Monthly Archives: January 2010

U.S. Opens Inquiry Into Monsanto – Antitrust Enforcers Probe Business Practices Surrounding Biotech Soybean Seed

By Scott Kilman and Thomas Catan
The Wall Street Journal
Posted January 15, 2010

The U.S. Justice Department has opened a formal antitrust investigation into crop-biotechnology giant Monsanto Company as it contends with the loss of patent protection on its blockbuster soybean in 2014.

Monsanto on Thursday received a formal demand from the Justice Department for information about the St. Louis company’s business practices surrounding its Roundup Ready soybean, the nation’s most popular genetically-modified crop. Continue reading U.S. Opens Inquiry Into Monsanto – Antitrust Enforcers Probe Business Practices Surrounding Biotech Soybean Seed

Big Concerns Regarding the PEW Report on Industrial Farm Animal Production

FASS Shares AVMA’s Concerns Regarding Pew Report on Industrial Farm Animal Production
Posted January 5, 2010

The Federation of Animal Science Societies (FASS) has analyzed the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production’s report Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America as well as the American Veterinary Medical Association’s (AVMA) response to the report. After a review by FASS’ Scientific Advisory Committees, FASS agrees with AVMA that there are significant flaws in the Pew Report. Continue reading Big Concerns Regarding the PEW Report on Industrial Farm Animal Production

Taking the “Human” out of “Humane”

A post from the Center for Consumer Freedom
Posted January 5, 2010

We took a look last week at some details of the 2008 tax return filed by the deceptive Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). The filing shows that HSUS paid out less than one-half of one percent of its $99 million budget to hands-on dog and cat shelters. Meanwhile, a large portion of the kitty – tens of millions of dollars – went to employee salaries and animal rights lobbying. And all this expensive chicken-hugging has a hidden price. To find it, try visiting your local unemployment office. Continue reading Taking the “Human” out of “Humane”