MONSANTO

Stretch

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Monsanto Terminator Technology -- Worldwide Famine & Starvation
http://www.ethicalinvesting.com/monsanto/terminator.shtml

Terminator Seeds Threaten an End to Farming
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Transnational_corps/TerminatorSeeds_Monsanto.html

http://www.txtwriter.com/Onscience/Articles/terminator.html

Terminator Seeds:
Monsanto Moves to Tighten Its Grip
on GIobal Agriculture
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Transnational_corps/TerminSeeds_Monsanto2.html


Monsanto Drops Terminator Plans but Continues
Similar GE "Traitor Technology" Research
http://www.organicconsumers.org/Monsanto/droptt.cfm

Monsanto in Closed Negotiations with the US Department of Agriculture to
Finalize Control of Terminator Technology
http://www.purefood.org/ge/terminator.htm
 

Stretch

House Member
Feb 16, 2003
3,924
19
38
Australia
Monsanto Terminator Technology -- Worldwide Famine & Starvation
http://www.ethicalinvesting.com/monsanto/terminator.shtml

Terminator Seeds Threaten an End to Farming
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Transnational_corps/TerminatorSeeds_Monsanto.html

http://www.txtwriter.com/Onscience/Articles/terminator.html

Terminator Seeds:
Monsanto Moves to Tighten Its Grip
on GIobal Agriculture
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Transnational_corps/TerminSeeds_Monsanto2.html


Monsanto Drops Terminator Plans but Continues
Similar GE "Traitor Technology" Research
http://www.organicconsumers.org/Monsanto/droptt.cfm

Monsanto in Closed Negotiations with the US Department of Agriculture to
Finalize Control of Terminator Technology
http://www.purefood.org/ge/terminator.htm
 

Stretch

House Member
Feb 16, 2003
3,924
19
38
Australia
Monsanto Terminator Technology -- Worldwide Famine & Starvation
http://www.ethicalinvesting.com/monsanto/terminator.shtml

Terminator Seeds Threaten an End to Farming
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Transnational_corps/TerminatorSeeds_Monsanto.html

http://www.txtwriter.com/Onscience/Articles/terminator.html

Terminator Seeds:
Monsanto Moves to Tighten Its Grip
on GIobal Agriculture
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Transnational_corps/TerminSeeds_Monsanto2.html


Monsanto Drops Terminator Plans but Continues
Similar GE "Traitor Technology" Research
http://www.organicconsumers.org/Monsanto/droptt.cfm

Monsanto in Closed Negotiations with the US Department of Agriculture to
Finalize Control of Terminator Technology
http://www.purefood.org/ge/terminator.htm
 

peapod

Hall of Fame Member
Jun 26, 2004
10,745
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36
pumpkin pie bungalow
This was posted at the smirking chimp this morning.

Bush paves the way for monsanto

For the record: "U.S. declares Iraqis can not save their own
seeds"

"As part of sweeping "economic restructuring" implemented by the Bush
Administration in Iraq, Iraqi farmers will no longer be permitted to
save their seeds, which include seeds the Iraqis themselves have
developed over hundreds of years. Instead, they will be forced to buy
seeds from US corporations. That is because in recent years,
transnational corporations have patented and now own many seed varieties
originated or developed by indigenous peoples. In a short time, Iraq
will be living under the new American credo:
Pay Monsanto, or starve.

"The American Administrator of the Iraqi CPA (Coalition Provisional
Authority) government, Paul Bremer, updated Iraq's intellectual property
law to 'meet current internationally-recognized standards of
protection'.
The updated law makes saving seeds for next year's harvest, practiced
by 97% of Iraqi farmers in 2002, and is the standard farming practice
for thousands of years across human civilizations, to be now illegal..
Instead, farmers will have to obtain a yearly license for genetically
modified (GM) seeds from American corporations. These GM seeds have
typically been modified from seeds developed over thousands of
generations by indigenous farmers like the Iraqis, and shared freely
like agricultural 'open source.'"
Iraq law Requires Seed Licenses November 13, 2004

"According to Order 81, paragraph 66 - , issued by L. Paul Bremer
[CFR], the people in Iraq are now prohibited from saving seeds and may
only plant seeds for their food from licensed, authorized U.S.
distributors.
The paragraph states, "Farmers shall be prohibited from re-using seeds
of protected varieties or any variety mentioned in items 1 and 2 of
paragraph [C] of Article 14 of this chapter."
Written in massively intricate legalese, Order 81 directs the reader at
Article 14, paragraph 2 [C] to paragraph of Article 4, which states
any variety that is different from any other known variety may be
registered in any country and become a protected variety of seed - thus
defaulting it into the "protected class" of seeds and prohibiting the
Iraqis from reusing them the following season. Every year, the Iraqis
must destroy any seed they have, and repurchase seeds from an authorized
supplier, or face fines, penalties and/or jail time. "
Iraqis Can't Save Seed January 19, 2005

The original article on this topic: Iraqi farmers aren't celebrating
October 15, 2004

As per an Iraqi proverb, the day will come, sooner rather than later,
when the Iraqis will shred Bremer's Laws, soak them in water and offer
the glass to Bremer to drink.
 

peapod

Hall of Fame Member
Jun 26, 2004
10,745
0
36
pumpkin pie bungalow
This was posted at the smirking chimp this morning.

