Big Food
- Occupy the Food System--"Ninety-three percent of soybeans and 80 percent of corn grown in the United States are under the control of just one company. Four companies control up to 90 percent of the global trade in grain. Today, three companies process more than 70 percent of beef in the U.S.; four companies dominate close to 60 percent of the pork and chicken markets."
- View: Farmers Making $100B Don’t Need Subsidies
- The speculative scrum driving up food prices--"Bankers, hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds are gambling on hunger by speculating on food supply. Global regulators should step in to stop them."
- Taxpayer Subsidies for Junk Food Wasting Billions--"Federal subsidies for commodity crops are also subsidizing junk food additives like high fructose corn syrup, enough to pay for 19 Twinkies per taxpayer every year, according to Apples to Twinkies, a new report by U.S. PIRG. Meanwhile, limited subsidies for fresh fruits and vegetables would buy less than a quarter of an apple per taxpayer."
- Sugar High: The Dark History and Nasty Methods Used to Feed Our Sweet Tooth--"Sugar is now 20 percent of the American diet, but it's not just our health that suffers from its pervasiveness."
- Argentina accuses world's largest grain traders of huge tax evasion
- US judge allows Colombians to sue Chiquita
- Monsanto & Cancer Milk: Fox News Kills Story and Fires Reporters
- US to Start 'Trade Wars' with Nations Opposed to Monsanto, GMO Crops
- USDA Forces Whole Foods To Accept Monsanto
- A First: USDA Allows Monsanto to Approve its Own Crops
- Monsanto lobbyist uses power as FDA food czar to target Amish
- Dow and Monsanto Team Up On the Mother of All Herbicide Marketing Plans
- Monsanto's GMO Corn Linked To Organ Failure, Study Reveals
- Leaked documents reveal US diplomats actually work for Monsanto
- OWS Stands With Farmers, Says Enough! to Monsanto
- United States of Monsanto
- Monsanto Accused In Suit Tied To Agent Orange
- Farmers Issue Lawsuit Against Monsanto for Widespread Genetic Manipulation
- Organic farmers take on Monsanto in Manhattan courtroom
- Trailer: David Versus Monsanto--Percy Schmieiser "lost his fight at the Supreme Court of Canada. But Schmeiser said he later successfully settled out of court on a related matter, receiving payment from the corporation." Schmeiser's ordeal is also featured in the upcoming documentary "SEEDS".
- Monsanto To Face Biopiracy Charges In India
- USDA Quietly Approves New GMO Corn, While Touting Safety of Agent Orange Ingredient
- The Very Real Danger of Genetically Modified Foods
- Blast from the past: 'Terminator' seed sowing discord
- Food Industry Prepares for a Tough Report on Dioxins From the EPA
- Scientists say sugar is as toxic as alcohol – and there should be a drinking age for soda
- GOP pushes back on effort to limit kids' food ads--"House Republicans are siding with food companies resisting the Obama administration's efforts to pressure them to stop advertising junk food for children."
