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GMWatch on twitter:
http://twitter.com/GMWatch
1. RT @carmeloruiz: Neat movies on food and sustainability http://bit.ly/3DjpQV [including ones on GM]
2. Our most retweeted video to date: Bayer - turning disaster into profit http://bit.ly/VlLfz
3. GM will feed the world? Even in the world's GM capital, poverty's more critical than the amount or means of production! http://bit.ly/pVRI1
4. Anti-GM giant rice-art "sculpture" in Thailand
pic: http://bit.ly/Ahatn
article: http://bit.ly/ElLLJ
YouTube (Thai): http://bit.ly/F49uo [good images of the living black and green rice "sculpture", including aerial shots, from about 2:00 mins in]
5. What the St. Louis police won't apologize for. Good article - how police attacks served Monsanto's interests http://bit.ly/D6jFS
6. Exhibition soon by Gustav Metzger, born Nuremberg 1926 to Polish-Jewish parents. He describes GM as "the new H-Bomb" http://bit.ly/2OHK3x
7. Winner of 'Best Anti GMO Poster' competition in Poland http://bit.ly/mMtZu #GMO
8. RT @foodfirstorg: Break the Monsanto monopoly. Tell the Obama Admin. to investigate http://bit.ly/VL1mh Please RT (via @CREDOAction)
9. RT @carmeloruiz: CHILE: War Over Seeds http://bit.ly/UjuAU. For bad GM impact in Uruguay, Brazil & Argentina http://bit.ly/12APVF
10. Toxin fear prompts GM fish rethink http://bit.ly/SJSj8
11. A Seedy Research Restriction http://bit.ly/3w55Ii + RT @the_ecologist: GM lobby just as militant as opponents: http://bit.ly/3DQ2Rd
12. RT @ahissting: Movie Download: Dangers of GMO agriculture http://bit.ly/SgPZn #GMO
13. Great to see The Nation focusing on food democracy. Lots of great food for thought from Pollan, Patel, Lappe and more http://bit.ly/2xQIuI
14. Gates article also v good on Gates Foundation-Monsanto "synergies" and following the money http://bit.ly/11Mc9h9:26 AM Sep 4th from TweetDeck
15. Superb piece on Gates Foundation - Africa's ultimate "strong-man", able to make the world bend to its misguided agenda http://bit.ly/11Mc9h
16. RT @SeasonalWisdom: USDA pulls silly pro-GMO report from web site after complaints. http://bit.ly/vUJHJ
17. RT @tinyfarmblog: A few words from a professor of molecular genetics: On biotechnology & GM in agriculture http://bit.ly/Lh3v1
18. Boston Globe: US should stop reneging on Agent Orange http://bit.ly/k2Knv No mention Monsanto, Dow profiteers paying! http://bit.ly/1kcj8t
19. RT @tlaskawy: Organic more nutritious according to new study by French Agency for Food Safety: http://cli.gs/ATERq9 [cf UK's pro-GM FSA!]
20. RT @guardianeco: Monsanto? Sustainable? Water bully, I'd say ∑ http://bit.ly/4pxC9
21. "Eight tips to dramatically improve your chances of living forever." http://bit.ly/3GWgAk Or... "Go freeze your head!" LOL12:00 PM Sep 3rd from web
22. "When we spliced the profit gene into academic culture..." Great quotes on the corporate take-over of science http://bit.ly/cFZxp
23. The Soy Republic of Argentina http://bit.ly/3fc0rr
24. RT @NatureNews: GM crops: Battlefield http://ff.im/-7yfbm [good article]
25. RT @MonsantoCo: http://twitpic.com/g74an Have you ever seen pods this big? You can at the Monsanto tent [More dreams http://bit.ly/126Hhf]
26. Which US Vice Pres. told Monsanto if they had any regulatory problems, ""Call me, we are in the 'dereg' business"? http://bit.ly/OCkSw11:55 AM Sep 2nd from TweetDeck
27. Who admitted that the U.S. government agencies had done exactly what big agribiz told them to do on #GMOs? http://bit.ly/OCkSw1
