German drug company Bayer announced today that it has signed a merger deal with U.S.-based seed and chemical giant, Monsanto, for $66 billion. Monsanto is already the world’s largest seed company and producer of...
California remains in the midst of its worst drought on record. As the crisis persists, attempts to improve resource management are hampered by what some researchers say is an inadequate inventory of the state’s...
You may wonder what protesters clad in banana costumes have to do with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. But then you may not be up on a multi-continental GMO banana experiment funded by...
Late last week, Dow and DuPont announced plans for a $130 billion mega merger. The merger is expected to take place in the second half of 2016, after which the parent company will break...
Many African countries have experienced a generational shift away from farming, with younger people pursuing urban jobs, rather than staying on the farms of their parents or grandparents. Agricultural policy specialists are struggling to...
The plights of farmers in India is drawing global attention after a recent spate of suicides. More than a quarter-of-a-million farmers have killed themselves in the past two decades, their deaths often linked to...
For more than 20 years, March 22nd has marked World Water Day – a day to celebrate water and focus attention on efforts to manage the essential resource. This year, World Water Day comes...
Section of CIA torture report declassified; brutal torture tactics revealed Demonstrations calling for police accountability continue around the U.S. Recount confirms defeat of Oregon ballot initiative to mandate labeling of GMOs Turkish police raid...
It’s been four months since Israeli troops withdrew from Gaza following a weeks-long military offensive on the coastal territory. Tens of thousands of people remain in temporary housing, more than 30,000 in UN shelters....
Farmers in California are struggling with record drought, and it’s proven particularly tough for small-scale farmers. This spring researchers from the University of California, Davis reported that it could cost the agricultural industry as...
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