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Forum Post: GMO Giants/Gov Screwing Over the Local Small Scale Farmer...again

Posted 11 years ago on Nov. 21, 2012, 1:01 p.m. EST by john23 (-272)
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/organic-farmers-condemn-u-report-claim-favors-gmo-191139293.html

10 Comments

[-] 2 points by nomdeguerre (1775) from Brooklyn, NY 11 years ago

Thanks for the post.

See this also:

"An entire way of life is rapidly dying right in front of our eyes. The family farm is being systematically wiped out of existence in America, and big agribusiness and the federal government both have blood all over their hands. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the number of farms in the United States has fallen from about 6.8 million in 1935 to only about 2 million today." http://www.blacklistednews.com/The_Family_Farm_Is_Being_Systematically_Wiped_Out_Of_Existence_In_America/22684/0/38/38/Y/M.html

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[-] 1 points by Nevada1 (5843) 11 years ago

Obama appointed Monsanto VP Michael Taylor, to run FDA.

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[-] 1 points by richardkentgates (3269) 11 years ago

Do you know how many Big Agri execs are in politics? Did you know Ashcroft(Former AG) has ownership in a seed company as well and has taken several family farms after suing them for seed patent infringement due to cross pollination? These patented seeds have been found growing on the side of the road and some end up on the roadside edge of farms, and this is enough to take away family farms and assimilate them into Big Agri.

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[-] 2 points by Nevada1 (5843) 11 years ago

'Corporate War Of Aggression'

Thank you for info.

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[-] 2 points by DKAtoday (33802) from Coon Rapids, MN 11 years ago

Sounds like a class action law suit for the small/independent farmer to band together and pursue. Sue the GMO's for not containing their franken food crops for contaminating clean fields and roadways with tainted/killer produce.

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[-] 1 points by richardkentgates (3269) 11 years ago

are those feathers growing out of that tomato? :D

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[-] 2 points by DKAtoday (33802) from Coon Rapids, MN 11 years ago

Did that bushel of corn really poison a family?

BTW - have you seen my knife? I set it down next to this row of carrots - and - now its gone.

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[-] 1 points by richardkentgates (3269) 11 years ago

lol, the "franken food" bit cracks me up every time. Apt.

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[-] 1 points by john23 (-272) 11 years ago

Yeah, gets worse than that though:

http://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/meet-monsantos-number-one-lobbyist-barack-obama/

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[-] 1 points by Nevada1 (5843) 11 years ago

Everyone needs to see this.

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