Sowing Seeds of Starvation: Monsanto Hype in Growing Food Crisis

re: Sowing Seeds of Starvation: Monsanto Hype in Growing Food Crisis

beccasnow19952005 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:44:34 GMT

Armadillo says "NPR is full of propaganda." But, I've never thought of NPR as full of propaganda. FOX-TV is definitely full of propaganda, because they only tell one side of the story, that which the GOP wants you to know. But, NPR airs stories not heard on FOX or so-called mainstream media. These stories I now are actual, because I participated in some of them. NPR needs funding to stay on the air, just as commercial media sells advertising. But, I've recently heard stories about GMO's, even though Monsanto is underwriter. The GMO storie echoes what I've heard or seen in the Argentina newspaper, as well as on BBC. But, I am concerned, understanding the history of Monsanto, that they are an underwriter to NPR, and I've made a contact with a former NPR employee to see what I can do to enlighten some minds.

However, if you want to talk propaganda, do you know the reason FOX claims they are fair and balanced?

re: Sowing Seeds of Starvation: Monsanto Hype in Growing Food Crisis

beccasnow19952005 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:33:18 GMT

I am more concerned with people who benefit by "helping" me Being in government has little to do with it.

Monsanto would do what they are doing even without the help of government. That is simply how they do business. I quote the memo from Cate Jenkins, Ph.D. Chemist Regulatory Development Branch (OS 332) Characterization and Assessment Division at the US EPA.

I quote: "Monsanto's failure to report dioxin contamination of the disinfectant in Lysol has prevented any ban or other alleviation of human exposures to

dioxins in this product. The Monsanto human health studies have been submitted to EPA by Monsanto as part of public comments on proposed dioxin rules and Agency-wide dioxin health studies are continually relied upon by all offices of EPA to conclude that dioxins have not caused cancer or other health effects (other than chloracne) in humans. Thus, dioxin has been given a lesser carcinogenic potential ranking, which continues to be the basis of less

stringent regulations and lesser degrees of environmental controls. The Monsanto studies in question also have been a key basis for denying

compensation to Vietnam Veterans exposed to Agent Orange and their children suffering birth defects from such parental exposures. (1)

Monsanto would not be able to support a claim that independent researchers were responsible for the falsifications, because Monsanto personnel compiled all data utilized by these researchers. In addition the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences partially funded one of the Monsanto studies in question providing a basis for charges of the fraudulent use of governmental funds..." MORE AT: lists.essential.org/.../msg00780.html

re: Sowing Seeds of Starvation: Monsanto Hype in Growing Food Crisis

beccasnow19952005 — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:19:20 GMT

Genetically engineered wheat is ready to come into the American marketplace, according to the Organic Consumers Association.

Here's what Canadian farmers think about GM wheat: www.organicconsumers.org/.../article_18157.cfm

We can say NO to GM Wheat Now! www.organicconsumers.org/wheat.cfm

Video of the week: The Genetic Conspiracy - Are Genetically Engineered Foods Dangerous?

www.organicconsumers.org/.../article_18150.cfm

Several states have passed legislation, which could have been written by Monsanto. It forbids farmers from telling how their food is grown, or dairy cows are fed/injected. This issue was covered by the Food Democracy Now network and we wrote comments to Obama's pick for the Secretary of Health, Kansas Governor Sebelius, urging her to veto the legislation.

www.organicconsumers.org/.../ob168.htm

She did. But, that was only one state. Others have passed the legislation.

re: Sowing Seeds of Starvation: Monsanto Hype in Growing Food Crisis

beccasnow19952005 — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:58:17 GMT

NCAP editor, Caroline Cox discovered in her well documented research paper that:

"Glyphosate treatment has reduced populations of beneficial insects, birds, and small mammals by destroying vegetation on which they depend for food and shelter."

"In laboratory tests, glyphosate increased plants’ susceptibility to disease and reduced the growth of nitrogen-fixing bacteria."

"Described by their manufacturer as pesticides of “low toxicity and environmental friendliness,”1 glyphosate-based herbicides can seem like a silver bullet

when dealing with unwanted vegetation. However, glyphosate poses a variety of health and environmental hazards. The following is a summary of those hazards:

"Glyphosate, N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine is a systemic and non-selective herbicide used to kill broad-leaved, grass, and sedge species.2

It has been registered in the U.S. since 1974 and is used to control weeds in a wide variety of agricultural, urban, lawn and garden, aquatic, and forestry situations.3 Most glyphosate herbicides contain the isopropylamine salt of glyphosate.4

Glyphosate products are manufactured by Monsanto Company worldwide.

