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Ask Your Senators to Support Public Seed in the Farm Bill.” Seed Broadcast. 5/16/13.”Monsanto’s lawsuit win poses issues for Mainers.” Portland Press Herald. 5/14/13.

Farmers React to Monsanto Seed Ruling.” Modern Farmer. 5/13/13.

Supreme Court Supports Monsanto in Seed-Replication Case.” The New York Times. 5/13/13.

EU retailers pledge support for Brazilian non-GMO soy.” All About Feed. 5/8/13.

European Commission to criminalize nearly all seeds and plants not registered with government.” Natural News. 5/6/13.

Study Links Insecticide Use to Invertebrate Die-offs.” The Guardian. 5/3/13.

The Curse of Fertilizer.” National Geographic. 5/13.

GMO multi-toxin crops continue to backfire as more insects become resistant to crop chemicals.” Natural News. 4/29/13.

The ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ Goes Local: Law Would Block Counties From Banning GMOs.” Take Part. 4/24/13.

Study reveals GMO corn to be highly toxic.” RT. 4/17/13.

The Struggle to Reclaim Paradise.” Climate Connections. 4/15/13.

Garden Planning for Seed Saving.” Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. 4/12/13.

Monsanto’s Next Target: Democracy.” Truthout. 4/10/13.

How to: Save Heirloom Tomato Seeds.” Cubit’s Organic Living.

Editorial: Blunt’s ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ undermines legislative process.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 4/10/13.

Street-smart seeds: How to grow a garden that feels at home in the city.” Grist. 4/4/13.

17 Essential Reasons to Eat Organic Food.” Care2 Make a Difference. 4/4/13.

Why the Most Powerful Thing in the World is a Seed.” Yes! Magazine. 4/3/13.

Tunis 2013: If we rely on corporate seed, we lose food sovereignty.” GRAIN. 4/2/13.

New Seed Legislation Spells Disaster For Small Farmers In Africa.” African Center for Biosafety. 4/2/13.

Monsanto: A Corporate Profile.” Food & Water Watch. 4/13.

Why Do G.M.O.’s Need Protection?” The New York Times. 4/2/13.

The State of Science.” Council for Responsible Genetics. 3/13.

Multi-Toxin Biotech Crops Not Silver Bullets, Scientists Warn.” Science Daily. 3/29/13.

Organic 101: Almost 25,000 Certified Operations at Your Fingertips.” USDA Blog. 3/28/13.

Monsanto Hitches a Ride on Must-Pass Budget Bill.” Food & Water Watch. 3/28/13.

Seeds of Suicide.” The Asian Age. 3/27/13.

Does food security’s future lie in organic seeds?” The Sacramento Bee. 3/26/13.

Agent G.M.O.” International Herald Tribune. 3/26/13.

Are Agriculture’s Most Popular Insecticides Killing Our Bees?” NPR. 3/25/13.

Genetic modification strains old food and drug laws.” Los Angeles Times. 3/23/13.

Canola debate heats up in Capitol.” Capitol Press. 3/20/13.

Agricultural research in scramble for funds.” Western Farm Press. 3/19/13.

Organic Farmers vs. Monsanto.” WHDT World News Interview with Jim Gerritsen. 3/13.

How Monsanto outfoxed the Obama administration.” Salon. 3/15/13.

Argentina’s Bad Seeds.” Aljizeera English. 3/14/13.

Herbicides for GMOs Driving Monarch Butterfly Populations to ‘Ominous’ Brink.” Common Dreams. 3/14/13.

Eye on Augusta: GMO Labeling Bill Returns to the Legislature.” The Free Press. 3/14/13.

Monsanto threatens to sue EFSA over publication of maize GM data.” Food Navigator. 3/13.

OSGATA et al. v. Monsanto: Farmer’s Fight for Justice.” Jim Gerritsen’s PIELC Key Note. 3/13.

A question of coexistence: Lewistown neighbors lay bare national GMO debate.” Great Falls Tribue. 3/8/13.

Major Grocer to Label Foods With Gene-Modified Content.” New York Times. 3/8/13.

In A Grain Of Golden Rice, A World Of Controversy Over GMO Foods.” NPR. 3/7/13.

