July 9th, 2010
Monsanto Company Inc. has agreed to pay a $2.5 million penalty to resolve misbranding violations related to the sale and distribution of cotton seed products containing genetically engineered pesticides. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said this is the largest civil administrative penalty settlement ever received under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).




The village of Stella, Missouri, has constructed a veterans’ memorial of attractive design in the center of the village.
Barbara Kessler
Andrew Winston
Danielle Nierenberg
Anthony Swift