IDKT (I Didn’t Know That)

 
…a soybean and a soybean seed are one in the same. As I was reading recently in Take Part, “If germinated and grown into a plant, one bean can eventually produce the seeds for countless future plants—a return that grows exponentially over multiple seasons. But thanks to the strict patent control practiced by seed companies like Monsanto, farmers have to pay for new seeds, for a new license to use the GMO technology, every year—or face litigation for

IDKT (I Didn’t Know That)

 
…the first ever GMO patent violation case to reach the Supreme Court, was argued in front of the Justices in February. This is far from the first time the company has taken legal action against farmers. Monsanto claims, however, that it “files suit against farmers who breach their contracts and infringe our patents—not against farmers who did not intentionally take these actions.” So don’t worry: If GMO crops drift into your fields, no one is going

IDKT (I Didn’t Know That)

 
…the actual theory behind Round-Up Ready usage until I started to really investigate what is going on. According to Take Part, “the logic behind Round-Up Ready crops is rather elegantly simple, if not twisted: Make the crop resistant to a pesticide that might otherwise kill it, allowing farmers to decimate weeds and pests without harming the corn or soy itself.” Makes a lot of sense right? It does or should I say it did, until you find out what is really happening. What is really sad is that we find this

Tell the USDA to Keep Agent Orange Corn Off Your Plate!

Right now the USDA is considering the approval of a dangerous new GMO crop that has been genetically engineered to tolerate the highly toxic chemical 2,4-D, a main component of the Vietnam War era defoliant Agent Orange. As the first generation of biotech crops has failed, creating millions of acres infected with superweeds, the biotech industry is now introducing even more dangerous chemicals into our food system. Already thousands of farmers and environmentalists are raising concern over the potential harm Dow Chemical’s 2,4-D corn will cause to human health, the environment and the livelihoods of family farmers. Already, the chemical herbicide 2,4-D has been called one of “the most dangerous chemicals out there”. But we need your help to stop it. Please click on the link below to join us in telling the USDA to keep Agent Orange corn off our plates.

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