Hi Peter, Put "Percy Schmeiser" into your search engine. He has a website where he tells how Monsanto hounded him when his canola crop in Saskatchewan was contaminated with Roundup Ready Canola and he had never planted GMO seeds or used roundup. They sent in retired Royal Mounted Police to intimidate anyone who had been contaminated because their patent on Roundup Ready Canola superseeded a farmer's right to save seed. They offered a leather jacket to anyone who would rat on his neighbor. Percy had been the mayor of his town and in the Canadian parliament and he knew his way around. He refused to pay the fine. Monsanto sued him as an example. He has fought them all the way, but patent law made it impossible for him to win. He has spent $300,000 fighting them.
Read "Facing Down Goliath" on that website. Evidently, many growers in the U.S. and Canada have been contaminated--canola, soybeans and corn. It's a nightmare. Contamination is inevitable. Zambia refused to accept GMO corn as humanitarian aid because they understood that it was just a ploy to contaminate their country's seeds. My advice would be to organize and fight this in any way you can, Merla Peter Michael Bacchus wrote: > Dear friends, > We in N.Z. are being threatened with the release of > G.M.O.'s into our environment. In the U.S.A. you have been living with > situation for a while > Have any members of this list had G.M. pollen affect > plants on your properties? > Have you had any friends or neighbours affected in > this way? > Is it a concern for anyone or has some one found a > way to protect from contamination or clean it out afterwards? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Allan Balliett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 12:04 PM > Subject: Re: Search for results of Elaine's testing of bd preps > > > Sorry if you read me wrong, Jane. My intention was not to chastise > > you but simply bring you up to date. No emotional energy here. > > > > I have total respect for Jean-Paul, which is why I was curious about > > why he would care about the physcial attributes of the preps. > > > > Your remark about 'political bruha' seems to trivialize the actual > > state of things. It is important to understand that if the USDA says > > that manure-based compost teas are 'dangerous,' it's not going to be > > acceptable to the customers of we non-certified organic practitioners > > to provide them food that 'shit has been sprayed on.' Anyone to steps > > in the realm of reason in regard to this will really be putting > > themself in jeopardy should any of their customers become ill for any > > reason whatsoever after eating a meal containing tea blasted produce. > > > > Let me be clear about this, though: the USDA is just discussing the > > sanctions on tea right now. This is not, as far as I understand, part > > of the certification rule currently. (Lloyd? Frank?) > > > > Ironically, I have been thinking of adding oat straw tea to my daily > > routine. That and 1m hypericum 3x daily for a few weeks. > > > > Thanks for the post, Jane -Allan > >
