This week in the news, sales of organic chicken meat have increased 78 percent. A mother-daughter company is reaping the profits from its organic farms. Attorneys and activists have accused Monsanto of manipulating the science around glyphosate’s health impacts. Documents revealed in the federal case also suggest a cozy relationship between the company and regulators at the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA continued to side with chemical corporations this week, as it approved the continued use of dicamba. Farmers planted about 20 million acres of dicamba-tolerant soybeans this year, and that number is expected to double next year thanks to an EPA approval announced this week. Rodale’s Organic Life released an excellent video describing its farming systems trial and the importance of soil in organic agriculture.
Sales of organic chicken meat has increased 78 percent
U.S. producers sold $750 million of organic chickens last year, surging 78 percent from 2015, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That makes chicken meat the third-largest agricultural commodity, trailing milk at $1.4 billion and eggs at $816 million.
How This Mother-daughter Duo is Reaping the Profits from Organic Farming
The mother-daughter company currently has 4,500 farmers working for it and supplies 92 products in various online and offline stores across India.
Did Monsanto Ignore Evidence Linking Its Weed Killer to Cancer?
Attorneys and activists have accused Monsanto of manipulating the science around glyphosate’s health impacts—in essence, of following the playbook written by Big Tobacco. Documents revealed in the federal case also suggest a cozy relationship between the company and regulators at the Environmental Protection Agency, which is currently reviewing glyphosate’s safety. Monsanto became one of the world’s most powerful agriculture corporations. Today, over 90 percent of domestic soy, corn, and cotton crops are genetically engineered to be glyphosate–resistant, accounting for more than 168 million acres.
With OK From EPA, Use Of Controversial Weed killer Is Expected To Double.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that it would let farmers keep spraying the weed-killing chemical dicamba on Monsanto’s new dicamba-tolerant soybeans and cotton. The decision is a victory for the biotech giant and the farmers who want to use the company’s newest weed killing technology. Farmers planted about 20 million acres of dicamba-tolerant soybeans this year, and that number is expected to double next year.
Have Monsanto and the Biotech Industry Turned Natural Bt Pesticides into GMO “Super toxins”?
A new study shows that commercial GMO Bt toxins differ greatly from their natural precursors. These differences are important. They typically cause GMO Bt proteins to be more toxic. Worse, they also cause them to be active against many more species than natural forms of Bt toxins.
Video from Rodale’s Organic Life on organic systems.
Rodale explains their farming systems trial and the importance of soil in organic agriculture. “If farming is part of the problem, then farming can be part of the solution. Healthy soil = healthy food = healthy people.”
