Press Releases
Canadian Farm and Civil Society Groups Protest Killing of Farm Leader over Genetically Modified Test Crops in Brazil
For Immediate Release, November 8, 2007 Ottawa, Nov 8, 2007 - Today in Ottawa, Montreal and Arva ON, 3 delegations of farm and civil society leaders from the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) observed a minute of silence and delivered letters of concern...
Monsanto Buys Terminator Technology: U.S. approves take-over of seed company
Ottawa, June 6, 2007 – On June 1, 2007 the United States Justice Department gave the green light for Monsanto’s $1.5 billion takeover of the world's largest cotton seed company, Delta & Pine Land (D&PL) -- the US company that developed and patented the world’s...
Crucial Move to Ban Terminator Seeds in Canada: Private Members Bill Tabled
Ottawa, May 31, 2007 – Today, a Private Members Bill to ban “Terminator technology” – seeds genetically engineered to be sterile after first harvest – was tabled by Member of Parliament Alex Atamanenko, Agriculture Critic for the New Democratic Party and MP for B.C....
Terminator Seeds: Canadian Government admits no capacity to assess impact on farmers
Monday December 4, 2006, Ottawa - On Friday December 1st in Winnipeg, a representative from Agriculture and Agri-food Canada admitted that the department has no capacity to assess the social and economic impacts of Terminator seeds – seeds genetically engineered to be...