They are marketed under a variety of trade names: Roundup, Rodeo, and Accord are the most common names in the U.S.2 Unlike most other herbicides, chemicals which are closely related to glyphosate are not effective herbicides.5"

p>USE

<br>Glyphosate is the seventh most commonly used pesticide in U.S. agriculture, the third most commonly used pesticide on industrial and commercial land, and the second most commonly used home and garden pesticide. Estimated annual use according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is between 38 and 48 million pounds.6 The largest agricultural uses are in the production of soybeans, corn, hay and pasture, and on fallow land.7

Glyphosate use is currently (1998) growing at a rate of about 20 percent annually, primarily because of the recent introduction of crops which are

GE to be tolerant of the herbicide."

re: Sowing Seeds of Starvation: Monsanto Hype in Growing Food Crisis

beccasnow19952005 — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:50:19 GMT

Apparently, Monsanto's flaks have damaged the web site from where I copied this information years ago. It is possible that they don't want this into the record. I can copy this to you via email or snail mail, but it is important to get it into the APHIS document.

"Glyphosate has been called "extremely persistent" by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and half lives of over 100 days have been measured in field tests in Iowa and New York. Glyphosate has been found in streams following agricultural, urban, and forestry application. . . ."

This originally came from the fact sheet by the Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides on Glyphosate (Roundup). It is unusual that there web site is down. I strongly believe that this is because of the flaks hired by Monsanto.

re: Sowing Seeds of Starvation: Monsanto Hype in Growing Food Crisis

beccasnow19952005 — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:05:05 GMT

Right now there is a public comment period asking if you want better oversight of genetically engineered crops. This is your chance to put polite comments into the record at Docket No. APHIS-2008-0023. Along with this Docket number, comments can be sent to : The Reulatory Analysis and Development PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8; 4700 River Road Unit 118; Riverdale, MD 20737-1238.

Docket No. APHIS-2008-2003, is the Importation, Interstate Movement, and Release into the Environment of Certain Genetically Engineered Organisms. The public comment period is open only until June 29, 2009.

For more information, go to http://ga3.org/campaign/Aphil3

This may be the last or only chance we have to stop organic agriculture from being contaminated, and conventional agriculture to become more contaminated with both glyphophate and other toxic weed chemical controls, as well as other chemical and hijacked biolological controls used by the petrochemical/biotech industries.

All over the world, the surface and groundwater is becoming contaminated with chemical pesticides and foreign organism putting all life on Earth at risk.

Citizens in Argentina are pressing their government to ban glyphosate. But economic is being put ahead of health. Obama's health care may not pass, but even if it does, it won't address chemical poisoning from weed killers, and physicians know nothing about either pesticides or genetically modified foods. They don't know what questions to ask, and so don't know what answers to give.

Here are two urls from the American Academy of Environmental Medicine on genetically modified ingredients in our food.

www.aaemonline.org/pressrelease.html

www.aaemonline.org/gmopost.html

No one can do this alone. Everyone is needed to stop this. Now!

Please, let us choose to better protect our health through the food we consume, which is not genetically modified to withstand more toxic pest controls, which only benefit the biotech-pesticide industry.

re: Sowing Seeds of Starvation: Monsanto Hype in Growing Food Crisis

scott2550 — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:10:30 GMT

Here is something really funny, I work with farmers, ranchers and all types of grazing animals’. To my disbelief I have found that only a small handful are willing to listen to alternative ways to better their farm practice with natural organic means – that are even cheaper than chemical farming. This also includes city parks and golf courses. I have even contacted Dr. Mercola about this several times and still can’t get his attention. What this product will do is change the world and make it safer and produces higher yields – this has been proven over 40 years in privet testing.

How can I change the world when people don’t want to open their mind’s to something that has been around since the dawn of time, that’s right what we are using is right under your nose! In fact GOD made it and it’s so simple this is what shocks people into thinking it cant be true – but it WORKS.

If Dr. Mercola would contact me we could get this out in mass emails and make a huge change. Please Doc, call me 512.247.8776 email scott2550@yahoo.com

We can stop Monsanto and all the chemical companies by hitting them where it hurts, the wallet. That is the only thing they will understand.

Scott

re: Sowing Seeds of Starvation: Monsanto Hype in Growing Food Crisis

Georgeta — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:01:24 GMT

Thanks Dr. Mercola for writing about Monsanto.

I can't believe that a company like that can even exist in this country. Few years from now people will look back and wonder how was possible to have a company in business of creating poison in charge of our food supply. Only in America!!! Our government does nothing for its people except to lie to us and take our money away via taxes.

Doctors pretend that they don't know the causes of cancer and other diseases. The causes are: POISONING via multiple ways. Polluted air, polluted water, poisoned foods full of chemicals, radiation and other likes.

