Jun 11, 2020 | Earth Radio, Earth Watch, Featured, Social Media News
Dicamba-resistant crops pose serious threat to human and environmental health Photo courtesy of Center for Food Safety Rob Faux is the Communications Associate in Iowa for the Pesticide Action Network. Rob is also a farmer, operating a diversified vegetable and...
Sep 7, 2017 | Climate Justice, Featured, Monsanto & Glyphosate, Social Media News
Washington, DC – As members of Congress return to Capitol Hill today, 85 farm and farmer support organizations sent letters to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging them to better protect farm families from an...
Nov 11, 2016 | Featured, GMOs, Latin America, Monsanto & Glyphosate, Protests & Resistance, Social Media News, Uncategorized, Zapatistas / Chiapas / Mexico
By Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch 11 November 16 n Wednesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finally approved over-the-top use of Monsanto’s dicamba-based herbicide XtendiMax with VaporGrip Technology on dicamba-tolerant cotton and soybeans that have...
Aug 11, 2016 | Featured, Monsanto & Glyphosate, Social Media News
More environmental havoc and disruption to the farming community at the hands of the Monsanto company, with over 100 complaints of pesticide drift have been reported since mid-June in the Missouri area. Seventy five to 80 complaints of pesticide misuse are typical for...
Aug 8, 2016 | Featured, GMOs, Monsanto & Glyphosate, Social Media News
EcoWatch recently released a piece titled “3 Major Problems With Monsanto’s New GMO Soybeans” by Lorraine Chow. Monsanto’s Xtend soybeans are genetically altered to withstand both glyphosate and an existing herbicide called dicamba. Chow...