chemTrailActivist · @chemTrailActivi
4th Mar 2014 from TwitLonger
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US Farmers Report Widespread GM Crop Contamination
04 Mar 2014
http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/world-int/world-news/international-news/9627-u-s-farmers-report-widespread-gm-crop-contamination.html
In the new study, nearly half of the farmers polled said they did not believe that GM and non-GM crops could ever “coexist”, while more than two-thirds said that “good stewardship” is insufficient to address contamination.
Genetically engineered fish and animals
Oren Holle, a farmer in the midwestern state of Kansas and president of the Organic Farmers’ Agency for Relationship Marketing (OFARM)
Against what he says is an onslaught of lobbying by the biotech industry, Holle says the voice of non-GM farmers has strengthened largely through newfound consumer demand.
The past year alone has seen multiple state-level legislative attempts to label or ban GM products, while stores have acted unilaterally.
On Monday, the United States’ two largest grocery chains indicated that they would not sell genetically modified salmon, a product currently being weighed by regulators here.
Some 9,000 stores countrywide have reportedly made similar pledges.
“At least 35 other species of genetically engineered fish are currently under development,” Friends of the Earth, an advocacy group, stated Monday.
The “decision on this genetically engineered salmon application will set a precedent for other genetically engineered fish and animals … to enter the global food market.”
According to a 2013 poll, 93 per cent of US respondents want GE ingredients or products to be labelled, despite strident pushback by industry.
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http://fooddemocracynow.org/blog/2014/mar/3/tell_the_USDA_2_stop_Monsantos_GMO_contamination/
Secretary Vilsack created the USDA Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture, known as AC21.
At Secretary Vilsack’s request, the AC21 sought to find “types of compensation mechanisms” that “would be appropriate to address economic losses by farmers in which the value of their crops is reduced by unintended presence of genetically engineered (GE) material(s).”
Tragically, AC21 was dominated by pro-GMO industry lobbyists, who hijacked the agenda to protect the biotech industry.
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