GMO News
The GM genocide: Thousands of Indian farmers are committing suicide after using genetically modified crops
By Andrew Malone
03rd November 2008
Mail Online
Article Here
It's a lawless land when it comes to containing GM
By Tobin Hack
Sep 19, 2008
Original Article Here
Agricultural Giant Battles Small Farmers
CBS Evening News
ST. LOUIS, April 26, 2008
Video here
Deconstructing Dinner radio segments
Deconstructing Dinner radio segments on creating GE-free zones
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Supreme Court Backs Monsanto In Seed Patent Case
C&EN
JAN 9, 2008
Glenn Hess
Original Article Here
France suspends planting of GMO crops
Reuters
Oct 26, 2007
Sybille de La Hamaide
Original Article Here
New Article to Help Organic Farmers Understand Laws Prohibiting Use of Genetically Modified Organisms
The report this article refers to is available here (pdf)
October 2007
Jill Krueger
USDA report: Rice tainting a mystery
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
BY NANCY COLE
Posted on Saturday, October 6, 2007
Original Article Here
Download Report Here (pdf)
Banned strain of alfalfa planted in 43 Michigan counties
AP
August 26, 2007
Original Article Here
GM ALFALFA HOTLINE
Seed Week
August 28, 2007
Volume: 9 Issue: 34
Sponsored by Dow AgroSciences LLC
Maine allows farms to grow modified corn
The Board of Pesticides Control approves Bt corn as animal feed, despite the fears of organic farmers.
By CRAIG CROSBY Blethen Maine News Service July 28, 2007
Full Story with Pictures here
Monsanto loses claims for Roundup Ready genes
Author: Jane Roberts
Publication: commercialappeal.com, via AGBIOS
Date: Thursday, July 26, 2007
Maine last state to allow genetically altered corn
Times Argus
Jul 29, 2007
Full Article Here
Annan rules out use of GMOs in the war on hunger in Africa
Annan rules out use of GMOs in the war on hunger in Africa (click for original)
Allan Odhiambo
Business Daily (Kenya), 17-July-2007
Federal Judge Orders First-Ever Moratorium On Sale Of Genetically Altered Seed
USDA approval of genetically engineered alfalfa is vacated, seed sales halted
The Center For Food Safety
San Francisco, CA
March 12, 2007
Federal Judge Orders First-Ever Moratorium On Sale Of Genetically Altered Seed
USDA approval of genetically engineered alfalfa is vacated, seed sales halted
The Center For Food Safety
San Francisco, CA
March 12, 2007
Big news from Hawaii! First GMO Crop Ban in US passes
February 14, 2007
Moratorium on GMO Taro passes the statehouse
Big news from Hawaii! First GMO Crop Ban in US passes
February 14, 2007
Moratorium on GMO Taro passes the statehouse
Precedent-setting Decision May Block Planting, Sales of Monsanto Alfalfa
FEDERAL COURT FINDS USDA ERRED IN APPROVING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ALFALFA WITHOUT FULL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
February 14, 2007
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U.S. Agency Violated Law in Seed Case, Judge Rules
full story
By ANDREW POLLACK
February 14, 2007
Modified Crops Finding A Friendlier Playing Field
CQ WEEKLY – IN FOCUS
July 24, 2006 – Page 2021
On a warm day in May, more than 200 Vermont farmers dropped their plows and made a pilgrimage to a Franklin County dairy farm. They journeyed to witness Republican Gov. Jim Douglas veto the Farmer Protection Act, which would have allowed organic farmers whose crops were contaminated by genetically modified crop seeds to sue the seed manufacturers.
“It was planting season,” said Margaret Laggis, a Vermont-based lobbyist for the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), an industry trade group that fought the bill, marveling at the unprecedented turnout of conventional farmers to support the veto. “Usually you can’t beg a farmer to leave the field.”
