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Supreme Court Rules 9-0 for Monsanto in Seed-Patent Case

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously this morning that an Indiana farmer violated Monsanto's patents on genetically modified "Roundup Ready" soybean seeds. The case, Bowman v. Monsanto, hinged on whether the farmer, Vernon Bowman, ought to pay Monsanto for seeds that he purchased from a grain el ... More >>

Organic Farmers' Suit Against Monsanto Dismissed (and Dissed) by Federal Judge

​A federal district court judge in New York threw out a lawsuit yesterday brought by pro-organic groups against St. Louis- based Monsanto, scolding the plaintiffs for their "tactics." Some 60 seed companies, family farmers and other organic folks filed suit last March. Their stated goal was to ere ... More >>

Hey Missouri Snitches: Hacktivists Say They Know Your Name

Just weeks after targeting St. Louis-based Monsanto, hacktivists affiliated with the online troublemaker group, Anonymous, are boasting of a new feat. This time, they claim to have stolen tons of data -- including identities of confidential informants -- from more than 70 law enforcement computer ne ... More >>

Monsanto Tenth Most Innovative Company in U.S., Forbes Says

​Monsanto is a huge, environment-contaminating, organic-seed-modifying beast, sure, but the company must be doing alright. After all, Forbes loves them. The business magazine recently released its list of the country's most innovative companies, and Monsanto hits the rankings high, at No. 10 ... More >>

Anonymous Takes On Monsanto, and Monsanto Responds

The Anonymous slogan: "We do not forgive. We do not forgive. Expect us."​In the latest of a string of increasingly ballsy attacks, Anonymous -- a loose collective of online ne'er-do-wells -- has trained its sights on the Creve-Coeur-based agri-giant, Monsanto. Anonymous got national attention for ... More >>

Actually, You Can Spray Jesus with Roundup

Kinston Free Press​If you haven't been following the news out of rural North Carolina this week, you're probably not aware of the most incredible kudzu story in recent memory. Kudzu, known as the "vine that ate the South," is an invasive weed that has become the bane of conservationists from Flori ... More >>

Molly Rockamann, First Recipient of the Young Food Leader Award, on Organic Farming and Sustainable Urban Agriculture

Screenshot via​Molly Rockamann grew up in the suburbs of Creve Coeur, where vegetable farms consisted of small tomato gardens in backyards or a few pole beans creeping up the sides of fences. But it was there where Molly developed a real passion for vegetables at an early age. As co-founder an ... More >>

Organic Farmers Sue Monsanto Before Monsanto Sues Them

Image viaRoundup-Ready corn -- what should happen when it volunteers on organic fields?​Earlier this week, more than 60 seed businesses and organic farmers banded together to file a federal lawsuit in New York against Monsanto (yes, again; see last week's suit in California over alfalfa). The orga ... More >>

Monsanto's Roundup-Ready Alfalfa = Goodbye Organic Beef and Dairy, Says New Lawsuit

Image viaWill Roundup-Ready alfalfa render natural alfalfa extinct? ​Environmental groups and organic farmers alike have slapped the USDA with a lawsuit for its greenlighting of Monsanto's Roundup-Ready alfalfa grass earlier this year.The plaintiffs -- which include the Center for Food Safety and ... More >>

Frank LeBeau Isn't Apathetic About GMOs

Earlier today we mentioned that St. Louis isn't having an anti-GMO rally this weekend, despite rallies happening around the country. No one locally stepped up to organize. That doesn't mean everyone's apathetic. Frank LeBeau of Brick City Gardens is trying to do his part. You might remember him fr ... More >>

Guess Who's Tackling "Food Deserts" in Chicago? Your Favorite Local (Evil?) Agri-Giant

Image viaMonsanto's anti-food-desert project up in Chi-town​For those of y'all who think Monsanto = Satan: It was they who threw in $100,000 to help fund the City Produce Project up in Chicago, which last year produced 20,000 pounds of corn, squash, carrots, beans and other veggies in Chi-town's s ... More >>

Monsanto Sugar Beets: Pull 'Em Out of the Ground, Says Federal Judge

Image viaAbout half of America's sugar supply comes from sugar beets such as these.​On Tuesday, a federal judge ordered that any of Monsanto's Roundup Ready sugar beets planted commercially since August be yanked out of the ground and destroyed. (Read the full decision.) Back in August, U.S. Distr ... More >>

Monsanto to Glenn Beck: We Are Not Evil and Sinister and Manipulative, Unlike You

MonsantoGlenn, it may look like something else, but really, sometimes corn is just corn.​As Ian noted over on Gut Check, Senate Bill 510, the food safety bill, passed yesterday morning with a vote of 72 to 25. This, despite the best efforts of Glenn Beck. Beck took to the airwaves Monday night in ... More >>

