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Recall Round Up

Recall and BAN Round Up! 

Humans are not Round Up Ready.

Glyphosate is used off label to dry up wheat, beans, peas, and lentils for harvest, it does not wash off, or come off during processing, and bioaccumulates. Glyphosate also holds on to minerals essential for our health. Food grown in soil contaminated with glyphosate is has less minerals and vitamins that organic food grown in clean soil. 

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We are seeking stories about GMOs, pesticides, and why you've made the switch to healthier options.
What works for your family..
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DuPont's Conflict of Canola Interest

Canola is in nearly everything. It is not healthy. And it is almost all GMO. I avoid any product with Canola unless it expressly reads Organic GMO free Canola. -- GFL

"DuPont's GMO Canola "safety study" has been exposed for what it truly is. Industry funded pseudo-science. Or perhaps nonsense is a better word. Both the test group and the control group were fed GMOs laced with Roundup.
The study was funded by DuPont, performed by DuPont employees and published in the Journal of Food & Chemical Toxicology, which is controlled by Dupont. And the biggest farce... the DuPont authors declare in their paper that "there are no conflicts of interest" – despite the fact that they are employees of the company that stands to profit from the market authorization of the GMO in question. And Bryan Delaney, the first author of the DuPont study, is also managing editor of FCT. That interest too goes undisclosed.
Yes, this is the same journal that retracted the 2 year independent 3 times peer reviewed Seralini GMO long term toxicity study which found that rats fed Roundup Ready GMO corn developed mammary tumors, organ damage and died prematurely. The Seralini study was republished in the Journal of Environmental Sciences Europe. And so goes the regulatory approval process for GMOs.
This leads us to ask: Do you feel safe?"

credit: GMO FREE USA

READ: http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=29cbc7e6c21e0a8fd2a82aeb8&id=665aee1b95&e=ce6aacd677

READ MORE: http://althealthworks.com/3028/jaw-dropping-conflict-of-interest-in-new-safety-study-shows-how-stupid-gmo-companies-think-we-are/

Take the Seed or Else??

US conditioning aid to El Salvador on acceptance of US biotech seed. http://t.co/TH71wdhM9m
— Michael Pollan (@michaelpollan) June 30, 2014

Find out what all the fuss is about here.

GMO Seed Pushers

The U.S. Government Has Tied El Salvador $277 million Aid Package to Monsanto’s GMO Seeds. In recent weeks, the U.S. has been pushing the El Salvadoran Government to sign the second Millennium Challenge Compact. One of the main conditions on the agreement is allegedly for the purchasing of GM seeds from Monsanto. At the end of 2013 it was announced that without ‘specific’ economic and environmental policy reforms, the U.S. government would not provide El Salvador with $277 million in aid money through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). It is now clear that by ‘specific reforms’ the MCC means reforms that allow GM crops and their associated pesticides to be forced on El Salvador’s Government and citizens. Is it a coincidence that the MCC delayed its initial agreed aid payments following the announcement by the El Salvador Government that they were banning the use of Glyphosate (Roundup) and 52 other dangerous chemicals in September 2013? Is it a coincidence that the glyphosate ban was overturned?

Contact the MCC to let them know you're outraged here: https://www.mcc.gov/pages/contact

READ: http://sustainablepulse.com/2014/06/08/u-s-government-ties-el-salvador-usd-277-m-aid-package-monsantos-gmo-seeds/#.U5R2IpRdUXg

Contact the MCC to let them know you're outraged here: https://www.mcc.gov/pages/contact

READ: http://sustainablepulse.com/2014/06/08/u-s-government-ties-el-salvador-usd-277-m-aid-package-monsantos-gmo-seeds/#.U5R2IpRdUXg

GMO Grass: Play Ball on the Cancer Causing Round Up Soaked Grass

Say good bye to grass fed beef.

This GMO was just  passed on through the FDA and USDA --
and

Drum roll..... it is being seeded on employee lawns NOW--- will be avail commercially next yr 2015 and in the big box stores by 2016 for the neighbors to incorporate into their lawns--- Scott's GMO  Kentucky Bluegrass has been modified to protect it from being killed by Roundup produced by Monsanto. 

Round Up is very toxic, recent study found that the inert undisclosed ingredients combined with the active ingredient Glyphosate is 125X more toxic than the active ingredient alone. Yet Monsanto only 'safety tested' Glyhosate. Why is this poison being sold to families, farmers, or anyone ever??

Why isn't the other 97% disclosed?

--- All grass will be gmo --- 


Pollen drift on a good day can be as far as 500 miles. 

Biotech Buttkisser #1; USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has urged caution as there can be cross contamination--- (and complete list on why Vilsack is a fox in the henhouse for Monsanto) yet, the Scott's employee's are essentially having their own open air test fields being told by Scotts to seed their lawns with the grass. Scott's is  being expected to police themselves.Yes, that is as dumb as it sounded in your head when you read that sentence.

 What the hell!  How can a company unleash things like this into our Environment and we would be ok with this? 

