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Title: Federal Judge Revokes USDA Approval Of Monsanto's Genetically Modified Sugar Beets
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Activist Post
URL Source: http://www.activistpost.com/2010/08 ... -approval-of.html#comment-form
Published: Aug 16, 2010
Author: Michael Liedtke AP
Post Date: 2010-08-16 16:38:03 by Original_Intent
Keywords: GMO, Frankenfood, Poison, death
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Federal Judge Revokes USDA Approval Of Monsanto's Genetically Modified Sugar Beets Michael Liedtke SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has revoked the government's approval of genetically altered sugar beets until regulators complete a more thorough review of how the scientifically engineered crops affect other food. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White Friday means sugar beet growers won't be able to use the modified seeds after harvesting the biotechnology beets already planted on more than 1 million acres spanning 10 states from Michigan to Oregon. All the seed comes from Oregon's Willamette Valley. Additional planting won't be allowed until the U.S. Department of Agriculture submits an environmental impact statement. That sort of extensive examination can take two or three years. White declined a request to issue an injunction that would have imposed a permanent ban on the biotech beets, which Monsanto Co. developed to resist its popular weed killer, Roundup. Farmers have embraced the technology as a way to lower their costs on labor, fuel and equipment. The Center for Food Safety, Organic Seed Alliance and Sierra Club have been trying to uproot the biotech beets since filing a 2008 lawsuit. Andrew Kimbrell, the Center for Food Safety's executive director, hailed Friday's decision as a major victory in the fight against genetically engineered crops and chided the Agriculture Department for approving the genetically engineered seeds without a full environmental review. "Hopefully, the agency will learn that their mandate is to protect farmers, consumers and the environment and not the bottom line of corporations such as Monsanto," Kimbrell said in a statement. Attempts to reach the Agriculture Department for comment Saturday were unsuccessful. Monsanto, based in St. Louis, referred requests for comment to the America Sugarbeet Growers Association, which pointed to a Saturday statement from the Sugar Industry Biotech Council. In the statement, the sugar beet council said it intends to help the Agriculture Department come up with "interim measures" that would allow continued production of the genetically altered seeds while regulators conduct their environmental review. If a temporary solution isn't found, the planting restrictions are likely to cause major headaches for sugar beet growers and food processors. The genetically altered sugar beets provide about one-half of the U.S. sugar supply and some farmers have warned there aren't enough conventional seeds and herbicide to fill the void. The scientific seeds account for about 95 percent of the current sugar beet crop in the U.S. "The value of sugar beet crops is critically important to rural communities and their economies," the Sugar Industry Biotech Council said Saturday. White expressed little sympathy for any disruption his decision might cause. He noted in his 10-page ruling that regulators had time to prepare for the disruption because he had already overturned the deregulation of the genetically altered beets in a decision issued last September. The Agriculture Department "has already had more than sufficient time to take interim measures, but failed to act expediently," White wrote. Organic farmers, food safety advocates and conservation groups contend genetically altered crops such as the sugar beets could share their genes with conventionally grown food, such as chard and table beets. Those arguments helped persuade another federal judge in San Francisco to stop the planting of genetically altered alfalfa seeds in 2007 pending a full environmental review that still hasn't been completed. Monsanto took that case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which in June overturned an injunction against the company's sale of the modified seeds.
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#1. To: christine, farmfriend, CadetD, wudidiz, HighLairEon, TwentyTwelve, James Deffenbach, Jethro Tull, Horse, Lod, Kamala, Eric Stratton, HAPPY2BEME4UM, randge, X-15, scrapper2, AllTheKingsHorses, FormerLurker, Itistoolate, Esso, ratcat, Cynicom, all (#0)
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"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
This is an important ruling on a couple of levels. 1. It will take untested, and potentially health threatening, GMO Sugar out of the food supply. 2. It establishes that the USDA, owned by Monsatan, does not have the final word. The caveats of course are that the higher courts, such as the filthy treasonous swine infesting the Supreme Court, are owned by the special interests as well.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
The caveats of course are that the higher courts, such as the filthy treasonous swine infesting the Supreme Court, are owned by the special interests as well. Are you saying, "we lose"???? Again.
Again. Possibly. There are variables. The anti-GMO coalition is growing rapidly and has some very bright minds. As well there has been significant activity here in Oregon in opposition to the growing of GMO Sugar Beets in particular. I think that in the end we will prevail, but it is going to be a fight. Monsatan has a big war chest and the Globalists are pushing this as part of their Food Control program. The undercurrent here, which is not real to the programmed Sheeple, is that Food Control and increased mortality ARE part of the program. GMO Frankenfood is one of the ways that they intend to "cull the herd". Of course Organically Grown food will remain available to the well heeled elites. They will ensure that. That is one of the reasons Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are funding the Arctic Seed Vault to ensure non-GMO seeds are preserved in order to rebuild after killing off 5 or 6 BILLION people. This is also why the draconian so-called Food Safety Bill is being pushed as it would outlaw growing your own food, sharing that food, or trading that food. The reality here that people are not getting is that these people, Rotchilds and Rockefuckers, are DEAD serious about world control, and they want a much reduced and heavily controlled population of slaves.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
I can't stop laffing... oh, that is a hum-dinger, a real knee-slapper! Of course, you never get to "root cause" about an issue. Listen up, pal.... these giant corporations are creating farm-able products that require less water while being pest free. Why? Not to "cull the herd" as you suggest within your diatribe but to feed the increasing population base of the world that is experiencing a diminishing fresh water table while the average ambient temperatures are going up. Oh, and under these harsh conditions pests are increasing everywhere. Do I agree with the rapid pace of this technology? Of course not. But, what are we to do otherwise .... read your rants on the Internet or develop new methods of agricultural? Do you have any idea of the silliness of your suggestions? Man, you never seem to end with a few unintended jokes to throw around. You truly are a comedian.