Percy Schmeiser: David Versus Monsanto

2:45 p.m. Sunday, November 14 at Plaza Frontenac

Dick Durbin and Monsanto: An Unholy Alliance That Will Put an End to Agricultural Freedom?

image viaDurbin: Slave to Monsanto?​A hysterical rumor has been making its way through the Internet over the past few months alleging that Senate Bill 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, is a threat to small farmers and gardeners who like to grow their own fruits and vegetables. Worse, ... More >>

Monsanto to Make Drought-Resistant Wheat

America: For amber shades of (genetically modified, drought-resistant) grain.​St. Louis-based Monsanto announced this week that it is teaming with German-based BASF to create a drought-resistant wheat. The two biotech firms already partner together on similar seed strains for corn, soy, cotton and ... More >>

Monsanto v. Geertson Seed Farms: The Supreme Court Rules, Everyone Claims Victory

Image viaEven Alfalfa is smiling about yesterday's ruling on alfalfa.​Gut Check hasn't read much case law since our high-school debate career ended and our briefcase (and trophies!) went into storage in our parents' garage. However, we were fairly certain that when the Supreme Court issued a rulin ... More >>

LA Writer Boycotts Monsanto (For A Month)

Image sourceApril Dávila happy and free after a month without Monsanto. (Not really.)​Like many people who have seen the documentary Food, Inc., April Dávila left the theater feeling pretty pissed off at Monsanto, the St. Louis-based agricultural company that has the distinction of being the ... More >>

Monsanto Subject of Antitrust Workshop Today in Iowa with U.S. Attorney General

​Updated at 11:50 a.m. Competitors, activists, farmers, politicians. They all get a chance to weigh in on St. Louis-based Monsanto today at a "workshop" in Iowa that's to focus on antitrust behavior in the agriculture industry. In attendance at today's meeting will be U.S. Attorney General Eric Ho ... More >>

Behold the Tearless Onion: Will Monsanto's sweet "EverMild" whet a discriminating palate?

Investigation Details Monsanto's Strong-Arm Tactics in Seed Business

A farmer expresses his distaste toward Monsanto.​The AP is out today with an investigative piece chronicling Monsanto's grip on the genetically-modified seed industry. Genes developed by the St. Louis-based bio-tech firm can now be found in 95 percent of all soybeans grown in the United States and ... More >>

Scenes From A Food, Inc. Screening

foodincmovie.comThe line outside the Tivoli Theatre Wednesday night was nearly as long as the line for free burritos when the Delmar Loop Chipotle opened last year, except instead of hungry students, it was comprised (or, rather, also comprised) of earnest liberals, all clutching in their sweaty han ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 6.24

Creve Coeur-based Monsanto faces lower profits and imminent layoffs. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)The FDA warns that pistachios from the salmonella outbreak earlier this year are being repackaged and sold. (Reuters)Will the recession-busting deals at T.G.I. Friday's and other mid-level chain restaurants ... More >>

Readers mull Monsanto and Mexico

Monsanto to Food, Inc.: Drop Dead

flickr.com/photos/jonbauerSchlosserFood, Inc., the new expos é -documentary about the food industry, doesn't open at the Tivoli until June 26, but it's already generated a fair amount of controversy in St. Louis.Co-produced by Eric Schlosser of Fast Food Nation fame and starring Schlosser and M ... More >>

Monsanto to Food, Inc.: Drop Dead

flickr.com/photos/jonbauerSchlosserFood, Inc., the new expos é -documentary about the food industry, doesn't open at the Tivoli until June 26, but it's already generated a fair amount of controversy in St. Louis.Co-produced by Eric Schlosser of Fast Food Nation fame and starring Schlosser and ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Thursday, 10.23

The Morning Brew: Thursday, 8.7

FDA and FTC Tell Monsanto to Quit Bellyaching (Part 1)

FDA and FTC Tell Monsanto to Quit Bellyaching (Part 2)

FDA and FTC Tell Monsanto to Quit Bellyaching

rBST and Monsanto: Postscript

rBST and Monsanto: The Corporate Teat

Cell Block

Missouri scientists fear embryonic research may remain embryonic

Funky Town

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The exchange between a chef and a Monsanto spokeswoman was civilized, but questions about what we eat leave a bitter aftertaste

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Natural Way

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RAVEN MAD

"Nevermore," quoth the Missouri Botanical Garden

PETER AND THE WOLF

Why Missouri Botanical Garden's Peter Raven, world-renowned environmentalist, courts Monsanto's favor, boosts its biotech and takes its money

Saving the Day for Corporate Welfare

Imagine St. Louis: The Post selling its soul for a jolly good fellowship

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When you talk about growing the economy, you're really talking about growing the workers

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