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Organic Farmers Beat Monsanto, GMO Seeds Now Banned

June 1, 2015, yournewswire.com | “Organic farmers from Oregon have successfully beaten Monsanto in a landmark court victory that allow the state to ban the use of genetically modified seeds. The repercussions of the federal lawsuit is likely to be seen nationwide as other states may introduce a ban on the use of GMO seeds as well.”

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Organic Farmers Beat Monsanto, GMO Seeds Now Banned
Organic farmers from Oregon have successfully beaten Monsanto in a landmark court victory that allow the state to ban the use of genetically modified seeds. The…
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Doctors and Environmentalists Are Fighting for a Ban Against Monsanto

April 30, 2015, www.takepart.com | “Multinational ag giant Monsanto may seem like an unstoppable force—but don’t tell that to the growing coalition of environmentalists and public health advocates in Argentina. They are fighting toward one audacious goal: to kick the company out of their country.”

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Doctors and Environmentalists Are Fighting for a Ban Against Monsanto
A big medical group joins the chorus calling for the company to be kicked out of Argentina.
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Court Declares Vermont’s Genetically Engineered Food Labeling Law Constitutional

April 27, 2015, www.centerforfoodsafety.org | “Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) hailed the just-issued federal court decision from the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont affirming the constitutionality of Vermont’s genetically engineered food labeling law, Act 120. The ruling fully denied the preliminary injunction motion brought by the Grocery Manufacturer’s Association, Snack Food Association, and other plaintiffs to try and halt the law’s implementation, and granted the State of Vermont’s motion to dismiss on several claims.”

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Ruling Denies Big Food’s Preliminary Injunction Motion April 27, 2015 (Washington, DC)–Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) hailed the just-issued federal court…centerforfoodsafety.org
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Organic Trumps Conventional Across the Board: Highlights from The Rodale Institute’s 30-Year Report

April 26, 2015, foodtank.com | “After a 30-year side-by-side comparison of organic and conventional agricultural systems, the Rodale Institute reports that organic systems match, or even outperform, conventional systems in terms of yield, profitability, and energy efficiency, while having positive effects on soil health, water quality, and rural communities.”

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After a 30-year side-by-side comparison of organic and conventional agricultural systems, the Rodale Institute reports that organic systems match, or even outperform, conventional systems in terms of yield, profitability, and energy efficiency, while having positive effects on soil health, water quality, and rural communities.
Organic Trumps Conventional Across the Board: Highlights from The Rodale Institute’s 30-Year Report
The Rodale Institute’s Farming Systems Trial® has concluded that organic methods are superior across the board.
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Vermont Becomes First to Have Mandatory GMO Labeling

April 23, 2015, naturalsociety.com | “Vermont became the first state to become GMO-labeled (a step toward becoming GMO-Free) in 2014, but Monsanto, Dow, Bayer and other biotech interests decided that consumers had no rights at the state level to determine what they wanted to eat. Vermont was brave enough to uphold the voted-upon law anyhow, and even put money aside for the legal fight they knew would ensue when the new legislation passed.”

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Vermont Becomes First State to Have Mandatory GMO Labeling
After months of consumer and activist comments and fighting Big Biotech lawsuits, Vermont has just become the first state to have mandatory GMO labeling.
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Farmers Are Figuring Out They Can Make Bank Growing Non-GMO Crops

GMO SoybeansApril 20, 2015, www.takepart.com | “There’s one on the edge of nearly every corn-belt town in the Midwest. Towering high above the flat landscape, the grain elevator is often the tallest structure around, save, perhaps, for a water tower. It’s here, really, that the industrial food chain starts—where the harvests of countless family farms comingle, the dent corn or soy shifting from plant to commodity. A farmer sells his or her crop to the elevator, and then the elevator sells the harvest of numerous farmers to food companies, ethanol distilleries, or whoever else is in the market for vast amounts of commodity grain.”

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 Farmers Are Figuring Out They Can Make Bank Growing Non-GMO Crops
Corn and soy growers are giving up their genetically engineered seed to meet new consumer demand.
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More Farmers Predicted to Go Non-GMO and Organic in 2015

 

'MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH: Farmers are showing STRONG interest in growing NON-GMO corn & soy for their 2015 crops, as reported in IOWA, the heartland of GMO farming. Non-GMO crops are more profitable. “You have people questioning the value of the Roundup gene,” says Iowa State University weed specialist Bob Hartzler. And guess what, Monsanto? There are Non-GMO varieties that yield as well as GMOs! Change is in the air. READ: http://organicconnectmag.com/more-farmers-predicted-to-go-non-gmo-and-organic-in-2015/ #GMO #NONGMO #Iowa #Roundup #Glyphosate #BoycottGMOs #BANGMOs #gmofreecanada #gmofreeusa'

February 22, 2015, organicconnectmag.com | “A growing number of farmers are considering planting non-GMO corn and soybeans as well as organic grains. A combination of factors including low prices for corn and soybeans, higher GMO seed costs, premium prices for non-GMO and organic grains, and failing GMO traits may push more farmers to go non-GMO or even organic.”

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 “Some companies have seen a 50% increase in the sales of non-GMO seed.”
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MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH: Farmers are showing STRONG interest in growing NON-GMO corn & soy for their 2015 crops, as reported in IOWA, the heartland of GMO farming. Non-GMO crops are more profitable. “You have people questioning the value of the Roundup gene,” says Iowa State University weed specialist Bob Hartzler. And guess what, Monsanto? There are Non-GMO varieties that yield as well as GMOs! Change is in the air.
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Monsanto earnings tumble in first quarter as South American farmers cut back on corn planting

January 7, 2015, www.chicagotribune.com | “Monsanto said Wednesday that its earnings fell 34 percent in the first fiscal quarter as South American farmers cut back on planting corn, reducing demand for the company’s biotech-enhanced seeds.”

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 Monsanto Total Earnings down 34%, Roundup Herbicide Sales down 8%
Monsanto said Wednesday that its earnings fell 34 percent in the first fiscal quarter as South American farmers cut back on planting corn, reducing demand for the…
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Turkey Bans Import of Corn Distiller Grains Using GMOs

GMO Free USA, 12/27/14, “Turkey has put a stop to its soaring purchases of U.S. distillers’ grains, tightening up enforcement of regulations on genetically modified crops and banning further imports due to the inclusion of unapproved varieties. 3 shipments were turned away this week, and a 4th was diverted. Turkey is replacing the GM distillers’ grains, which are used for animal feed, with homegrown soy and is unlikely to reverse its decision. Another blow to our farmers and our economy as the 6th largest importer of U.S. GM distiller grains says NO to unapproved GMOs. And the cows don’t want them either.”

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The Amish Farmers Reinventing Organic Agriculture

October 6, 2014, www.theatlantic.com | “‘In the Second World War,’ Samuel Zook began, ‘my ancestors were conscientious objectors because we don’t believe in combat.’ The Amish farmer paused a moment to inspect a mottled leaf on one of his tomato plants before continuing. ‘If you really stop and think about it, though, when we go out spraying our crops with pesticides, that’s really what we’re doing. It’s chemical warfare, bottom line.'”

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“A group of Amish farmers is re-inventing organic agriculture. By studying the immune system of plants, they have developed a technique that restores natural bal…”
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