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Crop: Alfalfa

Seed Policy · March 18, 2011

Farmers, Consumer Groups File Second Alfalfa Lawsuit


Cross-posted from the Center for Food Safety Farmers and Consumer Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Genetically Engineered Alfalfa …

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Seed Policy · March 15, 2011

How to Respond to GE Alfalfa and Sugar Beets


In the aftermath of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recent decision to deregulate both genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa and sugar …

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Seed Policy · February 8, 2011

Associated Press: Experts Say Alfalfa Contamination Certain


The Associated Press printed a story yesterday entitled "Experts: Contamination from GM Alfalfa Certain." In an earlier version of this …

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Seed Policy · January 31, 2011

We Stand United in Opposition to GE Alfalfa


We stand united in opposition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to once again allow unlimited, nationwide commercial …

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Seed Policy · January 27, 2011

OSA Calls USDA Alfalfa Decision a Threat to Organic Integrity


For Immediate Release: January 27, 2011 Contact: Kristina Hubbard, Director of Advocacy, (406) 493-6965, kristina@seedalliance.org USDA …

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Seed Policy · January 19, 2011

Tell USDA to Protect Organic Integrity, Beginning with Alfalfa


As we wrote last month, USDA has completed its environmental impact statement for GE alfalfa and is poised to approve ("deregulate") its …

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Seed Policy · December 23, 2010

USDA Plans to Release First GE Perennial Field Crop


USDA has released the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on Roundup Ready alfalfa with two preferred options for moving forward: 1) …

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Seed Policy · June 21, 2010

Supreme Court Maintains Ban on Planting GE Alfalfa


Contacts: George Kimbrell, Center for Food Safety, 415-826-2770, c: 571-527-8618 John Bianchi, Goodman Media, 212-576-2700, c: …

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Seed Policy · June 7, 2010

Remember to call Congress this week about GE alfalfa!


As we wrote a couple weeks ago, GE alfalfa is already impacting organic seed producers. We're fortunate that some members of Congress are …

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Seed Policy · May 25, 2010

Roundup Ready alfalfa already impacting organic growers


You'll hear the biotechnology industry say that Roundup Ready alfalfa will not impact organic markets and that export countries have already …

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Seed Policy · May 21, 2010

Do Your Senators/Representatives Support the Ban on GE Alfalfa?


Roundup Ready alfalfa is receiving a ton of attention lately (especially the Supreme Court case we discussed last month) and members of …

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Seed Policy · April 27, 2010

GE Alfalfa Before the Supreme Court


The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this morning in Monsanto vs. Geertson Seed Farms, the first case involving GE crops to reach the high …

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