Agriculture

Monsanto’s Roundup Causes Antibiotic Resistance, According to New Study

December 13, 2017 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: December 13, 2017

It turns out that both the active and the inert ingredients in the world’s most common herbicides can produce antibiotic resistance. A team of researchers in New Zealand, building on their 2015 research that identified Roundup, 2,4-D, and dicamba as… [read]

Farms Reduce Livestock Antibiotic Usage For First Time, Report Shows

December 13, 2017 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: December 23, 2019

The yearly Food and Drug Administration report on the sale of “medically important” antibiotics for food-producing animals has been released, and it’s good news. For the first time since the FDA started tracking these sales in 2009, sales of medically… [read]

Monsanto Now Paying Farmers To Use Controversial Chemical

December 12, 2017 by Michael Edwards

Monsanto Co says it will give cash back to U.S. farmers who purchase a controversial weed killer, XtendiMax with VaporGrip, a dicamba-based herbicide. The herbicide has been linked to widespread crop damage. Monsanto is offering the cash incentive even as… [read]

How To Avoid GMO Apples

December 10, 2017 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: December 10, 2017

Up to 400 Midwest grocery stores started selling pre-sliced packages of the “Arctic Apple”. The company marketing the apples won’t say which stores are selling them and they won’t label the apples “GMO” because according to Intrexon’s CEO: We didn’t… [read]

Monsanto’s Roundup Causes Antibiotic Resistance, According to New Study

Farms Reduce Livestock Antibiotic Usage For First Time, Report Shows

Monsanto Now Paying Farmers To Use Controversial Chemical

How To Avoid GMO Apples

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