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Monarch butterflies are experiencing the worst population declines since record-keeping began two decades ago, and GMO products and herbicides could be to blame. Scientists and environmental professionals tasked with monitoring the species had hoped that during overwintering in Mexico, the ...

Organic farmers and opponents of GMO crops scored a big victory Tuesday when US Senate leaders announced they would let the so-called Monsanto Protection Act expire at the end of the month and not work to renew it. Under the ...

Monsanto seed patents are being vocally opposed by a group of farmers and advocacy organizations in an appeal to the US Supreme Court. The 73 various organizations and individual farmers filed a lawsuit in 2011 against the biotech giant to ...

Genetically modified alfalfa has been confirmed on a Washington State farm where GMO alfalfa supposedly was not planted, and where the hay farmer did not want such a crop. The Washington Department of Agriculture – the USDA branch — is ...

We’re all familiar with the Bible’s humble David against the terrible, giant Goliath. David, a simple Israelite soldier dressed in nothing more than a tunic and carrying a slingshot and bag of stones, challenged to battle the nine-foot, heavily armored ...

More than 150 agricultural organizations, companies and businesses who oppose genetically modified foods (GMOs) have signed a letter calling on the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to increase oversight of genetically engineered seed trials. The discovery of unapproved GMO wheat ...

In a study that is sure to boost the claims of GMO critics, rootworms apparently have grown resistant to genetically modified corn in Illinois fields. “It’s very alarming,” said Joe Spencer, an insect behaviorist with the Illinois Natural History Survey. ...

Pesticide warning labels to help save the bees finally have been approved by the Environmental Protection Agency. While the EPA has taken a small step in the right direction, it may not be enough to save the drastically shrinking honeybee ...

GMO corn may be to blame for the Monarch butterfly population decline. A steep drop in numbers occurred in 2013, according to the World Wildlife Fund and Mexican governmental officials. Approximately 60 million Monarch butterflies spent the winter in Mexico ...

Genetic engineering uses genes from bacteria or viruses. The genes are artificially injected into plant cells’ DNA, and then these cells are cloned into plants. For example, some genetically modified corn has a gene from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis ...