Re: [DIYbio] The Monsanto Years

Too bad labelling GMOs tells you very little about which company is
behind the action, or which genes have been tweaked/deleted/added.

On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Jonathan Cline <jcline@ieee.org> wrote:
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC2DpGaykaI
> Neil Young + Promise Of The Real - A Rock Star Bucks A Coffee Shop
>
> "A Rock Star Bucks a Coffee Shop"
>
> "A rock star bucks a coffee shop
> Yeah, I want a cup of coffee
> But I don't want a GMO
> I'd like to start my day off
> Without helpin' Monsanto
> Ask Starbucks if coffee has GMO…
> Monsanto let our farmers grow what they want to grow
> When the people of Vermont voted to label food with GMOs
> So they would know what was in what the farmer grows
> Monsanto and Starbucks through the grocery manufacturers alliance
> Sued the state of Vermont to overturn the people's will
> Monsanto and Starbucks, mothers want to know what they feed their children"
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>
>
> "Monsanto Years"
>
> "When you shop for your daily bread and walk the aisles of Safeway
> Find a package to catch your eye that makes you smile at Safeway
> Choose a picture of an old red barn on a field of green
> With the farmer and his wife and children, to complete the scene at Safeway
> The family seeds they used to save were gifts from God not Monsanto
> Their own child grows ill near the poisoned crop
> While they work on, they can't find an easy way to stop Monsanto …
> Give us this day our daily bread, and let us not go with Monsanto"
>
> The Monsanto Years: The Message
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al8msGCo0Wk
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> Monsanto and Starbucks corporate response is quoted here:
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> http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/6598232/neil-youngs-corporate-targets-respond-to-him-calling-them-out-on-new-album
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