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A large group of Chinese experts and citizens have joined together to sign a protest letter against ChemChina’s acquisition of the Swiss pesticide giant Syngenta. The protest letter is based on the serious health concerns many Chinese citizens have over GMO crops and pesticides. The letter can be found...

Reuters reported Friday that France’s health and safety agency (ANSES) has decided to ban weedkillers that combine chemicals glyphosate and the...

Burkina Faso’s cotton association is seeking 48.3 billion CFA francs ($83.91 million) in compensation from U.S. seed company Monsanto after it said...

The African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), in a new report published Monday titled, “For your own good!” The chicanery behind GM non-commercial ‘orphan...

China will not be establishing industrial-scale genetically modified (GM) grain farms for the time being, a senior government official said on Tuesday,...

Genetically modified corn and soybeans were supposed to reduce chemical use on farms, but instead they’ve done the exact opposite by creating herbicide-resistant...

One hundred groups representing over five million Nigerians, comprising of farmers, faith-based organisations, civil society groups, students and local...

The Committee on Environment, Food Safety & Public Health (ENVI) formally objected Tuesday to the re-authorization by the European Commission of the...

On Tuesday a Mexican Federal Appeal Court court headed by Judge Benjamín Soto Sánchez notified  Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture (SAGARPA) that...

Countries across the European Union have now joined the Great Glyphosate Rebellion that was started late last week by France, Sweden and the Netherlands. According...