Showing posts with label Agri-Business. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Agri-Business. Show all posts

Sunday, September 18, 2016

The Monsanto–Bayer Tie-Up is Just One of Seven Mega-Mergers That Threaten Seeds, Food Security

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Organic hemp seed. PinP photo.
Policymakers could still block the agri biz mergers; peasants and farmers will continue the fight for seeds and rights. Story here.

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

'Five-Alarm Threat to Our Food Supply': Monsanto-Bayer Merger Advances

CommonDreams

Chemical and GMO giants agree on takeover offer worth $66 billion; mega-merger to be reviewed by antitrust agencies worldwide. Story here.

Saturday, September 3, 2016

Editorial: Canada Called Out on Our Dirty Little Secret

Laura Rance - Manitoba Co-Operator 
Canola field - PinP photo.
The world is full of customers who think they are special. Story here.

Saturday, May 25, 2013

You Need Phosphorus to Live—and We're Running Out

Mother Jones
Pesticide sprayer on a farm in Manitoba, Canada. PLT photo.
Industrial farming has played a part in sucking this critical element out of our soil.

Climate Change. It’s never been about data. It’s about anger, and anger sells.

  Good morning,    There was a moment, as I entered adulthood in the early 2000s, when the zeitgeist among people concerned over the climate...