The Globalisation of Bad Food and Poor Health: Sustainable Development or Sustainable Profits?

On April 4, 2016

By Colin Todhunter – The Global Research, 3 April 2016 Source: http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-globalisation-of-bad-food-and-poor-health-sustainable-development-or-sustainable-profits/5518194 The proportion of deaths due to cancer around […]

Monsanto vs Indian Farmers

On March 27, 2016

Hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers being driven to suicide because of high costs of seed, and false promises is enough ground for the government to revoke Monsanto’s Bt cotton […]

Seed swaraj (Seed Sovereignty)

On March 24, 2016

When ordered to reduce Bt cotton seed prices by 74 per cent, Monsanto’s immediate response was to threaten to quit India, confirming that it cannot respect the law or farmers’ rights.

‘Greed has to end’: India urges Monsanto to accept GM-cotton royalty cuts or leave market

On March 17, 2016

India said that US agricultural biotechnology corp. Monsanto is free to leave the Indian market […]

Make Monsanto pay

On February 24, 2016

While the Centre is suing Monsanto, Maharashtra has signed an MoU with it to set up the biggest seed hub in India. How can a corporation taking lives be rewarded with the ‘Make in India’ label?

Dal Swaraj Yatra – Pulse of Life Pilgrimage in Uttar Pradesh & Madhya Pradesh

On February 22, 2016

To celebrate the International Year of Pulses, Navdanya started a pilgrimage through the […]

Monsanto’s pride, Monsanto’s fall: playing God with the Indian farmer

On February 20, 2016

By Colin Todhunter – The Ecologist, 19th February 2016 Source: http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2987223/monsantos_pride_monsantos_fall_playing_god_with_the_indian_farmer.html India’s farmers are the targets of structural violence aimed […]

Pro-GMO Activism In India: Journalism Gives Way To Spin, Smears And Falsehoods

On February 19, 2016

By Colin Todhunter – East By Northwest, 19 February 2016 Source: http://www.colintodhunter.com/2016/02/pro-gmo-activism-in-india-journalism.html In a recent piece for the magazine Swarajya (an online and […]

Basant Panchami: Welcoming Spring, Celebrating Organic Mustard Diversity

On February 16, 2016

For most of rural India, mustard oil is life. Women use this nutritious oil from the preparation of the most basic rotis to complex vegetable masala […]