You're just realizing that "Big Food" is one of the roots of evil? I'd rank Monsanto right up there with Shell for harm to humanity. You want some scary reading? Read about Monsanto's terminator gene.
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > With all the passion around health care these days, I thought this > observation was fairly profound: > > "Top way to reduce health care costs? Eliminate socialized > agriculture. The only reason we need socialized medicine to solve the > problem we created with socialized agriculture." > > I think I'm going to accelerate my food purchases from local farms. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqQVll-MP3I > http://www.foodincmovie.com/ > > In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's > food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been > hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's > regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now > controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of > consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of > workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the > perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes > that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli葉he harmful > bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans > annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among > children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:298862 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
