Most Recent Campaign Headlines

The consumers have spoken, and the message to Monsanto is loud and clear: we don't want yer stinkin' recombinant bovine growth hormone. Sales of organic dairy products have skyrocketed as people steer clear of rbST for fear that it's harmful to consumers and cows alike.

1.Monsanto fumes over milk labeled as hormone-free

2.The melee over milk labels

EXTRACTS: Samuel Epstein... argues that rBGH milk makes cows sick, is contaminated by pus and antibiotics, is nutritionally and chemically different than natural milk, is supercharged with IGF and poses dangers without any benefits, especially given the national milk surplus.

Until we know more, there's no reason milk labels shouldn't be able to say, "From cows not treated with rBGH." (item 1) ---

--- 1,Monsanto fumes over milk labeled as hormone-free

WASHINGTON -- Agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. is challenging a growing trend among dairies to label their milk "hormone free," saying those claims mislead consumers into believing that the cow growth hormone Monsanto makes is unsafe.

In an action that could send ripples through the food industry, St. Louis-based Monsanto is moving aggressively against a group of dairies to halt the use of "hormone free." It said that such labels suggest that there is something unhealthy about its synthetic hormone drug.

There's been another major development in the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) brought by Aruna Rodrigues and three co-Petitioners before India's Supreme Court.

Over 6.5 million farmers from every state in India are asking the Supreme Court to let them join the case before the Court, saying GM crops risk irreversibly damaging India's farmland and biodiversity.