US Farmers Continue David Vs. Goliath Battle Against Monsanto

A group is bring a challenge to patents on Monsanto’s genetically engineered seed to Supreme Court.

Andrea Germanos
By Andrea Germanos

A group of U.S. farmers is not giving up its fight against biotech giant Monsanto. In the latest step of a two and a half year legal battle, plaintiffs in Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) et al v. Monsanto asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thrusday to hear their case challenging the patents on Monsanto's genetically engineered

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How Monsanto Corners The World’s Food Market

Monsanto has a patent on just about every crop out there.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese
A farmer holds Monsanto's Round-Up Ready Soy Bean seeds at his family farm. (AP Photo / Dan Gill)

On May 25, over two million people in 436 cities, spread out over 52 countries, came out to protest one company. Organizers of the massive march set out to call attention to the dangers of genetically modified food and how a small handful of companies are endangering the world. In 2011, NaturalNews declared Monsanto the most evil corporation of

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Scientists Promise Controversial Glowing Plants To Investors

Opponents say the new genetic-engineering technique scientists are promising will produce glowing plants hasn’t properly been tested.

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels

Glowing plants could one day replace street lamps by using bioluminescence to light public spaces. It sounds like the basis for a science fiction novel, but it’s much closer to reality after a successful Kickstarter fundraising drive by three California scientists. The glowing plant project has already raked in $484,013 from 8,433 backers on the

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