Over the past several years I have spent a great deal of time in high-security, limited-access genetic modification laboratories.
December 20, 2012: Slate Magazine - Frederick Kaufman
While researching my latest book, I peered at glow-in-the-dark grapes (their seeds spiked with jellyfish genes), inspected attempts to create square tomatoes (a yet-to-be-decoded DNA sequence may dictate the shape of all fruit), and marveled at rice plants engineered to be immune to Asia’s deadliest rice blight. None of the GMO cornucopia I ogled is commercially available—yet. But even if these laboratory specimens never make it to the shelves, about 70 percent of processed foods in U.S. supermarkets already contain genetically modified ingredients....
IN BED WITH MONSANTO: MANY PRO-GMO CORPORATE BIOLOGIST OWN GMO PATENTS - STUDIES ARE CONFLICT OF INTEREST http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3472777250/in-bed-with-monsanto-many-pro-gmo-corporate-biologists-own-gmo-patents
GMOs IN THE PIPELINE. LOOKING TO THE NEXT FIVE YEARS in the crop, forestry, livestock, aquaculture and agro-industry sectors in developing countries" http://www.fao.org/biotech/biotech-forum/en/
THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES = CROSSING PIGS AND BUTTERFLIES WITH WORMS -- NOT OKAY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1699396402/gmos-and-biotech-the-food-fight-of-our-lives-crossing-roses-with-pigs-and-butterflies-with-worms-not-to-mention-corn-with-a-virulent-bacteria
THE GMO SEED PATENT GAME: How Seed Companies Control GM Crop Research? - Scientific American http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/946593435/the-seed-patent-game-do-seed-companies-control-gm-crop-research-scientific-american
WHO OWNS NATURE? CORPORATE POWER AND THE FINAL FRONTIER IN THE COMMODIFICATION OF LIFE http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2299601530/who-owns-nature-corporate-power-and-the-final-frontier-in-the-commodification-of-life
OBAMA 2013 AG BILL GIVES "FOOD MAFIA" CARTE BLANCHE GO-AHEAD TO FEED US BIOTECH GMO FOODS - WITHOUT NOTICE - NO oversight NO regulation NO Public Input http://sco.lt/8fXQ6j
THE ECONOMIC COST OF FOOD MONOPOLIES Food & Water Watch http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3502513832/the-economic-cost-of-food-monopolies-food-water-watch
FOOD SAFETY GROUP CALLS FOR COURT TO LIMIT GMO SEED PATENTS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3679948812/food-safety-group-calls-for-court-to-limit-gmo-seed-patents
VIDEO REPORT: GMO FOODS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: The Ultimate Food Fight http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1229197877/gmo-foods-and-intellectual-property-the-ultimate-food-fight-video-report
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT VOTES TO END PATENTS ON PLANTS AND ANIMAL. NO PATENT ON SEEDS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1765569133/european-parliament-votes-to-end-patents-on-plants-and-animals-no-patents-on-seeds
Five Million Brazilian Farmers Take on Monsanto and Win $2 Billion in returned patent royalties http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1967158153/five-million-brazilian-farmers-take-on-monsanto-and-win-2-billion-in-returned-patent-royalties
VIDEO: SEEDS OF LIFE: HYBRIDS AND THE EMERGENCE OF SEED MONOPOLIES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-sr-4Hd0mg
THE SEED PATENT GAME: Do Seed Companies Control GM Crop Research? - Scientific American http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/946593435/the-seed-patent-game-do-seed-companies-control-gm-crop-research-scientific-american
October 9, 2012: Guardian: GENETICALLY MODIFYING AND PATENTING SEEDS ISN'T THE ANSWER | Charles Eisenstein. Instead of patenting genetic discoveries and making them artificially scarce, we should draw on traditional farming practices
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/09/genetically-modifying-patenting-seeds
October 3, 2012 THE GLOBAL CITIZENS' REPORT FOR SEED FREEDOM - Share The World's Resources http://www.stwr.org/food-security-agriculture/the-global-citizens-report-for-seed-freedom.html
VIDEOS FOR YOU TO WATCH:
-- THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONANTO (FULL LENGTH) THE LEADER OF THE GLOBAL BIOTECH CARTEL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6_DbVdVo-k
-- "SEEDING DEEP DEMOCRACY" - Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1054461972/seeding-deep-democracy-vandana-shiva
-- THE FUTURE OF FOOD PART 2 Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/951852556/the-future-of-food-part-2-vandana-shiva
-- "FOOD INC." (2008) The stranglehold on our food supply by corporate conglomerates ?http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3732889325/watch-again-food-inc-2008-and-obama-usda-promote-and-foster-this
-- "GENETIC ROULETTE" The Gamble of Our Lives http://youtu.be/wnlTYFKBg18
-- AN SYSTEM BASED ON PROFITS IS UNSUSTAINABLE ....Vandana Shiva on Industrial Agriculture http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1614565249/a-system-based-on-profits-is-unsustainable-vandana-shiva-on-industrial-agriculture
-- UNITED NATIONS: WHY GM CROPS ARE NOT THE SOLUTION? http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1228040300/united-nations-why-are-gm-crops-not-the-solution
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