Footnotes From the Archives News in Brief Monsanto Was Ordered to Pay $2 Billion in a Cancer Lawsuit. There Are 13,000 More Plaintiffs. This is the third strike against the agribusiness giant, now owned by Bayer. Emily Moon
Key Takeaways News in Brief PepsiCo Tells Farmers: ‘Join Us or Grow Other Potatoes’ How plant patents work in the U.S. and India. Emily Moon
Key Takeaways News in Brief A California Jury Found Roundup Caused One Man’s Cancer in a ‘Bellwether’ Case A legal expert says the decision doesn't bode well for Bayer, which is facing thousands of pending cases over Roundup. Emily Moon
Key Takeaways News in Brief A Former Monsanto Executive Could Be the Next U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Aurelia Skipwith is a biologist and lawyer who's been with the Department of the Interior since April of 2017. Emma Sarappo
Environment E.U. Approves Use of Controversial Weed Killer for Five Years Monday's decision follows a move to ban glyphosate in Europe by 2022. Emily Moon
News in Brief Inside the Academic Journal That Corporations Love A recent lawsuit against Monsanto offers a clear and troubling view into industry strategies that warp research for… Paul D. Thacker
News in Brief The Monsanto-Bayer Merger That Could Change Agriculture The German pharmaceutical giant’s$62 billion offer would acquire all of Monsanto’s stock shares. By Madeleine Thomas The Bayer… Pacific Standard Staff
Social Justice This Week in … Roundup, Monsanto’s Most Notorious Herbicide Both the science and regulation around Roundup have taken major strides forward recently. Francie Diep
Environment Why the Addition of a Warning Label to Roundup Matters Nathan Donley, a staff scientist with the Center for Biological Diversity, discusses the harmful side effects of the glyphosate. Madeleine Thomas
Social Justice Our Failed Food Movement Calls for an end to industrialized agriculture are everywhere, but factory farms continue to grow in both size and influence. Where are we going wrong? James McWilliams