Have you ever heard of Monsanto?
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I hope so. After all, they are trying to take over the world’s food supply, and most likely they are
already in your home. The are the world’s largest distributor of genetically modified food, and it is
very likely you eat their genetically modified items (commonly referred to as GMOs) several times
per day. Are these GMOs safe? Maybe not, according to some, and certainly they are not what
Monsanto has said they are. Take a look at this company, as what we buy and eat is very important,
both to your health, and the Earth!
Monsanto Products (past and present)
- saccharin
- sulfuric acid
- polystyrene, and synthetic fibers
- herbicides 2,4,5-T, DDT - The use of DDT in the U.S. was banned by Congress in 1972, due
in large efforts to environmentalists, who persisted in the challenge put forth by Rachel
Carson and her book Silent Spring in 1962, which sought to inform the public of the side
effects associated with the insecticide.
- Agent Orange used primarily during the Vietnam War as a defoliant agent (later proven to be
highly carcinogenic to any who come into contact with the solution)
- Aspartame (NutraSweet)
- bovine somatotropin (bovine growth hormone (BST))
- PCBs.
- Also in this decade, Monsanto operated the Dayton Project, and later Mound Laboratories in
Miamisburg, Ohio, for the Manhattan Project, the development of the first nuclear weapons
and, after 1947, the Atomic Energy Commission.
- Monsanto scientists became the first to genetically modify a plant cell in 1982. Five years
later, Monsanto conducted the first field tests of genetically engineered crops.
Monsanto has patented their GMO seed, and now it makes up a huge amount of the food products
we buy today. Since Monsanto was able to patent their GMO seed, they now actively seek out and
sue any farmer with GMO-contaminated crops. Throughout 2004 and 2005, Monsanto filed lawsuits
against many farmers in Canada and the U.S. on the grounds of patent infringement, specifically the
farmers' sale of seed containing Monsanto's patented genes. In some cases, farmers claimed the
seed was unknowingly sown by wind carrying the seeds from neighboring crops, a claim rejected in
Monsanto Canada Inc. v. Schmeiser.
They have fought against labeling GMO foods (‘cause they don’t want you know you are eating),
and they are actively trying to put small farmers out of business. In some instances, they have even
caused the death of thousands of farmers, literally!
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"As soon as I jumped off the band wagon of buying Winco specials, and instead considered what my family ate as an investment in our health and future, I quickly realized what a
power struggle over food was taking place. It’s one of those funny facts of life: we need food to survive. While we can take food for granted in our country, it’s really the foundation
of life, because without it we perish. Obvious, right? But too often we undervalue food and our freedom to eat nourishing food.
Unfortunately, while we can take food for granted, there are others who have not forgotten the power of food. They are working hard to make sure that they gain control over our
food supply. Why? I think it’s obvious. When you control our food supply, you control us.
I don’t take these things lightly.
But many of you know what I am talking about. Perhaps Monsanto is ringing in your ears right now. You know, the company who genetically modifies crops, makes as many
power holds as it can on our political world, and drives poor farmers in India to commit suicide by pushing their expensive GMO seeds on illiterate farmers, sold by Bollywood
actors. Ironically, tragically, and perhaps symbolically, many of these farmers commit suicide by drinking pesticides (and you want those on your produce?)"
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