Greater St. Louis
Genetically Modified Foods on the Defensive
Host Steve Curwood talks with Living On Earth’s political observer Mark Hertsgaard about recent news in the field of biotechnology. The Agrochemical company Monsanto has announced that it is not planning to pursue a type of technology that makes a crop’s seeds sterile after one planting. Hertsgaard (HURTS-guard) says the announcement is just another in […]
GM Suit
In the first lawsuit of its kind, the Monsanto Corporation is suing a Canadian farmer for patent infringement. Monsanto says the farmer planted its genetically modified (GM) seed without paying for it. The farmer says the seed must have blown in on the wind. Amy Jo Ehman reports from Saskatchewan.
Counties that count: Franklin County, Missouri, part 2
They’re swing counties in swing states ? and they may be the spots where this election is decided. In the fourth of a series on ‘counties that count,’ The Takeaway’s Political Director Andrea Bernstein talks with voters in Franklin County, Missouri.