| May 21, 2012 | Food / FarmingA Pioneer seed saleswoman introduced the first genetically modified crop to my central Missouri county in the winter of 1996 at a University Extension Soils and Crop Council meeting. She told us that if a farmer planted this genetically engineered soybean, then...
| Mar 19, 2012 | Food / FarmingDo you care what’s in the food you eat? A quick look at the labels on the products lining your supermarket shelves suggests that most of us do. Many products already bear labels proclaiming the number of calories, the grams of sugar, fiber, and fat, and other...
| Aug 16, 2010 | Food / FarmingClose observers agree that the Supreme Court’s Monsanto Company v. Geertson Seed Farms decision is a big deal, but many of us disagree about what it actually means. As a farmer and advocate, I view the ruling as a major victory because it helps determine who...
| May 31, 2010 | Food / FarmingAs an old TV ad used to say: “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.” Monsanto Corp., however, still has not taken Mother’s advice. This giant chemical maker became a veritable Frankenstein in the 1990s, genetically engineering new organisms in...
