Mexico Decree Bans On GMO Corn And Monsanto’s Glyphosate Weed Killer
Elias Marat – The move has been widely hailed by organic food producers.
TAG: farmers
Save the Insects, Save the Farmers, Save Ourselves: New Global Report Calls for End of Industrial Agriculture
Andrea Germanos – The evidence is clear: pesticide use is wiping out insect populations and ecosystems around the world, and threatening food production.
During The Pandemic Small Farms And Farmer’s Markets Are Booming
Anthony McLennan – Even before the coronavirus pandemic, the past few decades have seen a strong push towards organic, local farm produce.
Farmer Wins $265 Million Verdict Against Monsanto In Unanimous Ruling
John Vibes – Missouri peach farmer Bill Bader was awarded $265 million in a lawsuit against Monsanto, the controversial biochemical company that is now owned by Bayer.
Defending the Imperative for Real Food and Real Farmers
Julian Rose – Are you eating real food, grown by real farmers? Why not?
US Farmers Going Out of Business Due to GM Crop Contamination
Christina Sarich – If you’re a farmer who wants to grow any crops that aren’t owned by the biotech industry, you had better be ready to burn some money.
Hundreds Of Farmers Block Roads Protesting Monsanto’s GMO Crops
Christina Sarich – Poland’s largest farmer uprising ever has occurred as convoys of tractors took to the roads recently in protest of GMO infiltration and land grabs by biotech and Big Ag corporations.
Farmers Rise Up Against Monsanto
Video – In February 2005, David Runyon of Geneva, Indiana became a victim of Monsanto’s reckless persecution of farmers. This is his story.
Big Win! Monsanto Reports $156 Million Loss in Q4 as Farmers Abandon GM Crops
Christina Sarich – Monsanto experiences significant losses, attributed to farmers in major agricultural zones favoring soy over GMO corn because of falling crop prices.
Why Are the Farmers Depressed and Suicidal?
Heather Callaghan – These chemicals that farmers use, look what they do to an insect. What is it doing to the farmer?
The Future Is the Farmer
Julian Rose, Contributor Waking Times At a farmer’s fair in Krakow, South Poland, in early May, I spoke to a Romanian peasant. He was demonstrating clay pot making using a foot treadle to spin the plate upon which the pots were being formed by his deft hands. I remarked how attractive I found this technology …
Top 10 Reasons to Bring your Kids to the Farmers Market
Rick D., Eat Local Grown Waking Times The Farmers Market is a great place to bring your kids for so many reasons! The Farmers Market allows you to provide your family with wholesome, healthy food while supporting your local community at the same time. Here’s the reality- Family farmers need your support! Now that large …
Monsanto Faced with Paying $7.5 Billion Back to Farmers
Anthony Gucciardi Waking Times Monsanto may soon be forced to pay as much as 7.5 billion dollars back to the farmers who say that the mega corporation took their rightfully earned income and taxed their small businesses to financial shambles. It all started with a monumental lawsuit launched by over 5 million farmers against Monsanto looking to …
A Farmer in the Oil Fields
Mitchell Anderson Jungle Dispatch I met a man recently, a farmer in the oil fields, who told me of his life. It was the start of dusk, and the man was across the road from me, hunched in work. He was with a small boy. I presumed it was his grandchild. I watched from afar, …
5 Million Farmers Sue Monsanto for $7.7 Billion
Anthony Gucciardi Waking Times Launching a lawsuit against the very company that is responsible for a farmer suicide every 30 minutes, 5 million farmers are now suing Monsanto for as much as 6.2 billion euros (around 7.7 billion US dollars). The reason? As with many other cases, such as the ones that led certain farming regions …
Organic Farmers vs. Monsanto: Appeal Filed!
Jack Adam Weber Wake Up World Dear Organic Lovers, On March 23, 2012 the collective of farmers, seed growers and farm groups (OSGATA) supporting organic and non-GMO farming filed an appeal for their case against Monsanto to be heard in The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Manhattan. Hallelujah! Please add …
The “Potato Revolution”: Greeks Start Buying Potatoes Straight From Farmers
Farmers here used to sell their potatoes for 0,12 cents a kilo, even though it cost them nearly twice that to produce. We set up a website for people to order potatoes and come pick them up in a parking lot, straight out of the farmers’ trucks. The farmers sell them for 0,25 cents a kilo – nearly three times less than they cost in the supermarkets! So both farmers and customers benefit.