The Huffington Post has this video report about President Barack Obama signing a spending bill that included what is called by some “The Monsanto Protection Act.”
The congressional rider, anti-GMO groups argue, allows GMO companies to bypass courts in getting seed crops approved by the USDA.
Read Civil Beat’s story on the issue.

—Chad Blair
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