March Against Monsanto - Updates

[sailingaway]

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Private labs could do the testing. No nannies, less prone to corruption than FDA, and cheaper.

FDA needs to die, and then this whole discussion would be moot.

 

[Natural Citizen]

My biggest problem with a lot of these protests is some of these people still don't know the difference between capitalism and corporatism.

Yep. But these are dragons that we can overcome.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Where did FDA do that?

Several times, the most famous example is salmon. FDA says labeling natural salmon "GMO Free" misleads the consumer as if GMO were somehow different. Also that the consumer would be confused by too many labels. Therefore labeling natural salmon "GMO Free" is a regulatory violation subject to penalty. FDA also did so with milk/dairy and rBGH.

Just because FDA allows SOME products to be labeled GMO Free (only those where GMO is already fully ubiquitous) doesn't mean they allow ALL natural products to be labeled GMO Free.

Salmon is just the most famous example.

 

[donnay]

Agent Orange was never developed as an agricultural product. It was designed by the Army to be used as a chemical weapon to destroy enemy crops, not as a agricultural herbicide safe for use with food consumed by humans.

But you keep changing the subject. We're not talking about agent orange, we're discussing glyphosate, which has a 40+ year record of being safely used. It's the most used herbicide in the US and there is no record of it being attributed to any deaths or serious illness when used properly.

 

[Natural Citizen]

This appears to be a media blackout. On Google news, this is the only story that comes up unless you specifically search for Monsanto:

On the eve of March against Monsanto Senate shoots down GMO labeling bill
RT.com - May 24, 2013

is anyone catching it on cable news?

-t

Well. RT is part of my cable lineup now. Is a refreshing change of pace to actually see and hear genuine issues presented for scrutiny to the public. Discussion here includes the relationships between our representatives and these companies that they protect.

 

[Carlybee]

Yep. But these are dragons that we can overcome.

You can start with the Anonymous organization and Occupy Monsanto

 

[Carlybee]

Facebook censoring pics of children carrying protest signs at Monsanto marches

http://www.naturalnews.com/040484_Facebook_censorship_children_Monsanto_rally.html

 

[sailingaway]

From one of the marches, via twitter:

 

[Natural Citizen]

You can start with the Anonymous organization and Occupy Monsanto

Maybe. We probably disagree on that. I'd rather engage the biggest, baddest supporter/enabler/group of enablers of the travesy and deal with it that way. Force them to defend the fodder. Anonymous and occupy are a glorified domino effect.

 

[better-dead-than-fed]

Several times, the most famous example is salmon. FDA says labeling natural salmon "GMO Free" misleads the consumer as if GMO were somehow different. Also that the consumer would be confused by too many labels. Therefore labeling natural salmon "GMO Free" is a regulatory violation subject to penalty. FDA also did so with milk/dairy and rBGH.

Just because FDA allows SOME products to be labeled GMO Free (only those where GMO is already fully ubiquitous) doesn't mean they allow ALL natural products to be labeled GMO Free.

Salmon is just the most famous example.

Could the FDA stop a private lab from testing foods for GMO and reporting the results to consumers?

 

[Krzysztof Lesiak]

 

[Natural Citizen]

March Against Monsanto World Coverage

Synergy.

 

[better-dead-than-fed]

Let me get this straight. The point of the march was to put a Monsanto employee in charge of labelling GMO foods.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Let me get this straight. The point of the march was to put a Monsanto employee in charge of labelling GMO foods.

Seems like people are just asking who speaks for them? So who does? Who speaks for them? We know who speaks for Monsanto. But who speaks for the people? The real ones.

 

[Roxi]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/201....recommends"}&action_ref_map=[]#axzz2UNK50ECQ

Las Vegas Sun article about the march today.

 

[better-dead-than-fed]

Seems like people are just asking who speaks for them? So who does? Who speaks for them? We know who speaks for Monsanto. But who speaks for the people? The real ones.

Real people speak for themselves, by identifying non-GMO foods without relying on the government, buying whichever food they choose, and leaving their neighbors free to eat GMO food if that's what their neighbors choose.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Real people speak for themselves, by identifying non-GMO foods without relying on the government, buying whichever food they choose, and leaving their neighbors free to eat GMO food if that's what their neighbors choose.

You're still begging the question.

 

[better-dead-than-fed]

You're still begging the question.

Is English your primary language?

 

[Natural Citizen]

Is English your primary language?

Of course, it is. I'd suggest that you research the issue more thoroughly though. Goodbye.