Look Carefully at Those Seeds.” Op-Ed, New York Times. 3/2/13.

Fixing Food: Seed Solution Models for a New Agricultural Paradigm.” Acres USA. 3/13.

CHARTS: World’s GMO Crop Fields Could Cover the US 1.5 Times Over.” Mother Jones. 2/26/13.

Vandana Shiva: ‘Seeds must be in the hands of farmers.’” The Guardian. 2/25/13.

Monsanto, the court and the seeds of dissent.” Op-Ed, Los Angeles Times. 2/19/13.

Farmer’s Fight With Monsanto Reaches The Supreme Court.” NPR.  2/18/13.

Opposition crops up to GMO foods in Hawaii.” Aljazeera. 2/16/13.

Farmer’s Supreme Court Challenge Puts Monsanto Patents at Risk.” The New York Times. 2/15/13.

Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning in France.” Reuters. 2/13/13.

Monsanto sued small famers to protect seed patents, report says.” The Gaurdian. 2/12/13.

As Challenge over Seed Rights Approaches Supreme Court, New Report Exposes Devastating Impact of Monsanto Practices on U.S. Farmers.” CFS. 2/12/13.

Indiana soybean farmer sees Monsanto lawsuit reach US supreme court.” The Gaurdian. 2/9/13.

“Seeds of Discontent: A Texas Organic Cotton Farmer Takes on Monsanto.”  Observer. 2/7/13.

“Will a Federal Compromise on GMO Labeling Trump State Law, Forever?” Huffington Post. 2/6/13.

“In Standing Up for Big Ag, Are Universities Undercutting Their Own Researchers?”  The Cornucopia Institute. 2/5/13.

“Organic Begins with Seed.” The Washington Post. 1/13.

Videos from Hawaii Seed: Vandana Shiva and others talk GE. 1/13.

“Monsanto versus the People.” Aljazeera. 1/14/13.

“Video from the Frontlines: OSGATA et al. v. Monsanto.” Sow True Seed. 1/14/13.

“Farmers Demand an Appeal in Monsanto GMO Case.” RT. 1/11/13.

“Farmers Rally at White House to Protest Monsanto’s GMO Empire.” Common Dreams. 1/11/13.

“Small farmers optimistic in battle with with biotech giant Monsanto.” Penobscot Bay Pilot. 1/11/13.

“Maine farmer heads group challenging genetics giant.” Maine Sunday Telegram. 1/9/13.

“Maine Farmers Appeal Monsanto Ruling.” MPBN interview. 1/13.

“Farmers hope to ban genetically modified crops.” San Francisco Chronicle. 1/2/13.

“Victory in Michigan! Shady Grove Farm Protected by Right to Farm Act.” Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund. 12/19/12.

“Roundup Herbicide Linked To Overgrowth of Deadly Bacteria.” GreenMedInfo.com. 12/15/12.

“Liability for Genetically Modified Food: Are GMOs a Tort Waiting to Happen?” American Bar Association. 2012.

“Food Safety Group Calls for Court to Limit GMO Seed Patents.” Reuters UK. 12/10/12

“Independent Science in Jeopardy.” Vandana Shiva. 12/5/12.

“DOJ Mysteriously Quits Monsanto Antitrust Investigation.” Mother Jones. 12/1/12.

“Are you a farmer worried about GMO contamination? USDA says get ‘insurance’” Grist. 11/30/2012.

“Monsanto on Verge of $40 Million GMO Bailout in Europe: Report.” The Cornucopia Institute. 11/28/12

“Seeds of Discontent.” DownEast Magazine. 11/12.

“The Truth About GMOs- A Potato Farmer Knows.” Jim Gerritsen. NYC. 10/22/12

“Organic Farming Head on Landmark Lawsuit, GMO testing and the Lies Only Monsanto Could Get Away With.” AltHealth Works. 10/21/12.

“Fight Over Expanding Canola in Oregon Pits Organic Food Lovers Against Biofuels Advocates.” Washington Post and AP. 9/28/12.

“CRIIGEN Study Links GM Maize and Roundup to Premature Death and Cancer.” Sustainable Pulse.” 9/19/12.

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