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There are about 8,700 lawsuits pending against Monsanto, by people who allege that exposure to Roundup weedkiller is responsible for their cancer. Most of the people behind these lawsuits have stor…
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Pesticides Are in So Many Many Foods. Did You Know They May Also Be in Your Home?
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By now, most everyone knows that the pesticides used by industrial farming operations pollute the air, linger in the soil and turn up on many foods—including Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.Now, a new stu…
Read moreMaseca Corn Flours Test Positive for Toxic Residues of Monsanto Weedkiller
Organic Consumers Association Mexico (ACO), a project of US-based Organic Consumers Association (OCA), today announced that samples of Maseca brand white and yellow corn flours tested positive for residues of glyphosate and its main metabolite, AMPA. G…
Read moreMonsanto’s Loss Is Our Gain-Let’s Make the Most of It
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First, let’s say a big, collective “Thank you.”Thank you to the 12 jurors who listened attentively and critically, during long days of testimony, then deliberated with …
Read more‘Day of Reckoning:’ Jury Deliberations Begin in Monsanto Trial Following Dramatic Closing Arguments
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Jurors will begin deliberations today in the case of Dewayne Johnson vs. Monsanto Co. following a heated showdown of closing arguments from attorneys on both sides. The deliberations are expected…
Read moreMonsanto’s Herbicide Expert Has Bad Day in Court
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Following the close of our case, Monsanto’s lawyers, on July 30, made an obligatory motion to nonsuit the case—a Hail Mary motion asking the judge to dismiss our claims on grounds that Plaintiff’s counsel…
Read moreWho Cares? Why We Sued Ben & Jerry’s
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Splashed across the Ben & Jerry’s website are cartoon-like pictures of happy cows romping in green pastures. There’s a reason those cows are depicted by drawings, not …
Read moreOrganic Consumers Association Sues Unilever-Owned Ben & Jerry’s Over Deceptive Advertising and Marketing
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) today filed suit against Vermont-based Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc., for deceptive labeling, marketing and sale of Unilever’s Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream products. The suit was filed in D.C. Superior Court un…
Read moreVía Orgánica Leads the Way in Regenerative Farming in Mexico
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How do you grow sunflower sprouts? Start your own seedlings without plastic pots? Should you save seeds? These are just a few of the questions people interested in homesteading ask themselve…
Read moreCan Food-Focused Medicine Cure Food-Related Disease?
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So-called “modern” food, produced through industrialized, chemical-intensive farming practices, is causing a host of chronic, hard-to-diagnose and hard-to-treat heal…
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