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- From: "Wyatt Jones" <wyatt_jones AT netzero.com>
- To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [Market-farming] (no subject)
- Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 09:52:30 -0400
Johhny's isn't immune to the
corporate shuffle, in fact they carry many Monsanto owned varities, one I
noticed in the onion category, since I mentioned "Candy" , is "Mars" which is
also a Monsanto owned trademark, aquired through Siminis, then there is
Simpsons's Elite and Red Sails lettuce, Red Knight and King Authur peppers,
big Beef Tomatoes etc etc, . I can't believe Johnny's could get away with
using those names unless they had some sort of licenceing agreement with
Monsanto. Siminis was pretty responsible as corporations go but Monsanto
is an entirely different matter. My feeling is that its pretty much
impossible to avoid stumbling onto these seeds but a lot of people do not like
the way Monsanto in particular but others as well conduct their
business. I mean doing things like suing a farmer because their genetics
poluted his gene pool is a bit like suing somebody because you polluted their
well claiming they stole the toxic chemicals you dumped into the ground water
but the pull they have with the government enables them to somehow
pull this crazy stuff off, not to mention that they constantly try to
patent heirloom genetics using our government to help them make seed used
by people for centuries illegal to use in many countries, including this
one. You would think Canada would be more resistant to this sort of thing
but they constantly decide cases just like the US courts in these matters.
A prime example of this push is forcing the people in Iraq to use
corporate souces exclusively, making the use of heirlooms and seed
saving illegal, taking advantage of their vulnerability in this war., etc
etc.. Then there is the fact that the entire US Sugar beet industry has
converted over to Monsanto GMO varieties exclusively, meaning you have to buy
cane sugar to avoid GMO's. If you are a vegetarian that means you have to
avoid all white sugar altogether as they use bone charr to whiten cane sugar.
The only proven benefit of GMO's I've heard is the use of BT corn in highly
infested corn borer areas and that has been leaking into the human food chain
causing people to get sick, The Star corn fiasco is a prime example of that and
there is more to come, you can count on it. And Monsanto knows they
have a bad reputation and often trys to hide information from the public about
the pervasive use of their products. they have also fought to
ban horomone free lableing of milk, enlisting various polititions in this effort
stating the rBST milt is as safe as any organic mild even though the UN Codex
Alimentarius Commission, thier Food Safety Agency , representing 101 Countries,
The University of Illinois,
Here is an Excerpt of the report issued by the UN food Safety Agency
compiled by Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., Professor of Environmental Medicine,
University of Illinois School of Public Health, Chicago:
To which Monsanto issued this statement:
"Unfortunately in an effort to profit from unfounded fears, many milk
processors have labeled their milk to suggest that milk from cows treated with
rBST is harmful, or somehow different from milk from untreated cows. We
stand by the safety of our products. Therefore we do support legislation
requiring that milk labeling be COMPLETE and ACCURATE. We are not alone in this
goal. Labeling guidelines published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
state that labels claiming the milk is “not from cows treated with RBST` should
also contain the statement that “No significant difference has been shown
between milk derived from rbST-treated and non-rbST-treated cows”. It is a
simple matter of honesty in labeling."
Too bad Monsanto isn't honest, they should follow their own advice.
GMO is one concern but there
are many many others.
"Candy is a variety from Seminis Seed, a company Monsanto bought several
years ago. When Candy was released, it was a product of Petoseed, which was
bought by Seminis. So you can see, with corporate structure ubiquitous in the
seed industry, its really difficult to avoid this problem. But there are
companies like Johnny's who have managed to be productive vegetable breeders
without becoming part of the corporate shuffle. If it helps, there's nothing GMO about Candy. Its just a well-bred variety through classical breeding. Bill" ____________________________________________________________ Handyman Franchises. Click Here. |
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[Market-farming] (no subject),
Wyatt Jones, 09/06/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] (no subject),
alicia best, 09/06/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] (no subject),
Bill Shoemaker, 09/06/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] (no subject), Road's End Farm, 09/06/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] saving, growing, selling seed,
Road's End Farm, 09/06/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] saving, growing, selling seed, Bill Shoemaker, 09/07/2009
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[Market-farming] GMOs, seed saving, DIY seed.,
MAsteveINE, 09/06/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] GMOs, seed saving, DIY seed., Bill Shoemaker, 09/07/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] HighMowing and Baker Creek,
Flying S Farms, 09/06/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] HighMowing and Baker Creek,
Road's End Farm, 09/06/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] HighMowing and Baker Creek, growbd, 09/06/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] HighMowing and Baker Creek,
Road's End Farm, 09/06/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] (no subject),
Bill Shoemaker, 09/06/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] (no subject),
alicia best, 09/06/2009
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