Well, the folks at ETC have another view on the Enola Been Patent appeal decision that I wrote about yesterday. Hope Shand's comments give a …
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Patent on Bean Rejected in Appeal – Victory for Latin American Farmers
Best news I've seen in a long while. It starts out a once upon a time nightmare:In 1999 a US citizen - Larry Proctor goes down to Mexico, …
Biofuel Boom – Bad Business for Farmers, Big Business for Big Business
By now many of you have seen the NY Times article on Sticker Shock in the Organic Aisles, in addition to that I suggest that you read this …
Pre-Emptive Strike
The April 6th edition of the New York Times reports that the Supreme Court is leaning towards a legal argument called “pre-emption” that …
Who Owns Your Tomato? Another Big Horticultural Seed Company Bought By Monsanto
When Monsanto buys into a market they buy in big. In 2005 Monsanto’s seed/genetic trait holdings were primarily in corn, cotton, soybean, …
Beet Industry Responses to RoundUp Ready Sugarbeet Suit
There have been several sugarbeet industry responses to the RR lawsuit filed by Organic Seed Alliance, Center For Food Safety, and Sierra …
USDA notifies public of an “unitentional” escape of unapproved GE corn variety
This just in, release from USDA on a new "event". It once again points to the lax regulation, poor handling, and inevitable escape of …
Hillary and Monsanto
There have been two recent public letters to Hillary Clinton from an old college alum that point to her historical ties with large scale …
Catching up
I haven't had much time to write given my workload with the Organic Seed Growers Conference. I'll give an update from the conference …
SuperCarrot – addendum
Frank Morton posted this comment on the SuperCarrot piece. His additions to the story need to be front and center:Thanks for bringing this …
Challenge to USDA approval of Genetically Modified Sugar Beets
Obviously I need to be a bit careful on this, as Organic Seed Alliance is as plaintiff in the case, but I am working on an editorial piece …
Genetically Engineered ‘Super Carrot’ higher in press release fluff and poor journalism than your average carrot
I edited this down today. A little less vitriolic as my blood pressure calmed. Also...look for it on "Grist - environmental news and …
