US company wants its GM crops to be given carbon credits and to be at the forefront of tackling climate change despite link to deforestation

After years of complaints from the OCA and our allies, the Department of Justice is investigating how big biotech and food corporations, including Monsanto, are monopolizing and controlling our seeds, food and farming--and they want to hear from YOU.

Right now just a handful of companies control most the food we eat. Decades of bad farm policy and unchecked corporate mergers have left massive agribusiness giants with too much power over the food system. This is bad news for both farmers and consumer

Monsanto Chief Executive Hugh Grant earned $9.1 million in fiscal 2009, according to a proxy statement filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That's a 41 percent drop from his 2008 compensation of $15.6 million.

Big news today. We've confirmed that eight more major advertisers have pulled their support from Glenn Beck's show -- Wal-Mart, Best Buy, CVS, Travelocity, Allergan (maker of Restasis), Ally Bank, Broadview Security, and Re-Bath.

Hats off to Dale Kropf! On July 3, CBC reports, he removed five of his family-owned grocery stores from the Sobey's banner and joined four other stores to form the Hometown Grocers Co-op. The reason? Kropf holds that Sobey's corporate policies don't

Swiss-owned Nestlé is the Walmart of the bottled water industry. Like the mammoth retailer, Nestlé is a volume powerhouse: it already controls a third of the bottled water market in the United States and is expanding.There is a reason: huge profits. Perh

"Cheap" has plenty of targets, and many are usual ones. Ms. Ruppel Shell lambastes Wal-Mart, saying it underpays its workers and enables other retailers to do the same. She criticizes China as tolerating sweatshops with dangerous working conditions.

Restaurant chain McDonald's Europe launched a farming program on Thursday June 18 which could lead to cows getting weekly foot baths but water being saved in the production of lettuce and tomatoes.

After being largely ignored for years by Washington, advocates of organic and locally grown food have found a receptive ear in the White House, which has vowed to encourage a more nutritious and sustainable food supply.