Blogs
Farm Heroes Vs Monsanto: defeat corporate power in our new game
By: Dan Iles
Date: 22 September 2016
Campaigns: Food
In our latest game, Farm Heroes vs Monsanto, you can help a gang of cutsie farm animals take on the global seed and pesticide magnate Monsanto (fittingly represented as the fat cat).
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How do we hold corporations like Monsanto to account?
By: Heidi Chow
Date: 3 August 2016
Campaigns: Food
Monsanto may not be a household name in the UK but as one of the world’s leading seed and chemical companies, its activities affect us all. Its best-selling weedkiller is […]
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How to ‘rebrand’ Monsanto to expose the toxic truth
By: Dan Iles
Date: 5 May 2016
Campaigns: Food
If you look at Monsanto’s website you would think that it is an environmental campaign organisation. It sells itself and its products as safe, sustainable and good for farmers. But […]
Read moreMonsanto: Taking control of the world’s food
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 28 April 2016
Campaigns: Food
Five farmer movements fighting corporate power
By: Dan Iles
Date: 14 April 2016
Campaigns: Food
This weekend marks April 17. A day to celebrate small scale farmer movements across the world. These movements are all fighting for a model of farming that puts power in […]
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EU votes to rein in ‘probably carcinogenic’ glyphosate – but not an outright ban
By: Aisha Dodwell
Date: 13 April 2016
Campaigns: Food
Monsanto has suffered a blow today as the European Parliament has called for heavy restrictions on the use of glyphosate, one of their most lucrative chemicals, and the key ingredient […]
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A bad day for Monsanto and a good day for public health, as weedkiller decision gets postponed
By: Aisha Dodwell
Date: 8 March 2016
Campaigns: Food
A battle of corporate profit vs people’s needs has been fought out at the European Union over the past two days as heated negotiations took place about the re-licencing of a chemical that probably causes cancer in humans. It just so happens that this very same chemical makes millions in profit for the giant chemical and seed company Monsanto.
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Industrialising African agriculture to help the poor? Some myths exposed
By: Neil Dawson
Date: 8 February 2016
Campaigns: Food
A farming revolution is being driven in Africa and is affecting the lives of hundreds of millions of rural African families. A magic formula has been devised with ambitions to […]
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