28. Great set of quotes on the (non) regulation of #GMOs http://bit.ly/OCkSw Have to read to believe!
29. Monsanto in Iraq and Afghanistan http://bit.ly/YzFwW11:22 A
30. When Cocaine meets Monsanto... http://bit.ly/lr71U
31. RT @C_G_S: Public interest groups support groundbreaking challenge to human gene patents http://bit.ly/XvsdK
32. Long on promises, short on delivery, no wonder GM promoters resort to fantasy! http://bit.ly/ss9w6
33. Interesting recent research, briefings, reports on GM http://bit.ly/DEAab
34. UK supermarkets in "secret talks to introduce GM foods" http://bit.ly/8UAJn
35. RT @tomphilpott: Will the unspeakable Dennis Wolff be named USDA safety czar? RT @civileater http://bit.ly/ad5Tl Action http://bit.ly/2DwNSK
36. RT @NatureNews: Keeping genes out of terrorists' hands http://ff.im/-7r5Rd [not!]
37. Nor are all the other great breakthroughs http://bit.ly/xPjBw
38. Snorkel rice that could feed millions aint GM http://bit.ly/6jo2i
39. RIP Chris Lamb & Mike Gale of the John Innes Centre http://bit.ly/ykW33. GMW articles/profiles http://bit.ly/3Fz8v and http://bit.ly/SsPE6
40. Still reading Diarmuid Jeffreys' "Hell's Cartel". Just how far will corporations go for profit? http://bit.ly/lEg2S
41. Journalists on how Monsanto spikes their stories http://bit.ly/zK0ku
42. RT @OrganicConsumer: 'Non-GMO' Seal Identifies Foods Mostly Biotech-Free http://bit.ly/UfHUZ
43. Bayer - turning disaster into profit (video) http://bit.ly/VlLfz4:25
44. Will the real Godfather of India's Green Revolution stand up? http://bit.ly/2KcGLK
45. Bee rap http://bit.ly/1FNBa8 petition http://bit.ly/m9zro
46. Risks involved with transgenic fish http://bit.ly/6449i
47. Check out our latest Monthly Review of all the recent GM news and comment http://bit.ly/16nigc
48. Myth of the Month: GM Cassava "Our Only Hope" http://bit.ly/2VqShl
49. International Paper wants to be the Monsanto of GM trees http://bit.ly/2ug6U3
50. RT @OrganicConsumer: Tell the USDA GM Frankenfoods & Nanotechnology Aren't Organic http://bit.ly/T1qOD
51. More compelling evidence real breakthroughs are NOT #GMOs http://bit.ly/CKm5O and http://bit.ly/3PEz7a
52. RT @OrganicConsumer: Scientist Warning of Health Hazards of Monsanto's Herbicide Receives Threats http://bit.ly/U2FQb
53. Check out profiles of GM promoters http://bit.ly/12UAI2 Most recent changes here http://bit.ly/XOUYP and quick index http://bit.ly/Ov1PH
54. Farmers bribed to keep quiet about mass failure of GM cotton http://bit.ly/Eqmz5 See also http://bit.ly/11SFJI1
55. Nearly 100 more cancer lawsuits filed against Monsanto http://bit.ly/15nkAy
56. Making Mein Kampf come true http://bit.ly/4XelS
57. RT @9brandon: What can DNA tell us? Place your bets now http://ff.im/-7du0R
58. RT @the_ecologist: Was the FSA organics study fiddled? http://bit.ly/gFBjy
59. Star of dog-and-pony show headed for jail? http://bit.ly/12je50
60. Perfect storm of media spin http://bit.ly/M60Az
61. Derek Burke in PR paid for print edition insert in Guardian today - comment: http://bit.ly/KxV6x