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Monsanto's CFO & Treasurer resigned ahead of last week's earnings free fall

Forbes' Weekly Layoff Report: Monsanto Leads The Pack http://bit.ly/4AXwtk

Green Revolution pioneer Borlaug dies. Profile: http://bit.ly/SnADZabout
     
Press report of illegal GM flax *growing* in Germany may be wrong. Looks like just the non-organic imports are tainted.
     
Vandana Shiva takes apart MS Swaminathan's recent GM promotional http://bit.ly/2bwAPk More on Swaminathan: http://bit.ly/2KcGLK

BBC 1's Countryfile program Sunday 19.00 has GM item. Understand pro-GM John Innes Centre had significant editorial input (again!)

Michael Sandel on genetics, morality, and a new politics of the common good http://bit.ly/2JkqZu

Study: GM crops could increase fitness of weedy relatives http://bit.ly/4y3gzA
     
France: GM grapevine trials destroyed http://bit.ly/VuFCe (subscription). South Africa: top winemakers oppose trials http://bit.ly/6inls
     
RT @ewinkler: GM papaya? More of a liability than a help http://bit.ly/15gJJX
     
Reminder it's "Monsanto men" holding the purse strings at the Gates Foundation http://bit.ly/17Q4mk More http://bit.ly/11Mc9h
     
With nearly 10% of the workforce facing the chop, Monsanto's in the tall weeds http://bit.ly/3dn75t9:39 AM Sep 11th from TweetDeck
     
Why did Monsanto's latest GM foods get a free pass into Canada? http://bit.ly/19W0IE

With election for the German parliament looming, poll shows being anti-GM's a big vote winner. Only 6% of voters want GM http://bit.ly/lgqTS
     
Germany 16 out of 41 linseed samples contaminated. Minister: 'We assume this does not affect just Germany, but all of Europe.' http://bit.ly/tZCHn
     
GM industry $$$ front group @agbiotech encourages followers to vote for pro-GM entry in Changemakers Competition http://tinyurl.com/mdq989
     
"GM flax was never wanted or needed. We knew it would destroy our European markets." - National Farmers Union http://bit.ly/zyoGI
     
Illegal GM flax contaminates Canadian exports - important press release from Canada http://bit.ly/zyoGI

Monsanto shares slump http://bit.ly/C4dGB Roundup profits predicted down. Cutting staff nearly 10% http://bit.ly/koG6n
     
Ministerial press conference in Germany on illegal contamination. Confirmation Triffid is the source - more on Triffid http://bit.ly/32Qoxe
     
Nestle selling GM babyfood in China. India next. Call Nestle! http://bit.ly/44dhXo Sign petition (great page): bit.ly/2xnUbN
     
Interview about illegal GM flax just gone out on biggest German TV-channel. Developing into a really significant scandal
     
Saving the non-GMO seed: http://bit.ly/1mjZ3f (Vandana on YouTube)
     
Same GM flax researcher wanted plastics and drugs to be grown in flax because saw no contamination problem! http://bit.ly/zUDDH
     
Illegal GM linseed (flax) Canada exports 2/3 of Linseed to EU. EU imports 70% from Canada. Link German txt http://is.gd/36mV9
     
Link to piece on GM flax that may be original contamination source: Yanked Off Canadian Market - Rounded Up, Crushed http://bit.ly/32Qoxe
     
Bayer wants to contaminate India's rice supply. Given massive losses suffered by US rice growers, should be popular! http://bit.ly/iYaoT
     
Link for EU's rapid alert for illegal contamination of cereals and bakery products http://bit.ly/Ra4E1 Any problems search on ref 2009.1171
     
Developer of GM flax handed out free samples with publicity pack for his pro-GM book at time farmers were begging him to keep it off market!
     
Contamination source? At 1 time 40 farmers across Prairies were growing 200,000 bushels of GM flax seed (Triffid!) for marketing. Madness!
     
Feed the world? End industrial food system waste! http://bit.ly/1Ce0rH Forget $$$ GMOs, go organic for top return

Unapproved GM linseed (flax) FP967 from Canada via Belgium in Europe's bread and cookies. It's official: Notification detail - 2009.1171

EU authorities about to go public on GM contamination of flax. Canadian vessels rejected and already on way back to Canada2
     
Take action now. Tell Nestle to go GM free in India bit.ly/2xnUbN 
     
Euro Commission Pres wants to give member states more power to ban EU approved GMOs http://bit.ly/kS9nw
     
Would you feed your baby GM food? Nestle in China does! http://bit.ly/fns64

Profile of controversial GM flax developer: http://tiny.cc/fJVdA
     
Lots of rumours flying around: ALDI stopped handling Canadian flax, seed wholesalers recalling it, industrial bakers threatening suppliers
     
Rodale Institue CEO on how GMOs have failed to do anything useful - except make big profits for Monsanto http://bit.ly/42OW419
     
Monsanto's pal not heading for USDA? Is this the end of the Dennis Wolff follies?: http://is.gd/33azY
     
Changemakers wants to know what you think of GMOs: http://tinyurl.com/n5j978
     
A billion reasons to get excited: October 16th is World Food Day. Act.. http://bit.ly/xzZ9n GMW: Please support ActionAid

Scientists Warn International Seed Laws Are Stifling Crop Diversity http://bit.ly/QuqOI
     
GMO food guide for India www.safefoodnow.org Read and sign [Nestle petition]
     
Pro-GM International Rice Research Institute joins land grabbers http://bit.ly/B6Yhs IRRI profile http://bit.ly/p6xB6
     
Why do away with factory farming when you can create GM pain-free animals? Bio-"ethics" c/o St Louis! http://bit.ly/2QZbuh
     
New booklet from African Center for Biosafety on the GM/agrochem/seed industry in South Africa and its global context: http://bit.ly/33ItEs
     
But farmers in Vidarbha - the Indian state with the biggest uptake of GM cotton - risk disaster: http://bit.ly/1ZzZZP
     
Farmers in Gujarat, India opt for non-GM cotton http://bit.ly/CoAvp
     
Why Indian farmers prefer their own organic food http://bit.ly/17HOxs + India to increase organic farming http://bit.ly/8myIT
     
GM-fed Irish pork not up to scratch for top chefs http://bit.ly/jZeZC
     
Supply of certified GMO-free material stronger than ever, despite claims of animal feed cartel http://bit.ly/jZeZC

Flax prices dive over GMO concerns http://bit.ly/gKiX7
     
Guardian has a piece on "astroturfing" http://bit.ly/5veFx For how we caught Monsanto red-handed faking it http://bit.ly/2MgAzw
     
Frankenstein-falafel? Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Israeli food chain. http://bit.ly/g5Gze

Why GM food isn't kosher http://bit.ly/LSfln
     
Debt burdened Indian farmers in dryland conditions are paying a terrible price for the hyping of expensive GM cotton http://bit.ly/Bkn40

How every dirty trick in the PR book has been used to lure poor farmers in India into using GM cotton http://bit.ly/bS2C6
     
Farmer suicides continue http://bit.ly/Bkn40