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Hypocrisy on GMO crops
Bennington Banner
May 30, 2006
Letter to the editor
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/otheropinions/ci_3879384
Hypocrisy on GMO crops
Bennington Banner
May 30, 2006
Letter to the editor
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/otheropinions/ci_3879384
HOGWASH & HORSE MANURE Problems with the GE seed 'debate' and the Kerr pandemic
County Courier
Written by Hal Bill
Thursday, 18 May 2006
Gov. vetoes GE seed bill in Fairfiel
Franklin County Courier
Written by Ethan Dezotelle
Thursday, 18 May 2006
GMO bill killed by governor
NEAL GOSWAMI, Staff Writer
Bennington Banner
Wednesday, May 17
GMO seed bill gets veto from Douglas
Bob Kinzel
Vermont Public Radio
MONTPELIER, VT (2006-05-15)
Governor Douglas Vetoes Genetically Modified Seed Bill
WCAX
Fairfield, Vermont - May 15, 2006
FARMERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE RESPOND TO GOVERNOR'S VETO
MEDIA ALERT
For Immediate Release - May 14, 2006, 1:05 pm EST
FARMERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE RESPOND TO GOVERNOR'S VETO
MEDIA ALERT
For Immediate Release - May 14, 2006, 1:05 pm EST
France: GMO bill hard on manufacturers
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
By Ross Sneyd
http://www.freshplaza.com/2006/01mei/2_fr_gmo-bill.htm
Ag. secretary advising Douglas to veto modified-seed legislation
Article published May 3, 2006
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House debates liability of genetically modified seed makers
By Ross Sneyd, Associated Press Writer | April 25, 2006
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Compromise collapses on Vt.'s modified-crops bill
March 3, 2006
By Louis Porter Vermont Press Bureau
Conference Committee On Farmer Protection Act Breaks Down
For Immediate Release
March 2, 2006 9:20 pm
Contact Persons: Amy Shollenberger, Rural Vermont, 802-793-1114 amy@ruralvermont.org
Bill Wenzel, Farmer to Farmer Campaign on Genetic
Engineering, 608-444-0292
Conference Commitee on Farmer Protection Act Breaks Down
For Immediate Release
March 2, 2006 9:20 pm
Contact Persons:
Amy Shollenberger, Rural Vermont, 802-793-1114 amy@ruralvermont.org
Bill Wenzel, Farmer to Farmer Campaign on Genetic
Engineering, 608-444-0292
GE Seed Law Divides Farmers, Legislators
Caledonian Record
BY JAMES JARDINE, Staff Writer
Saturday December 31, 2005
What's not to like about a new technology that helps farmers feed a sick and hungry world, enable a Vermont farmer to grow a disease-resistant, pest-resistant crop that produces more yield per acre while using less pesticide and less herbicide? Plenty, if you ask organic farmers and advocacy groups like Rural Vermont.
Neighbor Farmers discuss near-miss GE contamination
For Immediate
Release December 29, 2005
Farmer Neighbors Discuss Genetically Engineered Seeds Contamination Near-Miss
Farmer Protection Act Would Address Liability Issues
Contact Persons:
Representative Dexter Randall: 802-744-2417 (h); 802-673-7382 (cell)
Armand "Bones" Pion: 802-744-2778 (h); 802-752-7776 (cell)
Jack Lazor: 802-744-6855 (h)
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Two Farmers Speak on the Farmer Protection Act
Statement of Jack Lazor and Armond “Bones” Pion
December 29, 2005
Vermont Legislature Should Stand with Family Farmers
Early this year, the House and Senate leadership named some top priorities for the legislative session. One of those priorities was the Farmer Protection Act,
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End of Legislative Session Update
--Farmer Protection Act still alive!
--Ag Water Quality Bill vastly improved because of our efforts!
--Current Use program extended to include cheesemakers!
Media Alert - The Farmer Protection Act is Good for all Vermont Farmers No Matter Which Way the Wind Blows
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VERMONT SENATE PASSES FARMER PROTECTION ACT
Farmers Win a Major Victory over Biotech Corporations
April 5, 2005
Contact: Amy Shollenberger, Policy Director, Rural Vermont 802-793-1114 amy@ruralvermont.org
VERMONT SENATE PASSES FARMER PROTECTION ACT
Farmers Win a Victory over Big Biotech
For Immediate Release
April 1, 2005
Contact: Amy Shollenberger, Policy Director, Rural Vermont 802-793-1114
Announcing a New Searchable Database on the Revolving Door and Biotech:
Contact: Beth Burrows (Edmonds Institute) 425-775-5383
http://www.edmonds-institute.org/newdoor.html
March 14, Edmonds, Washington. The Edmonds Institute today announced
its "New Revolving Door", a searchable database about people who have
worked in/for both government and industry, with emphasis on those
connected to the biotechnology industry.
