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The Importance of GMO Labeling: Neil Young Releases Powerful Short Video Attacking Monsanto

(Daily Call cartoon by Mark L. Taylor, 2015. Open source and free to use with link to www.thedailycall.org ) By Neil Young Neil Young’s Facebook Page (7/25/15)   A Message From Neil Young — As I write this, the dark … Continue reading

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Neil Young Premieres New Anti-GMO Song “Rock Starbucks”

Democracy Now! (5/23/15) Watch an excerpt from Neil Young’s newest video for his song “Rock Starbucks” from his forthcoming record, “The Monsanto Years.” Young recorded the album with Willie Nelson’s sons, Micah and Lukas. “I want a cup of coffee, … Continue reading

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Neil Young: The Monsanto Years

By Neil Young (4/24/15) The Monsanto Years are here and we are living them. Monsanto is the poster-child for what is wrong with corporate controlled government in our world. Our upcoming record, “The Monsanto Years”, encompasses several associated subjects that … Continue reading

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Is There Anything Wrong With GMOs?

Monsanto is malevolent, but some scientists and food activists say Frankenfoods can do good. By Molly Bennett In These Time (3/31/15) In February, Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced the Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act, a bill that would require labeling … Continue reading

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Obama Administration Proposes Ridiculous Anti-Consumer Plan for GMO Labeling

By Gary Ruskin U.S. Right to Know (2/26/15) Despite polls showing overwhelming support for labeling for genetically engineered foods, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack proposed yesterday that consumers should use their smartphones to scan bar codes on food packages to find out whether their food contains GMOs. … Continue reading

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WOW! GMO Potatoes Have Arrived. But Will Anyone Buy The Critters?

(Editor’s Note: In case you had any doubt that all that GMO and agri-industrial sponsorship money has tainted National Public Radio, check out this story. — Mark L. Taylor) By Dan Charles NPR (1/13/15) On the face of it, the … Continue reading

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Monarch Butterfly May Join Endangered Species List In 2015

Monarch butterfly populations have declined by 90 percent over the past 20 years.  (Editor’s Note: Here on my rural homestead in southwest Wisconsin this past summer I saw only two, very small monarch butterflies and for the first time in … Continue reading

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GMO Labeling Around The World: Why Not Here?

Oregon Right to Know (9/7/14)   THE CLAIM: A total of 64 countries around the world already require GMO labeling — including all the nations in the European Union. THE VERDICT: True! THE FACTS: That’s right – a full 64 … Continue reading

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Report: GMO Crops Fueling Decline of Monarch Butterflies

Loss of milkweed habitat as a result of herbicide resistant crops to monarchs’ falling numbers. By Andrea Germanos Common Dreams (6/6/14) The monarch butterflies’ numbers have been plummeting in recent years, and a new study has pointed to the likely main culprit: … Continue reading

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World Protests Monsanto Grip on Food Supply Chain

“Monsanto wants super profits through total control over nature and humanity.”     By RT Huffington Post (5/27/14) Hundreds of thousands people have united across the world to voice concern over the spread of GMO foods and crops and to … Continue reading

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Beating Monsanto In The Food Fight: Oregon Counties Vote To Ban GMO Crops

“Farmers have the right to sow the crop of their choice, free from the risk of contamination.”    By John Nichols The Nation (5/21/14) Now that the US Supreme Court has undermined historic controls on monopoly politics, corporate cash flows into election … Continue reading

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Vermont Shows The Way To GMO Food Labeling Protections

    By Terri Hallenbeck The (Burlington, Vt.) Free Press (4/27/14) MONTPELIER, Vt. — State Sen. Bobby Starr gives little thought to whether there are any genetically modified organisms in the food he eats. The retired Northeast Kingdom truck driver rarely is swayed … Continue reading

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Get the GMO Poison Out of Your Breakfast Crunch

CredoMobilize.com (2/10/14) General Mills recently announced some great news: Cheerios will now be made without any genetically modified ingredients. But genetically modified organisms are still lurking inside other General Mills cereals like Chex, Honey Nut Cheerios, Golden Grahams, Cinnamon Toast … Continue reading

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Monsanto’s Roundup Is Threatening the Monarch Butterfly

Monsanto’s Roundup and genetically modified crops are harming everybody’s favorite butterfly.   By Warren Cornwall Slate Magazine (1/30/14)   Feeding on a weed seems like a good evolutionary bet. And for a long time, it worked well for the monarch … Continue reading

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The Wisconsin Dairy Farmer Who Took on Corporate Globalization

It was not uncommon for John to milk cows in the morning and then get on a plane and fly to march with displaced farmers in Mexico.          By John Nichols The Nation (1/26/14) The roots of … Continue reading

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