived in the country since 1998, accepted a plea agreement with prosecutors that will see him sentenced... 

Russia could become the world’s largest supplier of ecologically clean and high-quality organic food, said President Vladimir Putin on Thursday. He also called on the country to become completely self-sufficient in food production by 2020. “We are not only able to feed ourselves taking into account our lands, water resources – Russia is able to become the largest world supplier of healthy,... 

As many as 16 countries of the European Union have announced their decision to opt out of GM crops. The countries will no longer be cooperating with GMO produce of such major companies as Monsanto, Dow, Syngenta and Pioneer, EntryNews.com reports. Germany, Italy, Denmark, Bulgaria and Cyprus have recently filed their requests and applications, increasing the number to 16. In August, Scotland publicly... 

French Environment and Energy Minister Ségolène Royal is sending a clear message to Monsanto – biotech maker responsible for Round Up chemicals, and the target of a class action lawsuit in California, soon to be the taken to the US Federal Court. Royal made the pronouncement this past Sunday that the weed killer Round Up should not be sold in garden shops since it is potentially harmful to human... 

A number of Russian MPs have suggested altering the current legislation and introducing criminal responsibility for illegal trade in GMO products. The idea is to mete out prison terms of up to two years for repeated offenders. The bill tightening the rules for selling genetically modified products has been prepared by lawmakers representing the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, known for its nationalist... 

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators in 428 cities are expected to turn out this weekend to protest agribusiness giant Monsanto. The third annual ‘March Against Monsanto’ seeks to highlight the company’s part in control of the food supply. The worldwide protest scheduled for May 23 is a continuation of growing awareness and opposition to industrial agriculture’s increasing... 

As the 2015 presidential race continues to usher in debates over social policy and fiscal responsibility, no one is talking about another key issue: all of the major candidates are in completely opposition to GMO labeling and many are directly supporting Monsanto’s biotech aspirations. Last month I shared with you Hillary Clinton’s close support of Monsanto and GMO crops in a piece posted just... 

A bill has been introduced in the Rhode Island Legislature that would require labeling of any genetically-engineered ingredients in food consumed by humans. State Sen. Donna Nesselbush recently introduced two nearly identical bills to the Senate Health & Human Services Committee that would demand disclosure of any foods or ingredients that were genetically manipulated, making Rhode Island the... 

Half of the Studies Find Cause For Concern… The Other Half Are Studies By the GMO Food Industry Itself. Tufts University’s Director of the Research and Policy Program at the Global Development and Environment Institute (Timothy Wise) points out: There is no … consensus on the safety of GM food. A peer-reviewed study of the research, from peer-reviewed journals, found that about half of the...