Monsanto's experiments with natural food supply - Part 1

My Monsanto awareness thought thread started after watching a very cool documentary "The Corporation". This film shows the kind of greed that has caused the financial crisis and global sufferation for millions of citizens of earth.

I just want to clarify that I don't think that Monsanto is solely responsible for the issues among farmers, but they are part of the problem and have been part of the problem for a long time.

Monsanto's Sterile Seed Program Of 90s:
India has been the leader in agricultural innovations since ancient times. Grown up in Punjab (bread basket of India) myself and having experienced the deep roots of green revolution, it is confusing to read that Indian farmers are committing suicides because of bad crop yields.

Just review this open letter from Monsanto's CEO, where they basically admit to marketing sterile seeds. The promise was of higher yields which persuaded farmers to ditch the natural, tested-tried traditional seeds. The bigger issue was that these sterile seeds would last just one season and these farmers were used to storing a portion of the harvest for the next season.

Vandana Shiva has been fighting this practice of giving up natural seeds, pesticides and using chemical pesticides with engineered seeds. Having a PhD and a Nobel laureate, I'm pretty confident that she knows what she is talking about. Check out what she has to say about the Monsanto patents here:


She will be present at the at the Health show this weekend!

Monsanto's Bovine Growth Hormone:
Shiv Chopra is famous for being the whistleblower about the negative effects of this growth hormone, while acting as the manager of Human Safety Division at the Canadian Bureau of Veterinary Drugs in 1988. His story about exposing these effects are very elaborately documented on his website. Definite read for everyone who likes to drink milk!

Check out his interview in montreal:


I can't wait to hear the panel debate at the Health show this weekend, Shiv Chopra will be there as well!

A recent article about Monsanto's GM corn, which is approved in Canada, Australia, EU, Japan, US and numerous other countries was found to increase toxicity during animal tests.

We have to demand better judgment from Health Canada and our regulatory organizations.

Empirical results are facts and should be honored. After all these magic seeds were created after empirical research, which has allowed Monsanto to patent seeds and build the un-sustainable business process.

Something that I have noticed about western nations, as compared to eastern and "backward" countries is the high level of cancer in western countries. It has to do with what we ingest on a daily basis. The engineered food is definitely one of those things!!



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