So last week, when it comes to pushing towards labeling GMO (genetically modified organisms) food we purchase and consume, a major step in the WRONG direction was taken...
It can be difficult to make an informed judgment on the safety of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) because of the impassioned reaction that greets each new study, but at the very least, there is general agreement that much more research is required on a case by case basis into any potential health risks of GMOs. The early results are showing that GMO food is something we should stay away from. To me, that is just common sense. Same for Europe. They require all GMO food to be labeled as such, so the consumer may make an informed choice. Not here in the U.S.A. though....
President Barack Obama last week approved a law giving the production and sale of GMOs and Genetically Engineered crops, immunity from court intervention, even if health risks do emerge.
Food safety campaigners have dubbed it the Monsanto Protection Act. And they are heavily criticizing, not only the President, but the US Congress which they say failed to scrutinize the language of the bill which was reportedly crafted in collusion with Monsanto to be deliberately opaque.
The Monsanto Protection Act, part of the HR 933 continuing resolution, allows Monsanto to override U.S. federal courts on the issue of planting experimental genetically engineered crops all across the country. Even if those experimental crops are found to be extremely dangerous or to cause a runaway crop plague, the U.S. government now has no judicial power to stop them from being planted and harvested.
As ibtimes.com reports, the bill "effectively bars federal courts from being able to halt the sale or planting of GMO or GE crops and seeds, no matter what health consequences from the consumption of these products may come to light in the future."
Just who is Monsanto?
As with everything, I guess it depends on who you ask. If you go to Monsanto's website, they do a pretty good job of telling us who they are: "Producing more. Conserving more. Improving lives. -That's sustainable agriculture and that's what Monsanto is all about."
Their 'about us' page goes on to say, "Monsanto could not exist without farmers. Billions of people depend upon what farmers do. And so will billions more. In the next few decades, farmers will have to grow as much food as they have in the past 10,000 years -combined. It is our purpose to work alongside farmers to do exactly that. We do this by selling seeds, traits developed through biotechnology, and crop protection chemicals."
Blah! Disgusting. They use their words to create an emotional connection to the American farmer and fear that without these super crops and mass use of GMO seeds and pesticides, we will not be able to keep up with the demand of food. What about the increased demand of doctors, clinics and health personnel? They fail to mention the increase amount of "sick" people. Don't get me wrong, I respect and admire the American farmer. Thank God for them. The large scale farms that produce mass amounts of crops (particularly corn, soy and cotton) would not even be profitable without government subsidies and kickbacks...which all tie back into Monsanto. They all feed each other.
Monsanto is considered the mother of agricultural biotechnology. The company produces biotechnology, genomics and herbicides for corn, cotton, oil seeds, and vegetables. Monsanto produces genetically altered seeds to tolerate their flagship product, Roundup. Monsanto also produces Asgrow, DEKALB, Deltapine, and Seminis seeds. Other products have included Agent Orange, the now ubiquitous PCBs, DDT, Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH) and Aspartame.
Monsanto is one of the "Big 6" Biotech Corporations, along with BASF, Bayer, Dow Chemical Company, Dupont, and Syngenta (so called because they dominate the agricultural input market -- that is, they own the world's seed, pesticide and biotechnology industries).
Monsanto's actions are designed to maximize its corporate profits, not to serve the people. Its entire seed-and-herbicide business model is designed to trap farmers in a system of economic dependence... to turn farmers into indentured servants who can never return to traditional farming after their soil has been destroyed with Roundup.
In the fiscal year ending in August of 2010, the company reported sales of approximately 10.5 billion dollars and had 27,600 employees.
Here is some further insight to who Monsanto really is...
Domination of technology rather than sharing of wisdom
Monsanto does not create technology and then share wisdom with farmers; instead the company patents its GE seeds and thereby claims monopolistic ownership over them. This patent is used to punish farmers!
When Monsanto's GMO seeds blow into the fields of farmers who are trying to avoid growing GMOs, Monsanto uses its patent "rights" to sue the farmers and claim they "stole" Monsanto property!
This is an example of the kind of pure evil Monsanto engages in on a regular basis. From the top company executives to the bottom of the corporate ladder, people who work for Monsanto are engaged in promoting a sickening, unprecedented evil that's spreading across our planet like a black slimy cancer tumor.
That's no coincidence, either, considering that eating GMOs causes massive cancer tumors.
Artificial manipulation of nature rather than honoring of nature
Instead of working with the beauty, the genius and the abundance that has already been engineered into nature, Monsanto seeks to violate nature, overriding healthy plant genes with poison genes that generate insecticides right inside the crops.
Instead of honoring the natural ability of seeds to reproduce generation after generation, Monsanto develops "terminator seed" technology that causes seeds to self-terminate after one generation. This, by itself, is a heinous crime against nature, humankind and planet Earth. It is a crime worse than the Nazi holocaust, for terminator seeds threaten ALL human life on our planet... billions of lives are threatened by the behavior of Monsanto.
Environmental destruction over environmental stewardship
Roundup herbicide devastates soils, rendering them contaminated and unable to produce healthy crops using traditional (or organic) farming methods. Once a farm plot is destroyed with Roundup, that farmer is forever enslaved to a chemical-based farming protocol. It's unhealthy, it's a disaster to the environment, and the actual crop yields are LOWER than with organic farming, over a period of five years or more.
By encouraging farmers to spray literally millions of acres of farmland with Roundup, Monsanto is engaged in a conspiracy to destroy our agricultural heritage and turn us all into "food slaves" that must pay tribute to Monsatan.
Scientific deception over scientific truth
The so-called "science" coming out of Monsanto is some of the most inane, malicious and brutally deceptive junk science ever fabricated by corporate science sellouts. Instead of testing GMOs for long durations on animals, Monsanto-funded scientists test GMOs for a mere 90 days and then adamantly declare the food to be "safe" for a lifetime of consumption by humans.
It's no wonder they didn't run long-term tests: The real acceleration in cancer tumors only emerged after the 90-day milestone in rats.
Even if Monsanto-funded scientists found GMOs to be safe in a "lifetime" feeding study, you couldn't trust those results anyway: Any scientist, politician or media group with financial ties to Monsanto must now be assumed to be compromised and lacking any credibility whatsoever. Monsanto has bought off countless scientists, experts, media writers and politicians. But paying them off doesn't alter reality. Poison in the corn is still poison in the corn, even if you pay a group of sellout scientists to foolishly declare otherwise.
Here is a link to help voice your opinion...
Tell President Obama to veto the Monsanto Protection Act!
The personal irony in this for me? Monsanto HQ was right down the road from my chiropractic college. I passed it every day for four years not evening knowing what they did. In hindsight, I think that is probably a good thing -if I knew Dr. Evil worked there, and what kind of crap they stood for/was profiting from, I'm sure I would have done something unpleasant...at least to their sign next to the road. Ha.
If nothing else, hopefully this will encourage you to get to know your farmer. Support local farms. The local farmer DOES NOT use GMO seeds or technology. I just shook the hands of the husband and wife that grow my produce last week. Something about that feels healthy and good...it is.
Keep it local. Find a farmer. It is healthy on multiple levels.
National Directory Websites to find/buy local food and CSA Programs:
http://www.localharvest.org/
http://rodaleinstitute.org/farm_locator
https://www.biodynamics.com/csa.html
Local Middle Tennessee Farms, CSA Programs:
http://www.localtable.net/farm_guide/listing.php
http://nashfof.wordpress.com/csa/
http://www.barefootfarmer.com/
http://realfoodfarms.com/how-to-find-us/
Dr. David Mason
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