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In reply to the discussion: Activists, Farmers, Indigenous People Rise Up to March Against Monsanto [View all]HuckleB
(35,773 posts)26. The Surprisingly Sudden Demise of the Anti-GMO Movement
https://risk-monger.com/2016/05/23/the-surprisingly-sudden-demise-of-the-anti-gmo-movement/
"If you had asked me six months ago if GMOs had a future, I would have replied, sadly, No. The forces of ignorance and activism pushing their Age of Stupid agenda were dominating the news, winning regulatory and supply chain concessions and influencing how conventional farmers were planning their crop rotations. But in the last two months, something has happened. GMOs are now seen as the reasonable, beneficial and socially and environmentally important strategic decision for sustainable agriculture.
How did this happen so quickly, over a matter of weeks?
Here today, GMO tomorrow
A year ago, the anti-GMO pro-labelling campaign in the US, which guaranteed no negative consequences, was occupying the common-sense middle ground.
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The lack of people at most MAM rallies was fairly astounding this year.
Hmm.
"If you had asked me six months ago if GMOs had a future, I would have replied, sadly, No. The forces of ignorance and activism pushing their Age of Stupid agenda were dominating the news, winning regulatory and supply chain concessions and influencing how conventional farmers were planning their crop rotations. But in the last two months, something has happened. GMOs are now seen as the reasonable, beneficial and socially and environmentally important strategic decision for sustainable agriculture.
How did this happen so quickly, over a matter of weeks?
Here today, GMO tomorrow
A year ago, the anti-GMO pro-labelling campaign in the US, which guaranteed no negative consequences, was occupying the common-sense middle ground.
* Today, we are beginning to notice that food manufacturers like Hersheys, in moving from GMO sugar beets to non-GMO sugar cane to avoid public concerns about GMOs, were causing significant environmental and social destruction.
A year ago, the media were jumping on reports that regulators were not sharing all of the evidence on GM research, bees and pesticides.
* Today, following a report from the US National Academies of Science that gave GMOs a very positive scorecard (after consulting over 900 scientists), even the most campaign-driven UK news-source, the Guardian, had to conclude that in the EU: We can no longer afford to turn our backs on the cultivation of genetically modified crops in our fields in coming years.
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The lack of people at most MAM rallies was fairly astounding this year.
Hmm.
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Activists, Farmers, Indigenous People Rise Up to March Against Monsanto [View all]
kadaholo
May 2016
OP
It's a matter of time. This treacherous monster is going to be stopped, sooner or later. n/t
Judi Lynn
May 2016
#3
They are a hodgepodge of believers of some of the craziest conspiracy theories...
Humanist_Activist
May 2016
#9
Horrors done to the people of Chaco,Argentina and to people all over the world
womanofthehills
May 2016
#13
Is there any evidence of these claims, what you are posting is opinion...
Humanist_Activist
May 2016
#15
Is there anything you post where you are correct? I have yet to see it.
Humanist_Activist
May 2016
#16
That's called feeding a fad with marketing based on shaky "cutting edge" medicine...
Humanist_Activist
May 2016
#17
Roundup is not an antibiotic, its also not carcinogenic. Where are you getting your information?
Humanist_Activist
May 2016
#20
You demonstrate the need for better science education, particularly in biology...
Humanist_Activist
May 2016
#23
"It's an anti biological chemical of sorts." Sorry but you are just spewing now.
yellowcanine
May 2016
#36