[GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Fwd: Future of Food & Monsantos

[spencerg]

p.s.  GMOs are noxious weeds to organic farmers.  Herbicides and 
pesticides are poisons, and many farmers who use them have learned from 
personal experience and the experiences of people they know that they 
have to be very careful working with them.  I have an uncle and a cousin 
who got Parkinson's, likely as a result of excess exposure to 
pesticides.  Many fertilizers may be no more harmful than manure.


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        Is there some way that the farmers threatened by Monsanto to sue 
Monsanto to keep their noxious products from contaminating their organic 
produce?


        I'll bet that many people who buy organic produce would be 
willing to contribute to legal and public relations campaigns (similar 
to the film "gasland") to take on Monsanto and similar ag business 
concerns acting contrary to the public interest.


        Best Wishes,
        Spencer Graves


On 3/27/2010 11:35 AM, fred wrote:
> These messages regarding Monsanto, shared by a friend, are FYI, with
> his OK.
>
> Fred D.
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:     Fwd: Future of Food & Monsantos
> Date:     Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:15:32 -0700
> From:     Leslie Dennis <lesliesings at earthlink.net>
> To:     Ron & Rosie Dennis <dennis9855 at sbcglobal.net>, Roger Kotila
> <earthstarradio at aol.com>
>
>
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> *From: *"Pat & Ray Mikkonen" <rmikkonen at nvc.net
>> <mailto:rmikkonen at nvc.net>>
>> *Date: *March 21, 2010 10:10:26 AM PDT
>> *To: *"Leslie Dennis" <lesliesings at earthlink.net
>> <mailto:lesliesings at earthlink.net>>
>> *Subject: **Re: Future of Food*
>>
>> Dear Leslie,  It has been a long time since I recieved this email
>> from you and I never deleted it because I wanted to respond.  We,
>> being organic farmers and gardeners,  have been aware of what
>> Monsanto is doing and the organic farmers are doing all they can to
>> make people aware of this greedy, heinous practice.  We have a farmer
>> in our area who was sued thousands of dollars by Monsanto for keeping
>> some of the seed he harvested, at least that was their claim.  Not
>> very much of the land around us is farmed by organic farmers and we
>> have to be so careful that our fields aren't contaminated by sprays
>> and pesticides other farmers are using.  Lonny and Rory have stood
>> near their fields as the neighbors are having their fields sprayed by
>> plane to see and smell if the spray is drifting over to their
>> fields.  Just a year or two ago that did happen and our grain didn't
>> qualify as organic due to the spray that drifted over.  Our grains
>> are usually contracted by companies which send a great deal of the
>> grain overseas and they are scrutinized very closely, as they are in
>> the U. S. as well, so an incident like that can be very costly.  I'm
>> so glad city people are aware of the danger to our food supply by
>> those big corporations.  Keep fighting for our farmers who are
>> ultimately trying to provide us all with healthful food.  Thanks
>>
>> Love Pat
>>
>>
>> Subject: Future of Food
>>
>>
>>> Hi Roger and Pat & Ray,
>>>
>>> Have you heard of Monsantos, a monopoly seed provider that is
>>> selling Round-up ready Genetically Engineered corn seed, soy seed,
>>> cotton seed and many others?  They are being allowed to patent live
>>> DNA that they have created along with seeds that have existed
>>> forever - calling it their own and then suing farmers for
>>> haphazardly having it mix into  their own seed.  Heinous.  These
>>> seeds spreads haphazardly into all  seed by wind/birds,
>>> contaminating that which has existed forever and  proven safe to
>>> consume.  They are trying to get approval and patents  now for many
>>> other seeds including wheat!  There is a force against it  and I'm
>>> going to get busy making people aware.  Europe, Japan, Mexico  are
>>> banning Genetically Engineered food and patents on seed and food.
>>> We need to destroy this monopoly problem that has infected our
>>> government all the way to the top.
>>>
>>> There is a DVD documentary out that is trying to inform the public
>>>  called The Future of Food, film by Deborah Koons Garcia.  If you
>>> have  Netflix - rent it.  It is a heinous business that Bush Sr and
>>> Jr  allowed to prosper!!!!  Heinous.  There is also a website
>>> www.futureoffoods.com <http://www.futureoffoods.com>
>>>
>>> Leslie
>>
>
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