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Cabarrus County organic farmers and environmentalists say they're
concerned that St. Louis-based Monsanto will build a laboratory at the N.C.
Research Campus in Kannapolis. Monsanto makes the herbicide Roundup
and produces genetically modified seed.
From what I can gather, the facility in Kannapolis will be mainly offices and computational types of analysis. Oh no, 1's and 0's are going to get into the local food supply.
Actual lab work will likely be done at other facilities or contracted out to other companies.
There comes a time when one must weigh social responsibility against the unemployment rate and folks needing jobs to put food on the table.
Hopefully, Monsanto won't be doing experimental laboratory work there - or if they do - surely it will be monitored and not be something that would affect nearby residents.
But folks need jobs . . . so I don't think I would be disparaging any company that is willing to move here and hire people.
We are sarcrifing the freedom of organic foods in order to do so.
With the oil spill we could sacrifice to either processed fish or imported from China
all our seafood. Heck lets just sell all the farms to Monsato let them have a monopoly
on our food industry with potential of charging sky rocket prices.
We already let the Big import box stores run out our mom & pops
Now you want to sacrifice the farmer for some employee who more than likely not from here to begin with.
If it aint broke then why in the heck we want to support something that worked for 200 years.
With this lets save the jobs screw the farmer attitude we are allowing big corporation
take over rural america.
This state going to be ruined and loose all its beauty because of greed
I do agree that much of what Monsanto is all about is not in keeping with what most of us want to see happen with farms here. They are a huge conglomerate. But my understanding is that this is not going to be a situation with Monsanto buying up farmland here - just putting a lab here.
Maybe I am wrong, but that is how I saw it - and it looks like jobs for chemists and research scientists, to me.
I am more concerned about legislation that Kay Hagen is backing that makes it difficult for small and organic farmers to make a living in this state and all over the USA. We need to be worried about what our own elected officials are doing to make it hard for farmers here.
Just be glad that they didn't relocate Plum Island to North Carolina, which was a finalist, then you would have had a different view on life and as it stands right now it will be located in KS and if any animal disease breaks out of containment then we are all doomed. You can kiss the meat supply in the USA gone. Monsanto is just doing what the undevoloped countries need and want. If you raise your own food then don't complain and if you don't then whose fault is that? Unless you buy locally how do you know your food doesn't come from South or Central America now and do you think its organic? Some blow everything out of proportion.
Just be glad that they didn't relocate Plum Island to North Carolina, which was a finalist, then you would have had a different view on life and as it stands right now it will be located in KS and if any animal disease breaks out of containment then we are all doomed. You can kiss the meat supply in the USA gone. Monsanto is just doing what the undevoloped countries need and want. If you raise your own food then don't complain and if you don't then whose fault is that? Unless you buy locally how do you know your food doesn't come from South or Central America now and do you think its organic? Some blow everything out of proportion.
I don't know anything abot Plum Island and I moved here from Kansas, lol. I don't want to see any sort of animal disease or genetic mutation to be allowed into our food system, but it seems our government is allowing this type of research to continue. My thoughts are - I don't want any genetically engineered products, but there is nothing I can do since the government/FDA approves this stuff.
I grow what I can and prefer heritage plants. I worry about all the antibiotics and hormones given to animals . . . etc. And I don't like genetically engineered products. But since I don't have a farm, there isn't much I can do to avoid these substances that the Feds allow. As consumers, we rarely even know what processes our food has been through - we only know that the FDA has approved whatever it is.
You should read about Plum Island if you are worried about Monsanto. Richard Burr wanted it here in NC. Don't hear anyone complaining about the hormones and antibiotics given to chicken, pork or beef nor where all the cancer is coming from only the ways to cure it, and I wouldn't trust the FDA as far as I could throw them. Do a search Crimson Sky-Plum Island and read and if you think Monsanto is dangerous you haven't seen nothin' yet. Only the wannabes shout about what everyone knows and they miss the obvious because they assume they are know it alls.
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