After promising farmers their genetically-modified (GM) corn would resist crop pests, Monsanto, and Midwestern corn fields, are seeing the evolution of insects that have begun to resist toxins in these “super” crops. How can you take action?
Tag: pesticide resistance
Do Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds Pose a Problem for Farmers Using Roundup?
Do glyphosate-resistant weeds pose a problem for farmers using Roundup? Monsanto used to answer that question with a resounding βNo!β Nowadays, it’s more of a weaker βnoβ, but with a [ … ]
The “Pesticide From Hell” (oh, by the the way, its “Organic”)
[social_buttons] This is the second in a series of posts that seeks to explain some of the detailed, crop-specific reasons that pesticides get used, and how that is actually important [ … ]