The World According To Monsanto
Check out this feature-length documentary that takes a comprehensive look at the history of Monsanto–the world’s largest Biotech Agribusiness.
The overwhelming influence that this multinational corporation wields over the highest levels of governmental decision-making is unprecedented. And the direct effect that they have on our food supply is unrivaled. The most shocking part is that when GMOs were introduced into our crops in the mid-90s, it was done without any longterm studies regarding the adverse health risks that they pose. Regulation was roundly bypassed–thanks to Monsanto’s tremendous lobbying power–under the pretense that these genetically-modified foods were ‘substantially equivalent’ to their unmodified counterparts, hence they should not be subject to the same overview that governs any sort of food additives. Even more concerning is that they don’t even have to be labeled any differently than their traditionally-grown counterparts, making it impossible for conscientious consumers to make informed decisions when it comes to genetically-engineered produce.
Another absurd aspect of this ‘substantial equivalency’ ruling is that if you wanted to add something as relatively harmless as a new type of food coloring to a product, it would face far more scrutiny than introducing genetically-engineered “Frankenfoods”–now an unavoidable staple of the American diet, even though most other Westernized nations have fought against them for decades.
The mantra of ‘profits over people‘ guiding American Corporatism is never so transparent as it is in the area of large Agribusiness. The following documentary exposes this unsettling truth in exhaustive fashion, traveling around the globe to shine a light on the worldwide dominion over the food supply that Monsanto is successfully amassing. If you find this film as troubling as I did, please help spread the message. It’s only through widespread awareness that we have any prayer of beating back the corporate privatization of our very nourishment.
Watch for yourself:
Take The Flour Back
27th May 2012
A mass action against genetically modified wheat
Stop the open-air release of GM Wheat that contains genes ‘most similar to that of a cow’
Rothamsted have planted a new GM wheat trial designed to repel aphids. It contains genes for antibiotic-resistance and an artificial gene ‘most similar to a cow’.
Wheat is wind-pollinated. In Canada similar experiments have leaked into the food-chain costing farmers millions in lost exports. There is no market for GM wheat anywhere in the world.
This experiment is tax-payer funded, but Rothamsted hope to sell any patent it generates to an agro-chemical company. La Via Campesina, the world’s largest organisation of peasant farmers, believe GM is increasing world hunger. They have called for support resisting GM crops, and the control over agriculture that biotech gives to corporations.
‘Take the Flour Back’ will be a nice day out in the country, with picnics, music from Seize the Day and a decontamination. It’s for anyone who feels able to publically help remove this threat and those who want to show their support for them.
Meet Rothamsted Park, Harpenden, Herts, UK (30 mins from London by train) 12 noon on 27th May.
All- New Infographic & Analysis About Genetic Engineering Of Crops & GMO http://www.mapsofworld.com/poll/should-genetically-modified-foods-be-banned.html