"If accepted [S 510] would preclude the public's right to grow, own, trade, transport, share, feed and eat each and every food that nature makes. It will be unconstitutional and contrary to natural law or, if you like, the will of God."
Despite some really eloquent speeches to the contrary, our “for sale” House of Representatives passed the Food Fascism Act….euphemistically called a food safety act, by a margin of about 140 over the naysayer’s.
True to form, Rosa DeLauro spoke about things she knows nothing about and couldn’t care less; Rosa just loves her some Monsanto!
And that exclusion for farms??? Gone! And that includes you organic idiots who thought you had kissed enough behinds to have your industry excluded.
A bill to overhaul the safety of the nation's food supply is
confusingly written and must not go forward until the Food and Drug
Administration power over grain and livestock is removed, food industry
representatives and members of Congress said Thursday.
Industry representatives from the American Meat Institute, the National
Farmers Union, and other groups, as well as some lawmakers, don't think
the FDA has enough experience or people to regulate grain and
livestock, a job that traditionally has fallen to the Agriculture
Department.
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Scientists pinpoint how very low concentrations of the herbicide and other chemicals in Roundup formulations kill human cells, strengthening the case for phasing them out, and banning all further releases of Roundup-tolerant GM crops.
America’s silent killers are deadly, and do not discriminate. They target babies, the elderly, teenagers, young adults, middle-age housewives, and businessmen alike.
So, we have a huge global seed bank that contains seeds that the average Joe hasn't a snowball's chance in hell of gaining access to, and no privately-owned personal seed banks. Watch the video and do the math.
If NAIS goes through, our groceries will be filled with genetically modified meat, and of course, like the GMO grains and veggies, will require no labeling.
Hundreds of thousands of America's dairy cows are being turned into hamburgers because milk prices have dropped so low that farmers can no longer afford to feed the animals. Dairy farmers say they have little choice but to sell part of their herd