Re: [DIYbio] The Monsanto Years

I'd prefer a label that warns me which farmers poured human feces all
over my future meal. Not all of them self-label as "Organic" or
"Biodynamic", sadly.

On 13/07/15 17:02, Nathan McCorkle wrote:
> 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:
>>
>>
>> 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"
>>
>>
>>
>> "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
>>
>> Monsanto and Starbucks corporate response is quoted here:
>>
>> http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/6598232/neil-youngs-corporate-targets-respond-to-him-calling-them-out-on-new-album
>>
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