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Am I reading this right - Scotts in bed with Monsanto
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As the saying goes "Dog eat Dog"
Corporate bastardization of the world........ Unless you get it from the guy making it up the street it's going to be hard to keep up with.
Just curious, but what is wrong with Monsanto/Scotts in your opinion?
When you have some time, watch this
http://www.documentarywire.com/future-of-food/
Good doco
"What have I got against Monsanto you ask"
India says Monsanto covertly, illegally conducted GM corn trials without approval
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writer
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/031807_India_GE_corn.html#ixzz1HWnv66G4(NaturalNews) Recent reports out of India say that multinational biotechnology giant Monsanto has once against skirted the law by clandestinely planting its genetically-modified (GM) corn without receiving approval to do so. Nitish Kumar, chief minister of the Indian state of Bihar, recently wrote a letter to India's environment minister Jairam Ramesh explaining the situation. Just days earlier, Ramesh had denied Monsanto permission to plant the crops at all.
When he discovered that Monsanto had schemed with India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) and the Indian Council for Agriculture Research (ICAR) to plant genetically-modified (GM) corn without official approval, Kumar was outraged. Kumar had previously written a letter to Ramesh reinforcing his opposition to the GM corn, and shortly thereafter Ramesh asked GEAC to block Monsanto's corn plantings that it had first approved back in December.
But it turns out Monsanto continued to plant its GM corn at several locations in Bihar, as well is in several other Indian states, even as final approval was still pending. And GEAC and ICAR appear to have been onboard with Monsanto's agenda all along since they allowed the company to continue with its experimental plantings.
"This is absolutely shocking, coming as it does under the shadow of the review of Bt brinjal, the first (GM) food crop to be introduced in India. It is deceitful," said Suman Sahai of Gene Campaign, a grassroots organization working to protect local control over genetic resources and food sovereignty. "Permission has been given surreptitiously. This is not right. We strongly oppose it. The permission should be withdrawn for all States, not just Bihar."
Monsanto also violated the "isolation distance" requirements that restrict GM plantings within a certain distance from non-GM plantings. Previous incidents have revealed that GMOs can very easily contaminate non-GMOs and ruin the integrity of entire crop fields (http://www.naturalnews.com/030851_M...).
Sources for this story include:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...
http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/031807_India_GE_corn.html#ixzz1HWmkStHX
India says Monsanto covertly, illegally conducted GM corn trials without approval
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writer
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/031807_India_GE_corn.html#ixzz1HWnv66G4(NaturalNews) Recent reports out of India say that multinational biotechnology giant Monsanto has once against skirted the law by clandestinely planting its genetically-modified (GM) corn without receiving approval to do so. Nitish Kumar, chief minister of the Indian state of Bihar, recently wrote a letter to India's environment minister Jairam Ramesh explaining the situation. Just days earlier, Ramesh had denied Monsanto permission to plant the crops at all.
When he discovered that Monsanto had schemed with India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) and the Indian Council for Agriculture Research (ICAR) to plant genetically-modified (GM) corn without official approval, Kumar was outraged. Kumar had previously written a letter to Ramesh reinforcing his opposition to the GM corn, and shortly thereafter Ramesh asked GEAC to block Monsanto's corn plantings that it had first approved back in December.
But it turns out Monsanto continued to plant its GM corn at several locations in Bihar, as well is in several other Indian states, even as final approval was still pending. And GEAC and ICAR appear to have been onboard with Monsanto's agenda all along since they allowed the company to continue with its experimental plantings.
"This is absolutely shocking, coming as it does under the shadow of the review of Bt brinjal, the first (GM) food crop to be introduced in India. It is deceitful," said Suman Sahai of Gene Campaign, a grassroots organization working to protect local control over genetic resources and food sovereignty. "Permission has been given surreptitiously. This is not right. We strongly oppose it. The permission should be withdrawn for all States, not just Bihar."
Monsanto also violated the "isolation distance" requirements that restrict GM plantings within a certain distance from non-GM plantings. Previous incidents have revealed that GMOs can very easily contaminate non-GMOs and ruin the integrity of entire crop fields (http://www.naturalnews.com/030851_M...).
Sources for this story include:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...
http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/031807_India_GE_corn.html#ixzz1HWmkStHX
Aye-yeye-yeye! Sneaky sneaky!!!
Wow I am kind of young so I am kind of ignorant when it comes to some of these things. I see both sides of the story but I was looking at npr and monsanto does seem to operate a bit shady.
Let's be fair. Monsanto, being a corporation, wants to maximize its profits for its shareholders. So it looks at ways to increase its share of the market, and already knows how to use advertising and brand name to its advantage. If anyone has actually used Miracle Grow's best potting mix, they know it comes with rocks, lots of bark, some kind of super dried crap that never absorbs water, has ferts in it that seeds don't need (ad nauseum) but every hardware store in the US sells it. Try finding a local store that sells Fox Farm, Ferti-Lome or other decent mixes.
Consumers - you, me, our families and friends will determine the outcome. Keep walking in an Ace, True-Value, Do-It-Best, Walmart, Lowe's, Home Depot and buy their potting mix and Monsanto grows bigger and strong. Drive up the road to Ed's Seed and Feed and buy good mix - Monsanto doesn't make as much.
Mike
Consumers - you, me, our families and friends will determine the outcome. Keep walking in an Ace, True-Value, Do-It-Best, Walmart, Lowe's, Home Depot and buy their potting mix and Monsanto grows bigger and strong. Drive up the road to Ed's Seed and Feed and buy good mix - Monsanto doesn't make as much.
Mike
The biggest problem is them lobbying to get legislation made to make it illegal to do, grow, make, use, (or not use in relation to GMOs) eat anything that they havent got a finger in. Where have the rights of the individual gone,
Easier said than done, if you live in an area where just about all that's around is Wal-Mart and Lowe's.
And even then, it seems like you are bound to be paying them indirectly by buying food with their genetically-modified garbage just by shopping for groceries.
The real problem is they control the flow of information. All objections to Monsanto have to fight to be heard, whereas their advertisements are shoved into everyones faces. Most average people believe what they hear, and won't access the information at wiki leaks because they see a news story about Julian Assange and the word rape and thats enough for them. Makes you feel like you're in the matrix.