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| LakeOntarioFarmgirl |
Posted - Feb 21 2010 : 3:14:35 PM
This company really scares me with their GMO's and pesticide use, and small farm harassment. Is there a discussion anywhere on MJF about this?
I know I will be boycotting Monsanto products- although, I am not sure if I even buy any of their stuff anymore! 
Brenda
FarmGirl # 711
Nothing we achieve in this world is achieved alone. It is always achieved with others teaching us along the way. Lee J. Colan
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| AliciaNak |
Posted - Jun 26 2010 : 08:08:35 AM
Oh, sonshine4u, how exciting!
I've been talking of having a home screening here, and already have quite a few friends who say they'll come and invite people. But it's the people who have no clue about all this that I want to come. I still need to order the screening stuff, so we'll see what happens.
I'd love to hear about the screening there in MN.
:)
Alicia
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.~Ralph Waldo Emmerson
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| sonshine4u |
Posted - Jun 24 2010 : 6:53:24 PM
I'm seeing FRESH here in MN at a public screening on the 30th! Excited to see it!
Playing in the Sonshine
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| deeredawn |
Posted - May 27 2010 : 3:55:16 PM
HAHA...Still going strong I see....you silly (but WONDERFUL) mavens.....! MISS YOU!
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Maven
http://www.harvestthymefarm.vpweb.com
www.onefunkyfarmgirl.blogspot.com
~Heaven doesn't want me, and Hell's afraid I'll take over!~ |
| nelliesue17 |
Posted - May 27 2010 : 3:50:58 PM
Argh!! If people only knew what was in their genetically mutated pesticide herbicide resistent farm fresh fruits and vegetables!! If it is killin off the pests and making them resistent to herbicides what are they doing to our sweet children's bodys!!
Nellie Sue
Life is a bowl of beautiful bright berries |
| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - May 27 2010 : 3:17:45 PM
Every time you turn around!!! Another threat to doing things the natural way, it's just astonishing.
I was in France last year and in one of the cafes I noticed a sign listing all the countries that they bought beef from - the US was not on that list, and there was a note explaining why - all the same reasons we know from watching movies like Food Inc. and reading books like Omnivore's Dilemma.
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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| AliciaNak |
Posted - May 27 2010 : 2:25:06 PM
Back in February, I signed the FRESH petition demanding that the USDA listen to our concerns regarding Monsanto's genetically engineered alfalfa.
Despite overwhelming opposition, the USDA is dangerously close to lifting the ban on GE alfalfa.
We've already sent over 10,000 signatures to the USDA opposing GE alfalfa, but we need to keep pushing. Let's continue to make sure that our voices are heard.
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR) are currently circulating a Congressional 'Dear Colleague' letter in the House and Senate, asking the USDA to maintain the ban on genetically engineered alfalfa. The letter will be open for signature till June 4th.
PLEASE contact your Members of Congress TODAY and urge them to sign onto this letter.
http://action.freshthemovie.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=3195
We need to be clear that we do NOT want Monsanto's genetically engineered alfalfa contaminating organic and non-GE alfalfa crops.
Alfalfa is one of the major food sources for certified organic animals. If the USDA lets Monsanto sell its new alfalfa, it will inevitably overtake organic alfalfa crops through the natural pollination process, threatening the integrity of organic dairy.
Please tell Congress to sign onto Senator Leahy's 'Dear Colleague' letter today. Together we can make our voices heard.
http://action.freshthemovie.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=3195
Alicia
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.~Ralph Waldo Emmerson
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| AliciaNak |
Posted - May 24 2010 : 11:41:21 AM
I finally got my hubby to sit and watch Food, Inc. He totally understands my madness now! We're raising our steer hormone/additive free (he grew up on ranches that used hormones on the steers), and he'll be all grass fed. Anyone watched/looked into Fresh, The movie? Looks very similar to Food, Inc. I'll be buying the home package (you have to buy the movie and get discussion materials with it-to host a screening).
