I am astonished at what we are allowing Monsanto to get away with. Their motto of “No Food Shall Be Grown That We Do Not Own” is about to become our reality.

To make matters worse, our own FDA is just a revolving door for the people like Michael Taylor and Donald Rumsfeld, who influence federal policy and return to work for Monsanto after they leave public office.

For a complete overview of what Monsanto is up to, you must watch the DVD, “The World According To Monsanto” . http://www.health.6millionrich.com.

I have taken the time to break the dvd up into 10 – 10 minute segments. You will never look at food production the same way again.

Thank you, Dawn, for allowing me to expose as many people as possible to the threat that Monsanto poses to the health of our children. For Ross, the video has plenty of documentation.

Traditional, real food is very important to me (and to us all) for both health and environmental reasons, so I hope you’ll read some of my other food-related posts in the archives, as well as come back to visit again. I typically write about food myths and healthy food choices on Fridays.

Best,
Dawn @ Smallfootprintfamily

The genetic manipulation that made traditional rapeseed into Canola oil is called seed splitting, a highly technical hybridization process that can only be done in a lab. This allowed plant scientists to analyze the half-seed using Gas-Liquid Chromotograpy (GLC) and then select from the remaining partitioned seed only those showing desirable traits for the next generation. Seed splitting is not conventional plant cross-breeding, which has been done for thousands of years through carefully selecting and cross-pollinating species over time.

However, today, Canola oil has been genetically engineered by inserting the DNA of bacteria to bring forth qualities that would never be natural to a plant through any breeding technique. This engineering renders the rapeseed plant relatively immune to toxic Roundup, and enables the creator (Monsanto) to patent the seed, preventing farmers from saving the seed. One of the problems with this is that canola is wind pollinated, and pollen from the genetically engineered variety easily drifts and contaminates the fields of farmers who are trying to grow organic Canola oil. This has resulted in lawsuits and great loss of livelihood for many farmers whose crops were accidentally contaminated.

There is also substantial evidence that the Roundup Ready gene has drifted to related weed species, creating a new generation of “super-weeds” that are Roundup resistant as well, leading to even heavier usage of the toxic chemical or even stronger, more dangerous herbicides.

by the way, the genetic manipulation you refer to that produced the original canola oil was CROSS-BREEDING.

Best,
Dawn @ SmallFootprintFamily

Regards,
CCR =:~)