Federal court upholds ban on Monsanto's genetically engineered alfalfa

Should I have hope because I think I'm seeing great trend coming.

Fabulous news, thanks for sharing with us.

I'm still outraged that I can be sold genetically modified foods at the grocery store and that it doesn't have to be labeled as such. I don't want anything to do with it.

Organic works just fine, thank-you-very-much.

I don't think this is happening because there will be a change in government... the names change, that's about it, and both sides seem pretty well in the Monsanto camp. Has any candidate for president besides Cynthia McKinney even mentioned Monsanto? Dennis Kucinich has three bills out here but I have not seen anyone else move to support him on it publicly.

And this is why Democrats don't come out in the numbers they would to vote... or at least, they don't come out in numbers they do to actually vote FOR the nominee: the Democratic Party in its zeal to always satisfy the DLC instead of the base, pick warmongers to run with them and people who actually vote for bills that support corporations like Monsanto. They play to the base of the other party instead of their own! We needed Dennis Kucinich as the VP candidate then if we were to expect any real work on this. The fact that Obama couldn't even consider Kucinich to energize the base of this party which would certainly have given me more hope, tells me that they would rather play it safe and risk losing than take a chance and win. Regarding Monsanto, we need more Deninis Kucinich's on our side, but I don't even know if any of his bills on GMOS will ever see the light of day... it can't even make TV here because people constantly try to stop it.

I can hardly believe I'm reading 2 such articles in one day. This is astonishing. Great news. Monsanto must be completely shut down.

I know so little about GM foods that I feel a little silly posting about it. But anything with the name Monsanto on it (who I'm very familiar with because of their criminal activity) gives me bias.

This needs to become a rising swell of awareness to SAY NO TO GMO AND IRRADIATED FOODS. The organizations who sued need our fullest support and awareness. I would like info about sites ans petitions to support.

The tide is beginning to turn because of the possibility of a regime change in the US government.
Of course, as more people write their congressmen and senators, that too will have an effect.
When you buy produce at a store, ask the management if they have irradiated food, and also start asking where the produce comes from.
I have surely recieved some blank looks when I have asked.
It can be pretty comical!

Yes darkhorsejim, labeling our food so we can know what is GMO and what is GMO Free is imperative. Busy consumers don't have time to research each food item, nor should they have to do something so tedious. Not only that, in a perfect world we could actually trust our food supply and not have to be so scrupulous, but that is just too much to ask....sighing~

FIRST CALIFORNIA & NOW A FEDERAL COURT SETS THE PRECEDENT WE’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR! Monsanto is a world leader in Genetically Engineered & Genetically Modified food sources upon which all humans subsist. As they go global with this strategy, they are truly one of the most dangerous companies in the world as they attempt to monopolize the very essence of survival - legal ownership of patented single use seeds to grow our food, and unbelievably, must be purchased from Monsanto every year in order to plant your next crop. BOYCOTT ALL MONSANTO PRODUCTS AT ALL COSTS!

If you haven’t seen the documentary “The Future of Food” (or even "The Corporation") yet, I strongly urge you to do so. If I didn’t know that Monsanto’s goal of global food manipulation, distribution & ultimately complete crop control is perfectly legal, I would have thought this reaching the level of science fiction. However, this is one powerful & evil company that has Washington D.C.’s politicians, regulatory agencies & lobbyists in all their pockets.

Don’t be fooled or misled, Monsanto is one of the biggest scum-sucking parasites ingratiating its way further into everyone’s daily life whether you are aware of it or not. Their logo should be the CEO with horns, a pointy tail & carrying a pitchfork in order to prod you into becoming a consumer of their products. Do not underestimate or do business with this company-you will only empower them to overpower us.

Try to shop with as much awareness as possible, thinking about who ultimately gets your money, because it’s truly the only immediate defense we have until the right people are in the right positions to stop this evil empire. They will stop at nothing to keep any competitive products-usually organic & safe-off of store shelves in order to push their own toxic products on a society too busy to notice, in most cases, without the publicity of well meaning organizations & CURRENT’s contributors relentless search for the truth. Labeling is now becoming the next hurdle to conquer so that consumers will more easily be able to decide which products to purchase based on the ingredients & whether or not they’re organic.

Yes, and consumers becoming more aware of Monsanto, GM foods, and what they are doing, and in turn calling on their representatvies to take action. It can be done!

I believe that this is one of many upcoming examples of folks in positions to make significant differences getting to that magic point of "enough is enough" that we, the people, have been demanding.
I've been seeing examples of this fighting back taking hold all over the US.
The tide is turning.
Monsanto is just one more monster organization that's getting it's butt seriously kicked by state judiciaries who can no longer stand what their federal counterparts have let GWB's administration and it's greedy lobby get away with for eight agonizing years.

Here is a quote from your article that gives me some hope:

"It puts on notice the government and creators of this technology -- Monsanto in particular -- that if it wants to bring GE (genetically engineered) crops into the American agricultural system, it must do its work to show that farmers and consumers will be protected and non-GE crops won't be affected."

I will be very interested to watch this play out. I am in hope that with all of the information that has been churning in the last decade about Monsanto and the combined dirty deeds of FDA and USDA; that Monsanto will not be able to pull off their shady deals. I don't see how Monsanto can prove that their crops don't impact non-GE.

Good news indeed!