Alicia
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.~Ralph Waldo Emmerson
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| katalind |
Posted - May 24 2010 : 10:23:37 AM
It was hard for me to watch Food, Inc. I can't believe that this is happening! The part with the animals just broke my heart, this is the reason I choose to be vegetarian. I think I was still crying two hours after seeing the doctumentary and how they treat the farmers just make me sick!
Thanks so much for sharing the website for rareseeds.com, I'll be sure to share it with my friends. |
| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - Apr 04 2010 : 08:53:51 AM
Katie - I agree that access to information is easier than ever, unfortunately access to getting that information out is easier too - so anyone, and I mean anyone, can put something on the web and you really have to do your research to see if what they are saying is legit. Electronic media isn't subject to the same scrutiny as print media when it comes to accuracy so depending on where people end up looking they could get some erroneous information. So I miss newspapers:( Anyway - forums like this where people can share information are such a valuable thing - I so appreciate everyone's depth of knowledge and different perspectives
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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| Annika |
Posted - Apr 04 2010 : 08:07:33 AM
I think that we CAN create a positive wave of pure food vs GMO food. Pure Food Rallies if you will =)
I tend to think that America will never change for the better. Just me being afraid for the future and cynical.
I grew up with TV dinners and everything over processed and out of contact with nature.
Falling into the negative is not a way forward, you are right!
Katie you are so very right! And Laura, thank you.
I've needed an attitude re-alignment about this subject.
Let's go forward and create a wave of pure food energy instead of just attacking. Show people an alternative to what they are doing and where they are going. The people and the world deserve no less than our best =)
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Palouse Prairie Girls Chapter
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http://prairiegirlsjournal.blogspot.com/
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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| corabela |
Posted - Apr 04 2010 : 07:18:31 AM
Katie, you are the voice of truth and light. : ) We CAN create a wave of positivity and instead of fighting the opposition, make our own way with our group energy. Like Mother Theresa said she would never attend an anti-war rally, but if anyone were ever to hold a Peace Rally, she would attend that. : )
Amy, I do the very same thing. I learned last year that genetically modified pork contains human genes. There's a rumor that it has something to do with MRSA but who knows. True or not, I still want nothing to do with it. My mother-in-law is making an Easter ham today and I told her I'd purchase an organic leg of lamb from one of our local farms and bring that to the dinner as well. I eat her other meals but only in small portions. I think she's under the impression that I don't like her cooking but it's actually that I don't like the food quality. She cooks just fine. It's just that sometimes, it tastes a little bland and sometimes even scary. Like a frozen Mrs Smith's pumpkin pie last Christmas...oh, that was such a travesty. But until the rest of the world catches up, things will be a little sketchy at in-law family dinners. : )
~Laura
Please stop by my blog and my etsy site and say hello : )
www.corabela.blogspot.com
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| KD Earthwork |
Posted - Apr 03 2010 : 9:58:44 PM
Amy Gracie green eyes I think there is more and easier access to information than ever.The internet is amazing to me.I find the most amazing things even what's been written in this website.
I believe we are still supposed to be running this country, even though the lobbyist and the corporations believe we work as serfs for them.I remember an astrologer who said the courts could help uphold the truth in this land.
Maybe we can still turn this to positive thoughts and by not falling into negativity and bafflement, we can create a wave of positivity , a group energy, that can find new possibilities for the future.
Katie |
| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - Apr 03 2010 : 8:09:34 PM
That does make you sick!! Carol - I think the "edible schoolyard" idea is such a good one, kids should know where their food comes from.
Laura - I have definitely noticed a difference between the taste of organic and conventional, always have in produce, and now particularly in meat. There is something in conventional pork that just really gets to me - I can't completely avoid it as I can't ask my family to cook all the family dinners special but I take very small helpings. It was first brought to my attention by a friend who got me into organics back in 1988 when I was 18 - he had me compare conventional and organic fresh juiced carrot juice - huge difference.
