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In reply to the discussion: The Great GMO Legitimation Crisis [View all]Cha
(296,848 posts)56. "The Pro gmo lobby" is Orwellian, imo. "Choice"? How about "labeling" their products to actually
have said "choice"? "Democracy"?! Shite, they wouldn't know "Democracy" when looks them in the face. Damn fascists.
The pro-GMO lobby talks about choice, democracy and the alleged violence of certain environmental groups but says nothing about the structural violence waged on rural communities resulting from IMF/World Bank strings-attached loans, the undermining of global food security as a result of Wall Street commodity and land speculators, the crushing effects of trade rules on poorer regions or the devastating impacts of GMOs in regions like South America. To discuss such things is political and thus ideological and is therefore not up for discussion it seems.
Now the city of San Diego has to sue Monsanto.. for fucking up their Bay with chemicals..
NEVER!
A Fed Judge thwarted the Will of the People on Kaua'i.. I hate the MOFO. I moved to the other side of the Island to get away from their relentless spraying of poisonous roundup on the West side.
Federal Judge: Kauai's GMO Law Is Invalid
HONOLULU (AP) A Kauai County law requiring companies to disclose their use of pesticides and genetically modified crops is invalid, a federal judge ruled Monday.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Kurren ruled in favor of four seed companies seeking to stop Kauai's new law from going into effect in October.
Syngenta Seeds, DuPont Pioneer, Agrigenetics Inc., doing business as Dow AgroSciences, and BASF Plant Sciences sued for a permanent injunction, arguing the ordinance unfairly targets their industry.
Kurren's ruling agrees that the ordinance is pre-empted by state law. The judge's ruling stops the county from enforcing the ordinance.
"I'm disappointed but that's the judge's option," said Paul Achitoff, an Earthjustice attorney who helped defend the law on behalf of intervening community groups. "I think the consequences for the people of Kauai, in particular, and throughout the state are very unfortunate."
MOre..
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/25/kauai-gmo-law-invalid_n_5711387.html
https://www.facebook.com/Save.Hawai.from.Monsanto
Mahalo, Johny
The pro-GMO lobby talks about choice, democracy and the alleged violence of certain environmental groups but says nothing about the structural violence waged on rural communities resulting from IMF/World Bank strings-attached loans, the undermining of global food security as a result of Wall Street commodity and land speculators, the crushing effects of trade rules on poorer regions or the devastating impacts of GMOs in regions like South America. To discuss such things is political and thus ideological and is therefore not up for discussion it seems.
Now the city of San Diego has to sue Monsanto.. for fucking up their Bay with chemicals..
NEVER!
A Fed Judge thwarted the Will of the People on Kaua'i.. I hate the MOFO. I moved to the other side of the Island to get away from their relentless spraying of poisonous roundup on the West side.
Federal Judge: Kauai's GMO Law Is Invalid
HONOLULU (AP) A Kauai County law requiring companies to disclose their use of pesticides and genetically modified crops is invalid, a federal judge ruled Monday.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Kurren ruled in favor of four seed companies seeking to stop Kauai's new law from going into effect in October.
Syngenta Seeds, DuPont Pioneer, Agrigenetics Inc., doing business as Dow AgroSciences, and BASF Plant Sciences sued for a permanent injunction, arguing the ordinance unfairly targets their industry.
Kurren's ruling agrees that the ordinance is pre-empted by state law. The judge's ruling stops the county from enforcing the ordinance.
"I'm disappointed but that's the judge's option," said Paul Achitoff, an Earthjustice attorney who helped defend the law on behalf of intervening community groups. "I think the consequences for the people of Kauai, in particular, and throughout the state are very unfortunate."
MOre..
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/25/kauai-gmo-law-invalid_n_5711387.html
https://www.facebook.com/Save.Hawai.from.Monsanto
Mahalo, Johny
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TPP or whatever comes next will be mighty handy for Monsanto, ADM and Big Agra.
Octafish
Mar 2015
#28
The article is about power and politics, and how they're used by the GMO industry,
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#14
Monsanto's been saying one thing to the regulators, and another to the farmers fooled into buying
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#23
Yes, they were saying herbicides must be used continuously. Of course, they were!
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#36
The better way is for crops and herbicides to be rotated, not for one crop and one herbicide
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#37
Aloha pnwmom... I just made a comprehensive post on this thread .. how I feel about Monsanto
Cha
Mar 2015
#57
So you're going for guilt-by-association. Who cares? Drucker's just one person mentioned in the beginning of the article,
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#13
Monsanto's goal is to collapse the natural ecosystem and get exclusive rights to our food supply,
whereisjustice
Mar 2015
#7
propaganda doesn't just get believed or buys time, each bit contributes to a larger overall
MisterP
Mar 2015
#11
Bangladeshi farmers learn the hard way it's not wise to put much stock in the pro-GMO propaganda.
JohnyCanuck
Mar 2015
#29
There is nothing misleading about correct labeling. And the food manufacturers have zero credibility
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#59
Why wouldn't it be? I wouldn't object to the disclosure of the type of fertilizer used, including manure.
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#64
There is a profound difference between simple and clear labeling and scaremongering.
pnwmom
Mar 2015
#66
Not a damn thing.. but you will get a Lot of Hot Air from those defending Not Labeling GMO.
Cha
Mar 2015
#58