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Who Owns Your Tomato? - Another Big Horticultural Seed Company Bought By Monsanto

When Monsanto buys into a market they buy in big. In 2005 Monsanto’s seed/genetic trait holdings were primarily in corn, cotton, soybean, and canola. That year they purchased Seminis, the world’s… more →

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Who Owns Your Tomato? - Another Big Horticultural Seed Company Bought By Monsanto — 3 comments

seedstory wrote 6 months ago: When Monsanto buys into a market they buy in big. In 2005 Monsanto’s seed/genetic trait holdings … more →

Tags: agricultural policy, GMOs, Antitrust, Monsanto, Seminis

Beet Industry Responses to RoundUp Ready Sugarbeet Suit — 1 comment

seedstory wrote 6 months ago: There have been several sugarbeet industry responses to the RR lawsuit filed by Organic Seed Allianc … more →

Tags: GMOs, GMO, organic, Roundup Ready, seed, sugarbeets, USDA

USDA notifies public of an "unitentional" escape of unapproved GE corn variety — 1 comment

seedstory wrote 7 months ago: This just in, release from USDA on a new “event”. It once again points to the lax regula … more →

Tags: GMOs, USDA, Contamination, genetically enigneered, Corn, EPA, FDA, DOW

SuperCarrot - addendum — 3 comments

seedstory wrote 8 months ago: Frank Morton posted this comment on the SuperCarrot piece. His additions to the story need to be fro … more →

Tags: Seed and Story, GMOs, Biotech, GMO, Calcium, Carrot

Challenge to USDA approval of Genetically Modified Sugar Beets

seedstory wrote 8 months ago: Obviously I need to be a bit careful on this, as Organic Seed Alliance is as plaintiff in the case, … more →

Tags: GMOs, Organic Seed Alliance, Seed and Story, Agriculture, Biotech, Biotechnology, GENETICALLY modified, GMO, organic

Genetically Engineered 'Super Carrot' higher in press release fluff and poor journalism than your average carrot — 2 comments

seedstory wrote 8 months ago: I edited this down today. A little less vitriolic as my blood pressure calmed. Also…look for i … more →

Tags: Seed and Story, GMOs, Plant Breeding, Nutrition, GMO, Carrots, Calcium, Biotechnology, Genetic engineering

Interview with Matthew Dillon and Gary Nabhan on KUOW Weekday — 3 comments

seedstory wrote 9 months ago: Steve Scher has a wonderful radio show on KUOW (94.9 in the Puget Sound, and streaming live at the K … more →

Tags: Organic Seed Alliance, Seed and Story, seed, GMOs, Biotech, Heirlooms, Seed saving

BT CABBAGE SEED ALERT - industry moving into US production — 2 comments

seedstory wrote 9 months ago: As many of you know, the majority of transgenic crops are in commodity crops - corn, soybeans, cotto … more →

Tags: GMOs, Plant Breeding, Biotech, GMO, Cabbage, seed production

Fedco Seed Experiences GMO Contamination of Sweet Corn Seed — 1 comment

seedstory wrote 9 months ago: Fedco Seeds, a fantastic cooperative seed company from Maine that specializes in fresh market varie … more →

Tags: GMOs, seed, Agriculture, Seminis, Monsanto, Genetics, farming, Contamination

New Book - Good Crop/Bad Crop

seedstory wrote 9 months ago: Two links for you to check out. The first is GRAIN, a fantastic international organization “wh … more →

Tags: Agriculture, Plant Breeding, farming, Canada

The Boondoggle of the “Biotech Yield Endorsement Program” — 2 comments

seedstory wrote 9 months ago: Warning – this is not objective reporting and contains cynicism and sarcasm. But then again, who n … more →

Tags: agricultural policy, GMOs, Agriculture, Biotech, GMO, Monsanto, Regulatory, seed, USDA

Consolidation continues

seedstory wrote 9 months ago: Bayer-Crop Science’s vegetable seed division is known as Nunhems. Nunhems announced today that … more →

Tags: seed, Agriculture, Lettuce


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