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June 23rd, 2010
56 Members of House and Senate Ask USDA to Keep Ban on GM Alfalfa
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), joined by 49 other representatives and five other senators, sent a letter today to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack asking
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June 21st, 2010
Update on Supreme Court Decision
Many of you may have read press today reporting that the 7-1 decision announced by the Supreme Court this morning went entirely in Monsanto’s favor, and have asked us to clarify this decision. Not to
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June 21st, 2010
Supreme Court Ruling in Monsanto Case is Victory for Center for Food Safety, Farmers
High Court Delivers Ruling that Leaves Ban on Planting of Roundup Ready Alfalfa in Place in First-Ever Case on a Genetically-Engineered Crop The Center for Food Safety today celebrated the United Stat
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April 27th, 2010
Center for Food Safety Presents Arguments Before Supreme Court on Biotech Alfalfa
High Court Hears Arguments In First-ever Case on Genetically Engineered Crops. States, Scientists, Organic and Conventional Farmers, Food Companies, Exporters, and Legal Scholars File Briefs in Suppor
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April 19th, 2010
Diverse Interests Back Center for Food Safety, Oppose Monsanto in Upcoming High Court Hearing on Biotech Alfalfa
STATES, SCIENTISTS, ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL FARMERS, FOOD COMPANIES, EXPORTERS, FORMER GOVT. OFFICIALS, AND LEGAL SCHOLARS FILE BRIEFS IN SUPPORT. SEVEN AMICUS BRIEFS FILED IN ALL. A myriad of intere
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April 12th, 2010
Vandana Shiva and Andrew Kimbrell discuss "Global Perspectives on Genetically Engineered Foods"
Vandana Shiva and Andrew Kimbrell discuss
On Saturday, April third, World-Renowned Environmentalists & Activists Andrew Kimbrell and Vandana Shiva Discussed Genetically Engineered Eggplant Moratorium in India and upcoming U.S. Supreme Court c
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March 16th, 2010
Court Rules in GMO Sugar Beet Case
Today, federal district Judge Jeffrey White of the Northern District of California denied a request by a coalition of organic seed growers, and conservation and food safety groups seeking a temporary
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March 3rd, 2010
More Than 200,000 NGOs, Farmers, Consumers, and Organic Producers Call for USDA to Prohibit Genetically Engineered Alfalfa
Resulting contamination of non-GE and organic alfalfa hay and seed would devastate livelihoods and organic industry The National Organic Coalition (NOC) today announced that more than 200,000 people s
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March 1st, 2010
Lawsuit Filed to Bar GE Crops from National Wildlife Refuge
Delaware’s Bombay Hook Lacks Required Environmental Review and Justification A lawsuit filed today in federal court against the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service seeks to compel the Service to uproot genet
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February 25th, 2010
Food Safety and Health Organizations Criticize Elanco for Inaccuracies in rbGH White Paper
Food safety, consumer and health advocacy organizations blasted Eli Lilly subsidiary Elanco for claiming that prominent health organizations had endorsed use of the controversial artificial growth hor
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January 20th, 2010
Farmers and Conservation Groups Seek to Halt Planting of Illegal Crop
Farmers and Conservation Groups Seek to Halt Planting of Illegal Crop
Earlier Court Decision Found Federal Approval of GE Sugar Beets to Be Unlawful Earthjustice and Center for Food Safety announced today that they filed court papers seeking a ban on genetically enginee
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January 15th, 2010
Supreme Court to Hear First Genetically Engineered Crop Case
Supreme Court to Hear First Genetically Engineered Crop Case
Monsanto Takes Center for Food Safety Legal Victory to Highest Court Today, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear a first-time case about the risks of genetically engineered crops. Named Monsanto v.
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December 15th, 2009
USDA AGAIN AIMS TO ALLOW UNLIMITED PLANTING OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ALFALFA
USDA AGAIN AIMS TO ALLOW UNLIMITED PLANTING OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ALFALFA
Center for Food Safety to lead coalition to protect public, farmers and environment from GE crop hazards  The Center for Food Safety today announced that it will lead a coalition of concerned farmers,
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December 8th, 2009
Center for Food Safety and Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Petition FDA to Remove Arsenic from Animal Feeds
Center for Food Safety and Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Petition FDA to Remove Arsenic from Animal Feeds
Groups Urge Government Ban of Common Additives Used in Feed for Chicken, Turkeys and Hogs Today, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), filed a pet
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November 20th, 2009
Groups Deliver the Concerns of 90,000+ Citizens to Senate on Nomination of Former Pesticide Industry Lobbyist
Groups Deliver the Concerns of 90,000+ Citizens to Senate on Nomination of Former Pesticide Industry Lobbyist
Siddiqui would represent industry, not best interests of the American people A broad coalition of groups delivered a petition today to the White House and Senate leaders opposing the nomination of Isl
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November 17th, 2009
New Report Reveals Dramatic Rise in Pesticide Use on Genetically Engineered (GE) Crops Due to the Spread of Resistant Weeds
New Report Reveals Dramatic Rise in Pesticide Use on Genetically Engineered (GE) Crops Due to the Spread of Resistant Weeds
GE crops increase herbicide use by 383 million pounds from 1996 to 2008, with 46 percent of the total increase occurring in 2007 and 2008 Genetically engineered (GE) corn, soybeans and cotton have inc
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