Halifax, Thursday, March 11, 2010 – The corporate sponsor of this week’s Brier, biotechnology company Monsanto, is under intense scrutiny from environmental, consumer and farmer groups in Nova Scotia, and across Canada and the world. “Many curling fans might be...

Canadian Farm and Consumer Groups Urge U.S. Department of Agriculture to Stop Monsanto’s New GE Seed Saskatoon, March 3, 2010 - Today a number of prominent Canadian farmer and consumer groups urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) not to permit the...

February 9, 2010. Ottawa, Montreal, Washington, Tokyo, Sydney: 233 consumer and farmer groups in 26 countries have joined the “Definitive Global Rejection of GM Wheat” statement to stop the commercialization of genetically modified (GM) wheat and remind the...

Challenge approval of new eight-trait GM “SmartStax” corn Friday, October 16, 2009 - Today Canadians opposing Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) crops will join the first “International Day of Action Against Multinational Corporations” that has been initiated by the...

But Canadian farmers still have no answers Ottawa, Monday, October 5, 2009 – 28 countries, including more European countries as well as Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Thailand, have now been affected by contamination from genetically modified (GM) flax in Canadian exports...

Canada Ignores International Food Safety Guidelines Ottawa, Wednesday July 29, 2009. Today the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) demanded that the federal government immediately withdraw authorization for ‘SmartStax,’ a genetically engineered (GE),...

No environmental risk assessment, and reduced environmental stewardship requirements for new Monsanto/Dow “SmartStax” Ottawa, Friday, July 24, 2009. Farmer and environmental groups in the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) are warning of several dangerous...

July 24, 2009. No environmental risk assessment, and reduced environmental stewardship requirements for new Monsanto/Dow “SmartStax”.

Ottawa, Monday 20 July 2009. The announcement that Canada has agreed to end its World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute with Europe over genetically modified (GM) foods is being greeted as a step forward by the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network. The agreement...

Tri-national Statement Responds to Industry Pledge to Commercialize GE Wheat June 1, 2009, Ottawa, Montréal, Washington, Canberra - Farmers, consumers and civil society organizations in Australia, Canada and the U.S. released a joint statement confirming their...