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Atlanta Bee Advocates Protest Monsanto on National Day of Action

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(APN) ATLANTA — On National Honey Bee Day, August 15, 2015, over 200 cities participated in events called Bee Against Monsanto.  In Atlanta, the event was held at Freedom Farmer’s Market at the Carter Center to educate the public about the importance of bees and the devastation of bee colony collapse.   Bees are one of myriad animals–including birds, bats, […]

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Atlantans Join in Global March against Monsanto

  By Cheyenne X, Staff Writer, and Gloria Tatum, Senior Staff Writer   (APN) ATLANTA — On Saturday, May 25, activists around the world united to March Against Monsanto, the company that, among other things, is pushing its genetically modified food products on US consumers, while threatening the global food supply.     Unbeknownst to many in the US, genetically […]

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(IPS) US Activists Outraged Over So-Called Monsanto Protection Act

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/04/u-s-activists-outraged-over-so-called-monsanto-protection-act/ ATLANTA, Georgia, Apr 28 2013 (IPS) – Food safety advocates are outraged over revelations that U.S. Congress and President Barack Obama approved an act that includes a provision purporting to strip federal courts of the ability to prevent the spread of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).  The provision in the Consolidated […]

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