Disturbing new research indicates that the microbial
biodiversity of the soil and our food is being dramatically
impacted by the use of herbicides like glyphosate, the active
ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller. Researchers have
proposed that many soil organisms, which are indispensable for
the productivity of the soil in agriculture, as well as in raw
and fermented dairy production, may be undergoing endangerment,
if not also in some cases extinction in certain geographic
regions of the world. Research published in the journal Current
Microbiology indicates that Roundup herbicide (®) is having a
negative impact on microorganisms of food interest, and
specifically those found in raw and fermented foods. They study
authors concluded that Roundup herbicide’s inherent toxicity to
soil organisms may explain what is behind "...the loss of
microbiodiversity and microbial concentration observed in raw
milk for many years." The reseachers discovered that adverse
changes in selected food microorganisms, includ