Vermont plows ahead on GE seed liability law
http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/0105/GMOSeedBill.shtml
Posted March 11, 2005
By Andrew Barker | Special to theVermont Guardian
And then there was one. Bills in the Montana and North Dakota legislatures that would have held seed manufacturing companies liable for injuries caused by the cultivation of genetically engineered wheat were defeated last month. That leaves Vermont as the only state in the nation with GE seed liability legislation still alive in the state capital.
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Residents Speak Out Against Genetically Engineered Food
Local News
BY TAYLOR REED, Staff Writer
Wednesday March 2, 2005
http://www.caledonianrecord.com/pages/local_news/story/88ab5cdb5
Forum questions future of genetically modified food
February 13, 2005
By Brendan McKenna Staff Writer
SHREWSBURY – With snow covering the state many Vermonters probably aren't thinking about plowing and planting. But about 50 Rutland County residents assembled in a Shrewsbury church basement Friday night to consider "The Future of Food," a documentary critical of genetically engineered crops.
Biotech wheat foes ask for lawsuit regulation
CURT WOODWARD
Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. - Seed companies should cover a farmer's lost profits if biotech wheat shows up where it isn't welcome, say producers who fear genetic contamination if the crop reaches North Dakota.
Lawmakers again turn their attention to GMOs
Times Argus
February 10, 2005
By Luis Porter Vermont Press Bureau
MONTPELIER — The Legislature is again taking up the regulation of genetically modified crops, one of the most controversial issues debated during last year's lawmaking session.
Anti-GMO Ballot Measures Miss the Mark
Published on Wednesday, February 9, 2005 by CommonDreams.org
by Deborah Rich
We’re working hard chasing down signatures out here in California, but in support of the wrong ballot measures. Instead of backing initiatives to ban genetically modified crops, we should be forcing a vote on whether to require all agriculture to be organic -- not only in balmy, crop-diverse California, but in every state.
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Agriculture secretary says more information needed for GE liability bill
Monday, January 24, 2005
Vermont Public Radio
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/vpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=730877
COLCHESTER, VT (2005-01-24)
(Host) Agriculture Secretary Steve Kerr wants more information before he'll support legislation that provides farmers protection from legal liability stemming from the use of genetically modified seeds. Kerr says he's concerned that the bill could force seed manufacturers to stop selling their products in Vermont.
VPR's John Dillon reports:
Debate continues over liability for genetically engineered seeds Bob Kinzel From VPR Reports
To check out the story on VPR's Website go to
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/vpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=735904
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/vpr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=735904
RURAL VERMONT AND WESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILS
February 4th, 2005
Farmer Protection Acts Crop Up in Three States
Farmers Push for Shield from Biotech Crop Liability as States Try to Cope With Genetically Engineered Crops
SENATE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE PASSES FARMER PROTECTION ACT
Jauary 26, 2005
Biotech Circus Act No Match for Vermont's Family Farmers!
AGENCY OF AGRICULTURE REPORT MISLEADING:
January 21, 2005
AGENCY OF AGRICULTURE REPORT MISLEADING:
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SEED SALES ESSENTIALLY LEVEL
Small bills, big impact
Less-sexy issues likely to be heard
January 4, 2005
By Candace Page and Nancy Remsen
Free Press Staff Writers
MONTPELIER -- Todd Sheinfeld of Waitsfield loves riding dirt bikes. The sound of a well-tuned engine "is a Stradivarius to me," he says.
Steve Gorelick lives in rural Walden, on a dirt road where all-terrain vehicle riders are seeking the right to ride. "The thought of that noise, year-round, is too much to contemplate," he says.
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VT House Agriculture Committe Passes "Right to Know"Bill
Montpelier, VT— The House Agriculture Committee passed the Right to Know Genetically
Engineered Seed Labeling and Registration bill out today with a party-line 7-4-0
vote. The vote happened after hours of negotiating a possible “deal” to send the
three bills this committee has been working on together to the House Floor.