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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| prariehawk |
Posted - Apr 03 2010 : 5:58:05 PM
One of the scariest tactics of Monsanto is their recent emphasis on trying to convince the public that they're "green". They are major sponsors of many events and projects here in the St. Louis area and they get a lot of free publicity toting how much they have benefited the economy as well as the ecological realm. It's enough to make you sick when you read about it.
cindy
"Dog is my co-pilot"
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| roseella |
Posted - Apr 03 2010 : 12:24:54 PM
Well, I am finally going to see Food,Inc. I guess I was concerned that I would be overwhelmed with information I couldn't handle. ;-/ Even though we are "organic" consumers. Always reading labels, etc. Buying "organic" "grass fed" beef and organic produce doesn't mean we are always getting the good stuff.
This takes me back to reading Silent Spring by Rachel Carlson many years ago.
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| corabela |
Posted - Apr 03 2010 : 09:44:41 AM
I LOVE that idea!!! : )
~Laura
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| patchworkpeace |
Posted - Apr 03 2010 : 09:24:35 AM
Carol,
Wouldn't that be great? Not only would they learn where their food came from, they would get exercise and sunshine (Vit-D). I wonder how many kids know where they food comes from - hopefully, most.
Judy
Farm Sister #932
Success is measured not by the position one reaches but by the obstacles one has to overcome to reach it. Booker T. Washington |
| Lessie Louise |
Posted - Apr 03 2010 : 07:45:13 AM
I recently read a study that Jaanese women, in Japan , have a very low breast cancer rate. When they come to the US, within seven years of eatting a "main stream" diet, their breast cancer rate is as high as ours. I don't know who did the study, but wha does that say about our food. Lately there has been a lot of info in the news about school lunches and how over processsed they are. Why can't schools give up a llittle land, and have the kids plant a garden, and here is an idea, serve some of that food for lunch? We grew a garden when I was in sixth grade and it was such an awesome experience, even though we had a garden at home. Just thinkin', Carol
Forget buns of steel, I'd rather have buns of cinnamon!
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| corabela |
Posted - Apr 03 2010 : 06:52:24 AM
Back in 2003 my mother was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. She went downhill fast and I wasn't sure she would make it. Since she was bed-ridden, she spent all her time researching and studying and finally came to the conclusion that her lifestyle had made her sick...her lifestyle of eating mainstream food and using mainstream products. From the moment she made the connection between her food and her health she has not even so much as touched any sort of non-organic product and it's been about 3 or 4 years now since her illness is gone. Her clear MRI's prove that her "incurable" illness was eliminated by eliminating the corrupted food and chemical products from her life and I have my mother back. : ) Our whole family has been all organic ever since. I only buy local unless it's local organic because local pesticides and gmo's are just a harmful as out-of-state ones. It has made a world of difference in our health and our quality of life.
Have any of you noticed after eating organic for awhile that regular grocery store food just tastes horrible now?
~Laura
Please stop by my blog and my etsy site and say hello : )
www.corabela.blogspot.com
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| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - Apr 02 2010 : 8:06:04 PM
Katie - such a good point about commercial organic. I have worked in organic foods for 22 years in different aspects - tiny organic fruitstand, tiny organic worker's co-op, distribution, production, and now mainstream retail. I appreciate the job security I have now, I work for a free-standing organic store owned by a conventional supermarket chain, and I appreciate the health benefits I have, but I am so discouraged by the changes I have seen in organic food production over those 22 years. There is one big organic farm that I'm thinking of that uses the same factory farm methods that conventional growers do, very destructive to the land. All mono-cropping,no emphasis on sustainability. It really brings it home to me that you must do your homework, and really be educated. Unfortunately we are facing these issues at a time when we have less and less access to print media, and as a result people as a whole I think are less knowledgeable about the way things like this really do affect their every day life, and quality of life.
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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| dawnm |
Posted - Apr 02 2010 : 5:06:38 PM
I wish that more people would see the movie, Food Inc. or Supersize Me. In my way of thinking the two are closely linked. I can not remember the name of the man who did the documentary Supersize. He used himself as a guinea pig. His plan was to eat from the fast food menus and supersize everything for 30 days. Before the end of the 30 days his doctor recommended he stop the experiment because his health was being seriously compromized.
