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Investigate Monsanto's Takeover of USDA - INTERNATIONAL ACTION !
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Monsanto, Obama, Comgress, USDA, Protection Act, law, GMO, labeling, protest, corruption, investigation )

Angelika
- 8 days ago - act.rootsaction.org
Monsanto, the world's largest biotech corporation, has monopolized our food system largely by taking over regulatory agencies like the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Join us in demanding a Congressional investigation
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Help Us Kill the "Monsanto Protection Act" For Good ACTION US
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: health, food, family, environment, Monsanto, ecosystems, wildlife, business, Congress, corruption )

Nancy
- 43 days ago - salsa3.salsalabs.com
Though wrapped in a "farmer-friendly" package, this Monsanto-driven rider is simply a biotech industry ploy to continue to plant GE crops even when a court of law has found they were approved illegally.
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Stop The Monsanto Reckless Release Act ACTION US
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: corruption, cover-up, dishonesty, gmo, monsanto, usa, congress )

Nancy
- 43 days ago - peaceteam.net
We are demanding a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee to determine who is responsible for putting this in there, and to demand their immediate resignation, regardless of party affiliation, so that this kind of anonymous graft...
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Obama Signs Monsanto Protection Act! It's Time to Label GMOs! - ACTION !!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Monsanto, Obama, Protection Act, law, GMO, labeling, protest, corruption )

Angelika
- 51 days ago - action.fooddemocracynow.org
We regret to inform you that late last night President Barack Obama signed H.R. 993, which contained the Monsanto Protection Act into law. Today we're calling on President Obama to issue an executive order to call for the mandatory labeling of GE foods.
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Monsanto Lawsuit Vs Indiana Soybean Farmer Reaches US Supreme Court: How Far Does a Seed Patent Go?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Indiana soybean farmer, Hugh Bowman, Roundup Ready soybeans, "commodity seeds", Monsanto, patent protections, Monsanto legal assault, Supreme Court, corporate domination of agribusiness, control of seeds, Center for Food Safety, Save Our Seeds )

LucyKalei
- 96 days ago - guardian.co.uk
75-yr-old farms 300 acres just like dad did. Unorthodox (for Monsanto) farming techniques have landed him at center of national battle over GM crops. Now @Supreme Court, his case raises ??s, eg. does right to patent living things extend to their progeny?
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A Farm Bill Only Monsanto Could Love
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Corey Hill, House of Representatives, Monsanto, Political, U.S. Department of Agriculture )

Judy
- 224 days ago - nationofchange.org
Three provisions in the bill would make it more difficult to regulate the safety of genetically modified crops. Consumers fight back with a flurry of organizing.
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Tell the US Congress: Stop the Monsanto Riders
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: politics, government, freedoms, Monsanto, agriculture bill, Monsanto, GM crops, news, ethics, congress, lies, media, politics, dishonesty, news )

Cal
- 296 days ago - signon.org
So-called 'Monsanto riders,' quietly slipped into the multi-billion dollar FY 2013 Agricultural Appropriations bill, would require - not just allow, but require - the Secretary of Agriculture to grant a temporary permit for the planting or cultivation of
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Tell Obama to Cease FDA Ties to Monsanto ACTION
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: food, health, Monsanto, environment, gmo, farmers, legal action, ethics, world, corruption, Obama, US )

Nancy
- 465 days ago - signon.org
President Obama appointed former Monsanto vice president and lobbyist Michael Taylor as senior advisor to the Food and Drug Administration commissioner. President Obama should isolate the FDA from corporate influence by asking Taylor to step down immedi
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Why Is a Monsanto Lobbyist Serving as the FDA's Food Safety Czar?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: food safety, lobby groups, Monsanto, lobbyists, usa, politics, government, ethics, obama, americans, corruption )

Cal
- 616 days ago - act.credoaction.com
Please sign the Petition--"I urge President Obama to dump FDA Food Safety Czar Michael Taylor -- a former Monsanto lobbyist -- for failing to protect America's food supply."
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OBAMA APPOINTS MONSANTO'S VICE PRESIDENT AS SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE COMMISSIONER AT THE FDA
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Food safety NOT, Monsanto, Franken foods, Obama )

Barbara
- 638 days ago - onepennysheet.com
If "We" have not stepped into the twilight zone then what is this madness? The person who may be responsible for more food-related illness and death than anyone in history has just been made the US food safety czar. This is no joke.
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Monsanto Pushes USDA to Approve GMO Drought Corn - Tell the USDA What You Think!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: republicans, ethics, corruption, Monsanto, GMO )

Nancy
- 644 days ago - action.fooddemocracynow.org
Yet again, the USDA is poised to approve another of Monsanto's latest GMO creation, in spite of the fact that glaring scientific anomalies have been discovered in the USDA's own assessment, including potential "horizontal gene transfer" into the wild and
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Monsanto's Man Quits Key USDA Post
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Monsanto, government, health )

Nancy
- 741 days ago - panna.org
Now would be an excellent time for the Obama administration to take a fresh start, and make good on the campaign promise to build a department of agriculture that serves the American people, not Big Ag. NIFA's next director should bring the kind of vision
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TAKE ACTION Obama Goes Rogue on GMOs - Tell Him to Say NO to Monsanto ...Sorry,USA Only!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: GMO environment, Alfalfa & Sugar Beet Approval, Obama, FDA, Monsanto, dishonesty, genetically modified food, petition, Food Democracy now, Corruption, Food, healthcare, freedoms, americans )

Kenny
- 830 days ago - action.fooddemocracynow.org
Over the past 12 days, the Obama administration has unbelievably chosen to approve two biotech crops, Roundup Ready GMO alfalfa and sugar beets .Tell President Obama that it's time to stand up to Monsanto and reject these GMO crops NOW!
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USDA COMPLETELY Deregulates Genetically Engineered Alfalfa--It Is Time to Demand Congressional Hearings! (Action Alert)
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: GE alfalfa, Monsanto, Big Ag, obama, corruption, USDA, organic, food freedom )

Roseann
- 835 days ago - anh-usa.org
Out of the three possible options--regulation, partial deregulation, and complete deregulation--the USDA chose the worst possible option: full non-regulated status.
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Who's Behind U.S. "Food Safety" Bills?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: corruption, dishonesty, government, lies, usa, food safety, monsanto, big pharma )

Cowboss
- 1420 days ago - thebovine.wordpress.com
"......After a series of well-publicized cases of food contamination - E. coli-tainted meat, melamine-adulterated pet food and baby formula, salmonella-infected peanut butter - the public has been well primed to look toward Congress to fix a poorly funded and
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