Episode-101- Monsanto and the Genetically Modified Food Threat
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Today’s show is about Monsanto and the Genetically Modified Food Threat. I wanted to take a day to really inform our listeners about how real the threat of Genetically Modified Food (GMOs) really is.
Tune in today to hear…
- How the company that brought us PCBs, DDT and Agent Orange and told us they were all “perfectly safe” wants us to “trust them on their word” about GMOs!
- How Monsanto knowingly poisoned the town of Anniston and are “proud of what they did”
- The threats posed by “Round Up Ready” Canola and Soy
- How ancient seeds are now being patented on a first come first serve basis
- How the ancient of rule of agriculture (you must contain your threats from you neighbors) are being ignored by legal courtroom manipulation by Monsantos legal squad
- How the issue of patenting life might be the biggest threat we face today
- How GMO Cotton, Beets and Canola do effect the food supply even if you don’t personally eat them
- How Monsanto has begun buying up almost all the independent seed companies
- What you can do about all this, the only real thing you can honestly do!
- Look at your hands and see your answer to this problem
Resources for Today’s Show
- The World According to Monsanto (10 Parts you really should watch this) – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 – Part 6 – Part 7 – Part 8 – Part 9 – Part 10
- The Future of Food (as you watched this keep in mind it was “edited down to make it less scary” – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 – Part 6 – Part 7 – Part 8 – Part 9
Thanks for bringing this up, I used to work for an organic food distributor, Monsanto is really evil…
I don’t understand why they are involved in the seed bank in Northern Norway, that scares me!
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This is probably the scariest thing (along side the privatization of water (and making it illegal to harvest rainwater for example)) affecting not only our food (on a global scale) and our health; but our pocketbook (as they are privatizing food and they will be the “owner” of the patents on all life and food) as well.
The World According to Monsanto is an excellent movie in it’s demonstration of what they have been doing around the world (in India for example to cotton or wheat; or in Canada, for the crap Monsanto tried on Percy Schmiezer).
This is damn scary, I am going to send this link and CD’s of the podcast to lots of people I know…
I just read a brief article from the Nov 08-Jan 09 issue of Organic Gardening that states:
“After a year-long strategic effort to force consumers to accept milk from cows raised with synthetic growth hormone, Monsanto announced plans to sell off Posilac, its market-leading product. Since 2007, Monsanto has worked behind the scenes in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Indiana, Kansas, Utah, Missouri, Vermont, and Ohio to change milk labeling laws. These efforts spurred a backlash that resulted in more precise labeling in Pennsylvania and a lawsuit against the Ohio Director of Agriculture. Meanwhile, Wal-Mart, Kroger, and other retailers bowed to pressure from customers and declined to sell house-brand milk from treated cows, and Kraft announced plans to introduce hormone-free cheeses. Monsanto claims the Posilac business is still viable, but that it’s focusing on its seed business instead.”
Maybe with continued customer pressure, we can help Monsanto focus on going OUT of business all together.