skippy the bush kangaroo: dorothy surrendered to the big bad wicked witch

Friday, January 28, 2011

dorothy surrendered to the big bad wicked witch

well, it's more like the organic "elite" surrender to monsanto and their genetically engineered crops, alfalfa specifically.

but...why? apparently because of friends in "high places."

according to informed sources, the ceos of whole foods (wfm) and stonyfield are personal friends of former iowa governor, now usda secretary, tom vilsack, and in fact made financial contributions to vilsack's previous electoral campaigns. vilsack was hailed as "governor of the year" in 2001 by the biotechnology industry organization, and traveled in a monsanto corporate jet on the campaign trail. perhaps even more fundamental to organic inc.'s abject surrender is the fact that the organic elite has become more and more isolated from the concerns and passions of organic consumers and locavores. the organic inc. ceos are tired of activist pressure, boycotts, and petitions. several of them have told me this to my face. they apparently believe that the battle against gmos has been lost, and that it's time to reach for the consolation prize. the consolation prize they seek is a so-called "coexistence" between the biotech behemoth and the organic community that will lull the public to sleep and greenwash the unpleasant fact that monsanto's unlabeled and unregulated genetically engineered crops are now spreading their toxic genes on 1/3 of u.s. (and 1/10 of global) crop land. - organic consumers association

well..actually just the american dorothy has surrendered... the european dorothy has a spine.

there can be no such thing as "coexistence" with a reckless industry that undermines public health, destroys biodiversity, damages the environment, tortures and poisons animals, destabilizes the climate, and economically devastates the world's 1.5 billion seed-saving small farmers. there is no such thing as coexistence between gmos and organics in the european union. why? because in the eu there are almost no gmo crops under cultivation, nor gm consumer food products on supermarket shelves. and why is this? because under eu law, all foods containing gmos or gmo ingredients must be labeled.- organic consumers association

Labels: monsanto, organic, spineless, usda, whole foods

posted by Cookie Jill at 10:59 PM |

3 Comments:

So if Whole Foods concedes to GMO behemoth Monsanto I guess they lose their nick-name "Holier than thou Foods" ? STAY STRONG EUROPE! NO gomS! Label these 'frankenfoods'!

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ReeseLaBard, 1:23 AM PST

Cross Whole Foods and Stonyfield off from your shopping list if you haven't done so already....

The Obama Adminstration is more of the same we had with Bush. Let the foxes guard the hen houses for a small fee of two chickens to protect one.

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David Aquarius, 3:15 PM PST

Stonyfield Farm and Whole Foods are firing back that 1) They never caved to Monsanto, and 2) They're going to continue fighting GMOs.
See: http://redgreenandblue.org/2011/01/30/stonyfield-farm-takes-a-swing-at-monsanto-and-the-oca/

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Jeremy, 4:00 AM PST

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