If you want more information on Monsanto, here you get some more including videos: www.muchhealthier.com/blog

Georgeta - Family Herbalist

re: Sowing Seeds of Starvation: Monsanto Hype in Growing Food Crisis

Esther M. Cook — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:04:05 GMT

The farmers are being harmed. They need to sue Monsanto, wresting those seed companies from them and then sue Monsanto to death.

Monsanto is not viable--they lower yields, soil fertility, plant fertility, animal fertility. They will cease to exist one way or another even if you do nothing.

But in the meantime enormous planetary damage is being done. The sooner Monsanto is sued to death, the higher the carrying capacity of Mother Earth will be.

Farmers--find vicious class-action lawyers and SUE Monsanto!

re: Sowing Seeds of Starvation: Monsanto Hype in Growing Food Crisis

Guadamour — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:22:47 GMT

Monsanto is truly evil, but few ask who is the controlling interest behind Monsanto. It is the Rockefeller family and the trust they control. They own controlling interest in the comnpany. David rockefeller the current head of the family has stated that he ffavors a new owrld order. Controlloing the food supply allows them to impose this. The Rockefellers have long supported eugenics.

It should also be noted that the Obeyme Regime's Secretary of Agriculture supports GMO "agriculture."

re: Sowing Seeds of Starvation: Monsanto Hype in Growing Food Crisis

Morrow — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:00:05 GMT

It is clear to me that we must all start growing our own gardens; in friends yards if we don't have one, on rooftops like in Europe, anywhere, including community gardens, so we know where our food comes from. This is a good thing because it will show a strength of character and will help all of us to be stronger by becoming more involved in nature. "PUT YOUR FEET IN THE SOIL" could be our motto or "NO MORE LAWNS. GROW GARDENS". Anyway, we must also support local Farmers Markets who grow food without pesticides and that are not genetically modified. We can grow our own food and save seeds for next year to ensure that we have good nutrition. My friends and I share our harvest with each other which is great because we all grow different things.

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yogamassage — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:27:21 GMT

Monsanto is committing crimes against humanity and all life that is as bad as any this world has experience. There method is slow and meticulous but the effects will be just as detrimental due the millions of lives that will be lost - and even more detrimental to the environment by causing mass extinctions. The power that Monsanto has and other monster corporations is proving that Corporate Fascism is taking hold. We, the people, must wake-up and step out of our own consumer mentality. We are feeding these corporations by buying their products and remaining ignorant of the consequences. The United States now has an administration that wants positive change and is willing to listen to the people. We must speak loudly. But mostly, WE must change. The millions of cars that sit in line at the drive through windows of fast food restaurants, where chemicalized toxic substances are sold as food is the iconic image of Big Corp taking over the world - controlling the masses by inducing desire through propaganda and addictive substances, making the population sicker and dependent on the propagandized drugs while outlawing healthy naturally occurring life-enhancing herbs, vitamins, minerals, etc. The sad thing is is that most people are following willingly. They want to remain childish dependents and believe that mommy and daddy are still taking care of them.

I highly recommend the following link to a book in pdf that is the most profound writing on what must occur in order for this world to change for the better that has ever been written. http://www.da-peace.org/

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T_rex — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:37:16 GMT

Monsanto's control of the american government through lobbying and campaign contributions is pure evil.

Democracy in america has been thoughrouly derailed, if it ever really existed.

re: Sowing Seeds of Starvation: Monsanto Hype in Growing Food Crisis

Brandon May — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:41:22 GMT

Is there someone or some organization we can petition to to make this country put labels on all food, telling consumers that it contains or doesn't contain GM ingredients. I know that sounds farfetched, and a bit off, but if all of Mercola's subscribers were to do this, and send it off to friends, family, (strangers even!), then we might have an impact. We just might be heard. Plus the marketing we could do for this is just stirring up pictures in my mind. Mercola, do you think we can do this?

re: Sowing Seeds of Starvation: Monsanto Hype in Growing Food Crisis

curious7 — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:03:45 GMT

Hitler promised a carefree world once the *** had won the war, but in pulling the covers back one could see nothing but hatered, and destruction. Matters not what the EVIL EMPIRE claims, the same end is at the end of this rainbow. The success of Mansanto means no future generations, man will become extinct. The garbage Monsanto wants to push upon the world is more dangerous than any war.

Publically the first lady, Michelle Obama, spoke of putting a organic garden on the grounds of the White House, and the fur started to fly. The choice of which eatery the first couple choose during a night out in New York City, also came under fire. Why?

www.slate.com/id/22197721

Could it be these individuals know that what they call food is in deed harmful to the continued existance of mankind? Just yet another horror story. You think?