South Carolina, we have to get vocal on this. Or your kids could be playing on GMO grass growing in soccer fields, baseball fields, parks, schools and where ever else the GMO pollen drift goes. 


GMO Grass: Green, Lush--and Toxic

A wonderful article written yesterday about our Charleston March March Against Monsanto--
We have some Pro-GMO comments on the article already--- Wanna pop over and show your support for labeling??

http://www.liberalamerica.org/2014/05/24/march-against-monsanto-tackles-gmo-products/

The World According to Monsanto GMO Documentary

Who are the Koch Brothers?

EPA Comments on 2,4D & Glyphosate Action Alert

Action Alert:

EPA is taking comments about approving 2,4 D and glyphosate combo

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/2-4-d-glyphosate.html

From Dr. Mercola, who summed it up well:

"Agent Orange is no longer produced -- so why am I bringing it up now?
Because Dow AgroSciences (a subsidiary of Dow Chemicals), who was one of the original manufacturers of Agent Orange (AO), has developed a new generation of genetically modified (GM) crops -- soybeans, corn and cotton -- that are designed to resist a major ingredient in AO: the herbicide called 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D).
The use of 2,4-D, however, is not new, as it is actually one of the most widely used herbicides in the world.
What is new – and disturbingly so – is that now that staple crops like soy and corn have been engineered to be resistant to 2,4-D, it may soon be applied to U.S. arable land on an unprecedented scale -- not unlike its indiscriminate application during Vietnam.
The whole point of engineering resistance to an herbicide within a GMO plant, of course, is so that you can "carpet bomb" an entire field, leaving only your "Frankenfoods" standing, without having to exert even a fraction of the effort required raise crops organically and sustainably.
In fact, if 2,4-D resistant crops receive approval and eventually come to replace Monsanto's failing Roundup-resistant crops as Dow intends, it is likely that billions of pounds will be needed, on top of the already insane levels of Roundup now being used (1.6 billion lbs were used in 2007 in the US alone!)."

Herbicide use in action. 

 

What the Action Alert??

Heed the Action Alerts! 

They are often actions you can do from the comfort of your own home or office-- Petitions, comments, letter writing, postcard drives--- every voice counts. Together we are making a huge difference.

Dr. Oz Talks GMOs

GMOs are getting some airtime on the mainstream, I really like how he illustrates how the engineering has not stopped our use of pesticides, but increased them exponentially.

Most folks want to chose have a choice in feeding their families foods with GMO ingredients or foods with low pesticide use. GMOs came onto the market with the promise of higher yields, lower pesticide use. Yields on GMO crops fall after an initial increase, pesticide use has increased, super-weeds circumvent the Round Up (glyphosate) being sprayed on them and several insects have evolved to survive the pesticide sprays and the Bt crops that produce their own internal pesticides. Nature seems to find a way. 

Free trade is not FAIR

Monsanto wants FREE trade to control our food.

 

The TPP is "Free" Trade NOT Fair Trade 

Fair Trade VIDEO: http://youtu.be/Gz0Rv-65pTU 

Current "free" trade agreements harm family farmers and workers! Learn how you can support Fair Trade brands and policies that place people before profits. Share this video to help get others involved!
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If you're inspired get involved:
http://bit.ly/QnzfEY
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More info on TPP: Expose the TPP - USA ..
Fair World Project ... www.exposethetpp.org

Monsanto Sustainability

From GMO Free USA:

The path has been cleared in Nitro, West Virginia, for the settlement of Superfund litigation against Monsanto for $93 million. The lawsuit relates to a Monsanto facility that produced Agent Orange and released toxic dioxin into a residential community, exposing thousands of people and contaminating their homes. The settlement includes long term medical monitoring of community residents and cleanup of their properties. The settlement also would allow residents to retain their right to file personal-injury lawsuits against Monsanto if medical tests turn up illnesses potentially related to dioxin exposure. Attorneys for the community, who are challenging the settlement, have 25 days to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider their petition. Medical monitoring and cleanup could start as soon as next month.

This is another great example of what Monsanto calls sustainability. Should this company be messing with our food?

READ: http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20140407/GZ01/140409417/1101

Action Alert Dark Act

Please Sign, Call, Email & Share!!!

The Pompeo bill has been introduced, appropriately nick named: "The DARK Act" Denying Americans' Right-to-Know. Don't let them kill all of our GMO Labeling Efforts!!

Congressman Mike Pompeo of Kansas has introduced a bill that would ban states from passing GE food labeling laws and make “voluntary labeling” the law of the land. Tell Congress NOT to support this corporate bill "The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act" (LOL at the name, right?)

✎ Sign ✎ Don't let Congress deny your right to know: Oppose the DARK act!

http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/1881/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=13694

Pompeo just announced that he has introduced the bill on his Facebook page!

Let him know how you feel!
https://www.facebook.com/CongressmanPompeo/posts/600682083342340

☎ Call, Fax and Email Your Reps:

Find your representatives by Zip Code:
http://www.contactingthecongress.org/

Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
or Toll Free (877) 762-8762.