Bush paves the way for monsanto

For the record: "U.S. declares Iraqis can not save their own
seeds"

"As part of sweeping "economic restructuring" implemented by the Bush
Administration in Iraq, Iraqi farmers will no longer be permitted to
save their seeds, which include seeds the Iraqis themselves have
developed over hundreds of years. Instead, they will be forced to buy
seeds from US corporations. That is because in recent years,
transnational corporations have patented and now own many seed varieties
originated or developed by indigenous peoples. In a short time, Iraq
will be living under the new American credo:
Pay Monsanto, or starve.

"The American Administrator of the Iraqi CPA (Coalition Provisional
Authority) government, Paul Bremer, updated Iraq's intellectual property
law to 'meet current internationally-recognized standards of
protection'.
The updated law makes saving seeds for next year's harvest, practiced
by 97% of Iraqi farmers in 2002, and is the standard farming practice
for thousands of years across human civilizations, to be now illegal..
Instead, farmers will have to obtain a yearly license for genetically
modified (GM) seeds from American corporations. These GM seeds have
typically been modified from seeds developed over thousands of
generations by indigenous farmers like the Iraqis, and shared freely
like agricultural 'open source.'"
Iraq law Requires Seed Licenses November 13, 2004

"According to Order 81, paragraph 66 - , issued by L. Paul Bremer
[CFR], the people in Iraq are now prohibited from saving seeds and may
only plant seeds for their food from licensed, authorized U.S.
distributors.
The paragraph states, "Farmers shall be prohibited from re-using seeds
of protected varieties or any variety mentioned in items 1 and 2 of
paragraph [C] of Article 14 of this chapter."
Written in massively intricate legalese, Order 81 directs the reader at
Article 14, paragraph 2 [C] to paragraph of Article 4, which states
any variety that is different from any other known variety may be
registered in any country and become a protected variety of seed - thus
defaulting it into the "protected class" of seeds and prohibiting the
Iraqis from reusing them the following season. Every year, the Iraqis
must destroy any seed they have, and repurchase seeds from an authorized
supplier, or face fines, penalties and/or jail time. "
Iraqis Can't Save Seed January 19, 2005

The original article on this topic: Iraqi farmers aren't celebrating
October 15, 2004

As per an Iraqi proverb, the day will come, sooner rather than later,
when the Iraqis will shred Bremer's Laws, soak them in water and offer
the glass to Bremer to drink.
 

peapod

Hall of Fame Member
Jun 26, 2004
10,745
0
36
pumpkin pie bungalow
This was posted at the smirking chimp this morning.

Bush paves the way for monsanto

For the record: "U.S. declares Iraqis can not save their own
seeds"

"As part of sweeping "economic restructuring" implemented by the Bush
Administration in Iraq, Iraqi farmers will no longer be permitted to
save their seeds, which include seeds the Iraqis themselves have
developed over hundreds of years. Instead, they will be forced to buy
seeds from US corporations. That is because in recent years,
transnational corporations have patented and now own many seed varieties
originated or developed by indigenous peoples. In a short time, Iraq
will be living under the new American credo:
Pay Monsanto, or starve.

"The American Administrator of the Iraqi CPA (Coalition Provisional
Authority) government, Paul Bremer, updated Iraq's intellectual property
law to 'meet current internationally-recognized standards of
protection'.
The updated law makes saving seeds for next year's harvest, practiced
by 97% of Iraqi farmers in 2002, and is the standard farming practice
for thousands of years across human civilizations, to be now illegal..
Instead, farmers will have to obtain a yearly license for genetically
modified (GM) seeds from American corporations. These GM seeds have
typically been modified from seeds developed over thousands of
generations by indigenous farmers like the Iraqis, and shared freely
like agricultural 'open source.'"
Iraq law Requires Seed Licenses November 13, 2004

"According to Order 81, paragraph 66 - , issued by L. Paul Bremer
[CFR], the people in Iraq are now prohibited from saving seeds and may
only plant seeds for their food from licensed, authorized U.S.
distributors.
The paragraph states, "Farmers shall be prohibited from re-using seeds
of protected varieties or any variety mentioned in items 1 and 2 of
paragraph [C] of Article 14 of this chapter."
Written in massively intricate legalese, Order 81 directs the reader at
Article 14, paragraph 2 [C] to paragraph of Article 4, which states
any variety that is different from any other known variety may be
registered in any country and become a protected variety of seed - thus
defaulting it into the "protected class" of seeds and prohibiting the
Iraqis from reusing them the following season. Every year, the Iraqis
must destroy any seed they have, and repurchase seeds from an authorized
supplier, or face fines, penalties and/or jail time. "
Iraqis Can't Save Seed January 19, 2005

The original article on this topic: Iraqi farmers aren't celebrating
October 15, 2004

As per an Iraqi proverb, the day will come, sooner rather than later,
when the Iraqis will shred Bremer's Laws, soak them in water and offer
the glass to Bremer to drink.
 

Stretch

House Member
Feb 16, 2003
3,924
19
38
Australia
Soybean Products
A Recipe for Disaster?


Numerous studies show that soybean-based products are not as healthy for us as we'd like to believe.

http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/soya.html
....................................


An estimated 25% of North American babies receive infant formula made from processed soybeans. Parents use soy formula in the belief that is it healthier than formula based on cows' milk. Soy promotional material claims that soy provides complete protein that is less allergenic than cows' milk protein. When soy infant formula first became commercially available, manufacturers even promised that soy formula was "better than breast milk."

Parents have a right to know how these extravagant claims compare to scientific findings related to soy infant formula.

more........
http://www.westonaprice.org/soy/infant.html