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Trial begins for man alleging Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer

19 June 2018

Case could set a precedent for hundreds of other cases against Monsanto

Philanthrocapitalism: The Gates Foundation's African programmes are not charity

19 June 2018

Gates Foundation and world of money

The activities of the Gates Foundation are an example of what has come to be called philanthrocapitalism. Philip L Bereano argues that philanthrocapitalism is an attempt to use market processes to do good – but is problematic as markets are ill-suited to socially constructive goals

South Korea suspends wheat and flour sales from Canada over GMO plants found in Alberta

18 June 2018

Move comes on heels of similar move by Japan last week

Putting agriculture first – without farmers and land?

18 June 2018

Reflections on Tanzania’s Road to Green Revolution

Hawaii will finally force companies to say what pesticides they’re spraying

17 June 2018

Secret cocktails of toxic pesticides have long been sprayed on GM corn

Former “Billion Dollar Bug” is mounting a comeback

17 June 2018

The corn rootworm pest has developed resistance to GM Bt insecticidal toxins

Japan blocks Canadian wheat after unapproved GMO wheat plants found in Alberta

15 June 2018

The Japanese Farm Ministry said it has suspended its tender and sale of wheat from Canada after grain containing a GM trait was discovered last summer in Alberta

A Crispr conundrum: How cells fend off gene editing

14 June 2018

Human cells resist gene editing by turning on defences against cancer, ceasing reproduction and sometimes dying, two teams of scientists have found

Did Kevin Folta bully a senior scientist into stepping down?

12 June 2018

IFAS developmental biologist Dennis Gray and Kevin Folta

Florida Commission on Human Relations found evidence of discrimination, retaliation and bullying

EU-funded rat feeding studies do not refute the Séralini study

12 June 2018

Dissecting rats

Pro-GMO lobby groups have been caught misrepresenting EU studies to claim they "disprove" the findings of harm in the Séralini study

January 18, 2016

Published by Farmers Relief at January 18, 2016