Monsanto Tipping Point - Page 1

New article on Natural News.com; The Monsanto Tipping Point Has Been Reached; We shall overcome Global food injustice (GMO).

Bee, could you find this and post it for every body?

Thank you, Carlin.

What'd you think? Do you think Monsanto is loosing it's foothold and going down? Or do you think they are like the giant jellies plaguing the Japanese fishermen; the more you chop them , grind them up , or smash them, they just turn each of those particles into more jellies?

Monsanto can and will be beat by the farming community because the farming community is a worldwide network by default .. but, Monsanto will switch tactics and join the healthcare community. Actually, they already did.

We need to stop ObamaCare, the Federal Reserve and the IRS. We need to chop the whole head off the beast !!!

Face it. Crazy old uncle Ron Paul was right.

BE, those are the 'Giant Jellyfish' of society. The more you chop the heads off, the more numbers of them created.

I can tell you that at the local level here in North Florida, there is action at the local level in terms of alternatives to commercial farming.  There are many small local growers selling their produce with great success at organized farmers markets, in addition to what seems to be a tradition of simply sharing excess with your neighbor.  I have people bringing me buckets of squash, corn, tomatoes, citrus, etc. all the time; we have our own vegetable and herb garden as well.  Unfortunately, not everyone lives in an area with the resources and farming culture that I do.  I haven't looked at it, so I don't know how well such a thing would scale at this point.  If nothing else, there is an awareness of the issue such that people are seeking solutions.  What really speaks is hitting them in the purse.

this is a bit off the topic of the thread but did u know that if you are to purchase based on Obama care insurance provided by the government your 1st year premiums will be based on your income so if you make 23,000 a year you will pay some where around $23.00 a month...next year premium will be based on your usage of the insurance so if you rack up 150,000 in medical expenses your premium even if you only make 23,000 a year is now 1,200 a month....basicly your premium will be based on your usage which is not  a bad thing except when you start reading a list of mandatory requirement in order to keep insurance...like latest vaccines (which in most cased are experiments until enough people die or have side effects)....
anyways....my 2 cents...from our latest educational session...

↵Unfortunately, I don't think it is over. If you looked at the numbers of hectares planted, Europe was never a big consideration, basically Monsanto is not going to throw good money away on a losing cause. It is the resource-poor farmers in China and India that are pushing Monsanto numbers up in the big picture with the continued steady growth going on in Brazil and of course the top GMO acreage planted, going to the USA. Canola growers in Canada have adopted GMO's over 97%! In a world view, their numbers are up. I do wonder what category is this counted in? If it is "consumer" goods, the trend is up. If it is "foods, feeds, and beverages", it has gone down. If it is the latter, I suppose that would give the article writer something to grab onto.

The March to April increase in imports of goods reflected increases in consumer goods ($3.0 billion); automotive vehicles, parts, and engines ($1.3 billion); capital goods ($1.0 billion); and other goods ($0.2 billion).   Decreases occurred in industrial supplies and materials ($0.3billion) and foods, feeds, and beverages ($0.1 billion).

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm

 

I think that was a nice moral booster piece. The issue still has to be forced to our courts, perhaps to determine that unintentional spreading is turning Monsanto into a monopoly and therefore, it must be busted up. With numbers of the current invasion already entrenched the only way to stop it is to make it unprofitable, otherwise. So pretty much just don't buy processed foods. Or canola oil! Soy beans, Corn, Potato's. Don't patronize fast food restaurants. Grow and save your own seeds. Support your local Organic Farm growers. Not such an easy endeavor for everyone.
 

In 2012, a record 17.3 million farmers, up 0.6 million from 2011, grew biotech crops – remarkably over 90%, or over 15 million, were small resource-poor farmers in developing countries. Farmers are the masters of risk aversion and in 2012, a record 7.2 million small farmers in China and another 7.2 million in India, elected to plant almost 15 million hectares of Bt cotton, because of the significant benefits it offers. 

For the first time, developing countries grew more, 52%, of global biotech crops in 2012 than industrial countries at 48%. In 2012, growth rate for biotech crops was at least three times as fast, and five times as large in developing countries, at 11% or 8.7 million hectares, versus 3% or 1.6 million hectares in industrial countries.  

Last year a friend of mine who crops green beans asked to use one of my tractors because his broke down at the last minute. I loaned out my older model tractor days before and the smaller tractor couldn't run the rows without wrecking 1/2 the crop .. and - I didn't want him joy riding on my new piece so I did the harvesting for him.

That said, I learned the harvest is about 60 pounds an acre (give or take some) so this year I planted 12 acres of green beans from his 2012 crops in exchange for me doing his harvesting last year. There is no way I'll use up 12 acres of green beans and to take to the market I'd be taking away from him - so I decided when harvest is near to open those fields to my locals free of charge. All I'll ask when ready is to pull the entire plant, pick the beans then discard to designated areas. (2 of the 12 acres is for the Christian Ministries) A little more work for the picker but if the berry pickers can do it, so can the bean pickers.  LOL

The downside for my locals is - peaches and cherries are NOT free this year !!! Mainly because I'll more than triple my money and I want to take a very long vacation from the Deli job. Owner dude is getting too too fresh with me lately. NOT !!    So the locals gotta get those fruits from Martins & Seyferts !!! I want to quit that dang Deli but everytime I call off everyone acts like it's the end of the world I didn't show up for work and I hear about it for days. Unbelievable.

In my area, kinda like Carlin mentioned - there is plenty to go around and free of charge. It's a give and take, bake and trade, barter and labor type farming community for the most part. But once it goes to the market - it's all for profit. So at our meetings we pick and choose who does what, who's got the pick your own free, grows what and even times to sell by cuttings or pickings - give one then the other on down the line the profits. Plus, all the locals pick your own free. I think it's a great idea. Our annual fairs and cook offs are the BEST !!!

Soo, my advice would be to get in good with your local farmers. Get to know them, go to the fairs, go to the cook fests, and support their efforts. Remember, the ends justify the means !!!   lol

I think the Natural News article makes for a great pep rally but is not necessarily accurate as far as claiming a tipping point being reached.
It would also be a good idea to remember that Monsanto is not the only company engaging in these practices.
And no matter what happens now the damage is done and much of it cannot be corrected.
These products are already in the food chain, your eating them now.
The pollen is in the air you breath, the run-off is in the water you drink, it's in the feeds we use to raise the animals we eat, it is in us now.

Tipping point?
I think we're a long way off yet.
I do believe progress is being made though, just too little too late.