I read Barbara Kingsolver also. The next book I want to read is the omnivores dilemna.
The masses in our country are clueless or they just don't care about the impact of these huge corporations. They are destroying the environment, health, the small farmers ability to operate.
It makes me sick and you and you and you.....
"though an old man yet, I am a young gardener." Thomas Jefferson |
| Annika |
Posted - Apr 02 2010 : 4:02:32 PM
I truly think that the GMO's are being detrimental to our health and our planet. It sickens me to see them taking over so much of the world's food.
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Palouse Prairie Girls Chapter
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http://prairiegirlsjournal.blogspot.com/
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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| patchworkpeace |
Posted - Apr 02 2010 : 3:53:59 PM
Great info. I'm not sure if everyone realizes that the Monsanto GMO problem is worldwide because Codex Alimentary, a commission connected with FAO (UN group) and the World Health Organization, is pushing GMO food to be used worldwide and particularly third world countries. You can read about it on the Codex Alimentary website (not easy reading) or just do a search - there's a lot of websites out there.
It's sad so much of the world's food is poisoned with GMOs.
Judy
Success is measured not by the position one reaches but by the obstacles one has to overcome to reach it. Booker T. Washington |
| Lessie Louise |
Posted - Apr 02 2010 : 06:31:18 AM
Very well written, Katie, sounds as if you have really done your homework. I was raised in N Ca,Petaluma, and what I miss the most are seeing like minded people every day. Here people listen to me, but kind of treat me as an addled minded aunt. As they munch away on their McDonalds. It is an ongoing process.
Forget buns of steel, I'd rather have buns of cinnamon!
Farmgirl #680! |
| KD Earthwork |
Posted - Apr 02 2010 : 05:45:46 AM
I defintely have changed our reality over the last five years.Even though I'd eaten mostly organic for thirty years(N. Calif,baby!)I was researching GMO's and found that Monsanto had of course done the testing to see if it's safe for human consumption.They(We) let corporations test their own products now.Do you know how easy it is to turn the lab results to whatever favor is desired?
Anyway,they said the first generation of chickens fed GMO corn were fine (?), but the next generation (those chickens baby's) started mutating and having genetic defects.What are we feeding our kids??? Are our grandbaby's going to be healthy ?
I get so mad at my husband now if he feeds our daughter chips, or buys not organic chicken grain or non organic flour,grains etc.
I was really inspired by Barbara Kingsolver's " Animal,Vegetable ,Mineral.I haven't bought a banana for a year.We doubled the size of our very large garden and buy only grain, flour,dairy products (local organic).Micheal Pollan's book "Omnivore's Dilemma" also made me question commercial organic.Costco organic etc.We still buy their butter though.Plus realizing cheap fuel ( not really cheap if you look at the cost of war protecting corporate interests in oil) has fueled this industrialized farming.That the farmers who have learned to grow more corn that ever are not making it either and mostly we are subsidizing the corn prices so corporations can make more profit.
We buy all meat local. My garden's been thriving on seeds that I've saved or let reseed.I buy seed from "Pinetree Garden Seeds" in Maine.A very small company.Also from Baker Creek seed co.I think Territorial seed is now corporate powers owned.
Maybe the country's going to have to change with this economic situation.Maybe the laws can change back to the people who support all this through their taxes, away from the interests of the corporate shareholders.
I don't mean to offend by my views.But I think we all need to be intelligent and really look at what 's going on in our food community,political community,economy.I mean what was this bank bailout all about( oh! I'm really getting riled up now,sorry).Don't give the credit card companies any more money!!Get out of debt.Buy a place you can afford and grow your own food, hopefully have your own water, septic, power.
Do you realize approx. 40percent of our power comes from coal???Change to florescent bulbs,unplug things ,check for energy efficiency.We power our lives here with eight solar panels.Some additional generator time for approx three and a half months a year(half an hour tops up our batteries).
Good luck to you all, Katie |
