Whole Foods Market CAVES IN to MONSANTO : ( (million, pay, news)

[emilybh]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

And the dairy farmers with their "rBGH Free" labels won !
I was so happy for that one.
And then Monsanto sold the rights to chemical giant Bayer right after that.

Funny that chemical companies have such a control over food eh ?

Yes and when you dig a little deeper and read about the background of Obama's Science Czar John P Holdren having studied and written about eugenics in his book Ecoscience and the Carnegie Foundations answer to the world over population Funding the Eugenics Movement
and Rethinking Eugenics the globalists in general wanting to have this "tool" in their bag of tricks--especially those who favor the forced vaccinations and the fabricated pandemics... it makes sense that chemical companies would have a lot of power. It is also revolting to think about how much time so many people have spent thinking about it and planning. It disgusts me.

[leanansidhex]

India's hidden climate change catastrophe - Climate Change, Environment - The Independent

[emilybh]

Originally Posted by tippinturtle

I just saw Food, Inc. & let's just say I was stunned at the decline of the food industry here. All the way from Monsanto to the federal government & everything in between. It all intertwines. It's sickening. Do you guys know, if you buy those little seed packets at say just a neighborhood nursery or Stein's, are those in connection w/Monsanto at all? I'm discouraged by the amount of reading I need to do to try to make sure the food I eat isn't connected to Monsanto or Tyson, Perdue, etc. Legislation.....that's the only way. Legislation & regulation.

I KNOW what you mean. The owner of the local fancy nursery here must think I'm a nut because I'm so concerned with not getting genetically engineered seeds. Anyway, here is a link to the SAFE SEED companies that have signed a pledge that they do not sell or will at least label if the do, GE seeds.

Safe Seed Resource List

One way to tell for sure(but it will take a year to find out) is that the GE seeds will grow a plant but the plant's fruit will have seeds that are infertile and incapable of producing another plant (besides growing that original fruit from the original seed you bought that may go haywire inside your body after you ingest it).

[leanansidhex]

Monsanto in there own words.

Vandana Shiva Letter on Monsanto

[pollyrobin]

Originally Posted by emilybh

That is interesting Polly. What does that do? Tell us more!

I wish I could take credit for it, but it's not my idea...Pollinators are our friends If you get
a chance watch the PBS special "Silence of the Bees".

Pollinators e.g. bees, butterflies, moths, birds
etc are attracted to native flowers of a region A LOT.

Plant as many native flowering varieties as you can
(5 being the suggested start) in between and close proximity to garden beds, crop acreage....
as well as try to eliminate pesticides etc. and you can be assured bumper crops
and a guarantee you won't have a shortage of pollinators, who in turn, won't have a shortage of their own food (nectar).

I've always planted natives because I'm a lazy gardener

8 April 2011 - Helping bees using flower power - Feature - BBSRC


Julia Butterfly Feeding - YouTube

I get a real kick out of watching butterflies pollinate
as well as bird watching ...surprise


American Robin, Hummingbird and flowers in the spring garden - YouTube

Nothing more wonderful than an American Robin IMO

[emilybh]

Originally Posted by leanansidhex

Monsanto in there own words.

Vandana Shiva Letter on Monsanto

It sure is in their words. (Interesting link though) Talk about providing 'safe' water. Yeah right. They probably want to poison the water beyond the fluoride that is already there that only injures our health (only topical treatments of fluoride are of any benefit).

[emilybh]

Originally Posted by pollyrobin

I wish I could take credit for it, but it's not my idea...Pollinators are our friends If you get
a chance watch the PBS special "Silence of the Bees".

Pollinators e.g. bees, butterflies, moths, birds
etc are attracted to native flowers of a region A LOT.

Plant as many native flowering varieties as you can
(5 being the suggested start) in between and close proximity to garden beds, crop acreage....
as well as try to eliminate pesticides etc. and you can be assured bumper crops
and a guarantee you won't have a shortage of pollinators, who in turn, won't have a shortage of their own food (nectar).

I've always planted natives because I'm a lazy gardener

8 April 2011 - Helping bees using flower power - Feature - BBSRC


Julia Butterfly Feeding - YouTube

I get a real kick out of watching butterflies pollinate
as well as bird watching ...surprise


American Robin, Hummingbird and flowers in the spring garden - YouTube

Nothing more wonderful than an American Robin IMO

Thanks! Great videos. Loved watching the hummingbird and the hedge hog (I think it was).

So is the idea to surround your veggies and fruits with five different flowering plants? Do they have to be strictly flowers or can they be herbs or vegetables or fruit that flower?

[leanansidhex]

Originally Posted by leanansidhex

Monsanto in there own words.

Vandana Shiva Letter on Monsanto

Originally Posted by emilybh

It sure is in their words. (Interesting link though) Talk about providing 'safe' water. Yeah right. They probably want to poison the water beyond the fluoride that is already there that only injures our health (only topical treatments of fluoride are of any benefit).

Yes, the part of Vandana Shivas' letter that is in quotes is directly from Monsanto.

I chose to to present this information on Monsantos' stated intent, in the context of Vandana Shivas' "reply", to help others understand how Monsantos control of water in India, is viewed by one of Monsantos' most vocal and esteemed Indian critics, Vandana Shiva.

scientist, environmentalist, and food justice activist Dr. Vandana Shiva, named one of the seven most influential women in the world by Forbes magazine. “The people will have to rebuild democracy as a living democracy.”
Reconnecting Farmers, Society and the Earth*|*Vandana Shiva – Navdanya International


Contrary to the three myths i.e. the myth of feeding the hunger, protecting the planet and food safety, that are being used to make genetic engineering
Food Sovereignty

Multinationals Rob Seeds of Poor: Vandana Shiva and Houston Catholic Workers Protest Patenting of Life Forms at RiceTec in Alvin, Texas
Globalization . . . Multinationals Rob Seeds of Poor: Vandana Shiva and Houston Catholic Workers Protest Patenting of Life Forms at RiceTec in Alvin, Texas (http://www.cjd.org/paper/shiva.html - broken link)

[emilybh]

Originally Posted by emilybh

I'm devastated about this. I was a huge Whole Foods Market fan but of ALL COMPANIES to be associated with/ merge with/ be acquired by they couldn't have picked anything more evil than Monsanto that gave us Agent Orange that killed or caused cancer in how many soldiers in Viet Nam? No it is Monsanto the king creator of genetically engineered seeds with 67 known health hazards that can develop if you ingest them or food grown from them.

http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Publ...bate/index.cfm

According to this article a lot of Whole Foods products that aren't labeled "USDA organic" have GMOs in them despite a year ago and more their policy was not to sell anything they were aware of that had GMO ingredients. HOW DEPRESSING!

Organic Elite Surrenders to Monsanto: Whole Foods Market okays GMO coexistence | Food Freedom

Now the only way to be sure of what you are getting is to grow your own food with heirloom seeds.

I was wrong to go by this blog. Note to self: NEVER trust a blogger without checking all of their sources. It turns out in this case they didn't even bother to check with Whole Foods or the other two companies to see if where they read about these companies surrendering was correct.

Their policy hasn't changed and they never merged with Monsanto according to at least a hand full of employees I've talked about it with since then. There may have been discussions but I gather it ended there. Here is Whole Foods official statement:http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/2011...-non-ge-crops/

[HappyTexan]

95% of all soy grown is GMO. Soy is a big part of the organic/healthy movement.
You can't escape GMO no matter how hard you try unless you grow your own everything.

That is just a sad fact of life now.