Comment #1 by elizahleigh

Fri, 29 May 2009 10:20:31 -0700

Bahhhh! Monsanto "dedicated to sustainability"?!?!?! I have a few choice words to say about Monsanto, but since none of them are lady-like, I'll bite my lip for now. Like so many people, I was in the dark about where my food came from and what measures were used to produce it. I never really grasped what all of the hullabaloo about sustainability and organics was about, and then I woke up one day and decided to educate myself. The day I joined an online green social network (at http://www.greenwala.com) my whole world opened up. I started to really make the connection between cheap food and toxic agricultural and conveyor belt cattle processing.

Mysterious food contamination...GMOs...cloning...pesticide and antibiotic residues...MAD COW DISEASE...these are just a few of the many issues that arise when big business industrializes food production. They are in a perpetual rush to produce and process the highest volume of food at the lowest cost, and what falls to the wayside is any real concern for the safety and nutritional content of the food they produce for the masses. Additionally, there is little to NO regard or conscience when it comes to quality of life standards for animals, their humane treatment or even giving them the diet that mother nature intended. As for the environment, big agri-giants like Monsanto have left eco-systems devoid of all life and have contaminated land and bodies of water with a toxic brew of chemicals and poisons.

For anyone who is curious about what Monsanto's legacy is, please take a moment to view the following series of videos:

http://www.greenwala.com/search?q=monsanto

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Comment #2 by nattles

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:10:52 -0700

"But by this logic, all of us here in Iowa can begin referring to high fructose corn syrup as a local food as well."

please, don't give them any ideas.

Grist - Comment Feed for From “local” Lays to Oprah’s KFC promo, hypocrisy abounds in the food world

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