✎ Sign ✎ Stop Rep. Pompeo from Supporting the Food Industry’s Bill to Preempt GMO Labeling Laws! (You may include your own comments or links)
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=13596

✎ Sign ✎ Defend States' Rights to Label GMOs! Sign the Petition to Monsanto's Man in Congress, Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.)
https://www.causes.com/actions/1768714-sign-the-petition-to-monsantos-man-in-congress-rep-mike-pompeo-r-kan

✎ Sign ✎ If you live in KANSAS: Tell Rep. Pompeo: Don’t Sponsor a Bill to Kill GMO Labeling Laws!
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=13621

☑ Kansas, be sure you Un-Elect Mike!

and don't forget to 'thank' the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) members like Kraft, Nestle, General Mills etc... They are the ones sponsoring this bill, probably wrote every word of it and spend many millions to fight our labeling efforts. They took the list of members down but it can be found here: http://goo.gl/m7kC8B as of June 30. 2013. 

Oh and don't forget to March Against Monsanto May 24! 
http://www.march-against-monsanto.com
https://www.facebook.com/MarchAgainstMonstanto

Short Link to this post for posting or tweeting!

http://tinyurl.com/DarkAct

READ: GMO bill reignites labeling fight
http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/business/203106-gmo-bill-reignites-labeling-fight#ixzz2yQTN0gKq

Via Center for Food Safety

https://www.facebook.com/centerforfoodsafety/photos/a.89489717758.87519.80060992758/10152067893092759/

Bees Over Poison Profits

What kind of company has this sort of power, to subvert the will of the People and Governments? 

Who can rescind a law??

SAVE THE BEES.
Have you signed the petition yet?

Sign the petition: http://action.sumofus.org/a/bayer-bees-lawsuit/

GMO Cereal Migrate to Center Shelf Space

Or is Big Business digging in for the long fight? 

Surrounded by NONGMO verified cereals and USDA Organic cereals two cereals stand out as out of place General Mills Cherrios and Honey Nut Cheerios, the later in it's iconic sunshine yellow box. The nearly neon Cheerios box stands out for a very good reason, they are not GMO-Free or carried by a normal brand found in a healthy foods supermarket.

At Earth Fare in Charleston, the cereal aisle, located by the bulk foods section is small, with a few select brands and their varieties. Earth Fare in Charleston offers it's shoppers a nice even thought small selection of NONGMO verified cereals and cereals with the USDA Organic signage on them. The question of the GM Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios seem to be answered by Earth Fare that these were at the request of their shoppers and to offer shoppers items so that they would not make purchases elsewhere. Earth Fare didn't seem to notice that there are several of their brands on their shelves with Oat Os. It seems like an empty reason and has bothered me since this was the answer was given via their face book page last summer when Cheerios lived on the bottom shelf.

With the debate on GMOs coming into more State's legislatures and ballots and coupled the recent poll of 90% of Americans want GMO labeling a customer has to ask WHY is this on a 'health' food store shelf?


Why indeed.


UPDATE:

Earth Fare replied via our FB posting found here :

Hi! Thank you for writing us! Cheerios has recently committed to being GMO free and all of their ingredients fit into our Food Philosophy (https://www.earthfare.com/food/foodphilosophy). This is a statement from Cheerios, "We don’t use genetically modified ingredients in original Cheerios. Our principal ingredient has always been whole grain oats – and there are no GMO oats. We use a small amount of corn starch in cooking, and just one gram of sugar per serving for taste. But our corn starch comes from non-GMO corn, and we use only non-GMO pure cane sugar." We appreciate your concern and hope this helps clear some things up! Please let us know if you have any other questions. Thank you for shopping with us!

What are your thoughts on Big Business products taking up space in 'health food stores' esp prime real estate giving the impression that this is an organic healthy option?

Charleston March Against Monsanto May 24th 2014

On May 24th, millions of activists from around the world will once again March Against Monsanto, calling for the permanent boycott of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and other harmful agro-chemicals. Currently, marches will occur on six continents, in 52 countries,with events in over 400 cities. In the US, solidarity marches are slated to occur in 47 states.

Charleston, SC will be marching to show a united demand for Senator Tim Scott and Lindsay Graham to worry more about the consumers in their states using and wearing GMOs than the farmer trying to sell the GMO/GE crops. 

Please RSVP on our event page and help us on 5/24/14 show South Carolina that we want to be part of the solution and not the problem.

What the What Starbucks!!?

I had no idea that Starbucks was largest purchaser of milk in the entire country. Of course that is milk from cows that eat a diet of 100% GMO soy, corn and alfalfa. As a nondairy drinker, I wish Starbucks offered organic soy and organic coconut milk as well. They'd sell the heck out of it for sure. 

Your purchase power can change things. And it begins with one step, one email, one purchase, one request, one letter to a company you love, one share of a meme, one friend who sees your post, one head nod that says WE CAN DO BETTER. 

What the Starbucks? Cows living in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are fed a grain diet comprised almost entirely of GMO corn, soy, alfalfa, and cottonseed.

Tell Starbucks to serve only organic milk: www.gmoinside.org/starbucks ‪