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
Great news! It is way, way past time to stop the cs'ers at Monsanto. From corn to beans, to any other crop that they try to get patents on. Round-Up Ready, my ass.
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
Do you have any idea of the level of ignorance your comments prove? Obviously not, in your blithe and unthinking ignorance and regurgitation of industry talking points and misinformation as is most frequently the case you are a fount of frauds and fallacies. YouTube - Health Ranger interviews Jeffrey Smith about dangers of GMOs The Myths Of Agricultural Biotechnology: Some Ethical Questions Genetically Modified Foods are Inherently Unsafe As for the myth that they increase productivity: GM crop produces lower yield, says scientist Do GM Crops Increase Yield? The Answer is No Genetically Modified Foods Not Good Economically Either? I could very easily produce another hundred links about the health risks, dangers, and lies used to promote them, of GMO crops. However, I suspect that as with most issues you will rigidly follow the Party Lyin'.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
It is way, way past time to stop the cs'ers at Monsanto. From corn to beans, to any other crop that they try to get patents on. Round-Up Ready, my ass. Yes, "Round-up Ready". Gosh how wonderful. Of course another side effect from using "Round-up Ready" crops has been to produce a new generation of Round-up Ready super weeds. Monsanto and the Roundup Ready Controversy (Note: In addition to the issues raised on this page, there are a host of other concerns with genetic modification. Furthermore, the issues and statistics in the fast-paced biotech world are ever in flux. The reader is encouraged to visit the other websites here for more and up-to-date info.) Monsanto is considered the Mother of agricultural biotechnology (1). Their "Roundup Ready" crops have been genetically engineered to permit direct, "over the top" application of the Monsanto herbicide glyphosate allowing farmers to drench both their crops and crop land with the herbicide so as to be able to kill nearby weeds (and any other green thing the herbicide touches) without killing the crops (2). "RR soybeans are heavily herbicide dependent" [1] [2] says Charles M. Benbrook, an expert in the field [3]. This is because the "Roundup Ready System" is primarily a "no-till" system. Rather than the traditional tilling of the ground to control weeds the RR system relies on its herbicide to control them, "No-till cropping systems are the most demanding with regards to weed control. The crop is seeded directly into untilled soil with no follow-up cultivation. Weed control depends entirely on herbicides" [4]. In fact, the Roundup Ready System was specifically designed to require the exclusive use of Monsanto's herbicide, Roundup, primarily, some say, to increase profits for Monsanto - and at almost 250 million GM acres worldwide which all require Roundup that's a lot of profit [5]. Says David Ehrenfield, Professor of Biology at Rutgers University, "Genetic Engineering is often justified as a human technology, one that feeds more people with better food. Nothing could be further from the truth. With very few exceptions, the whole point of genetic engineering is to increase sales of chemicals and bio-engineered products to dependent farmers" [6]. "In the United States, the widespread adoption of Roundup Ready crops combined with the emergence of glyphosate-resistant weeds has driven a more than 15-fold increase in the use of glyphosate on major field crops from 1994 to 2005" [7] pdf. The draw for farmers is the promised reduced cost, and increased yield and thus extra profit over traditional systems. Says this Monsanto blurb "no-till soybeans grown in narrow rows add $16 per acre more to a grower's bottom line than conventional soybeans.... On a 1,000 acre farm, no-till can save as much as 450 hours of time and 3,500 gallons of diesel fuel each year. That's 11, 40-hour weeks in time savings and $4,000 less for diesel at $1.15 per gallon" [8]. However the weed control advantage of the no-till vs. conventional system has been disputed [9]. BTW here is a useful reference: The Non-GMO Shopping Guide
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
Good. We need to get rid of these GM crops. Most anything from the evil Monsanto corporation. Across the Dakotas, the GM canola is going crazy. We'll be lucky if it doesn't turn into a total biohazard to normal grasses and plants.
I'd bet Monsanto has an evil program to develop a product line of Round-Up Ready toilet paper.
Damn! Thank you for all this information.
Why are you disparaging the jackass? You have to know he is smarter than buck of the loose screw.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. BUSTED! The only thing "BUSTED" here is your moral compass and cognitive functions. As you proved previously your total and abysmal ignorance upon the issues mentioned is nearly complete. Of course you have to make it all the more blatant by loudly and obnoxiously parading your ignorance while proving you have the manners of a braying Jackass. 5. It would remove the right to clean, store and thus own seed in the US, putting control of seeds in the hands of Monsanto and other multinationals, threatening US security. See Seeds – How to criminalize them, for more details. Gabriel Cousens, M.D.: Defend your Dinner - Fight Senate Bill 510 ... Food Safety Modernization Act: The End of Homegrown Produce ... Food Safety on the Farm: Federal Programs and Selected Proposals Why We MUST Stop S510 Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010 ...
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
Thank you for all this information. You are welcome. These are all issues I'm sensitized to as an avid gourmet Kitchen Gardener. This first starting really popping up on the horizon as a real problem in the late 90's and it is getting worse as Monsatan, which sells 90% of all GMO seeds, is working hard at establishing total dominance in the production of food. Other side issues include something surfacing recently, anecdotally from Veterinarians, is that animals raised on GMO fodder suffer a whole host of ills which are cured within a couple of weeks by discontinuing the GMO fodder - which pretty well proves the link.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
As always, EVERTHING you post has no credence in FACT.... but it does have credence in FICTION. Sometimes, I wonder if you can distinguish between the two... I already quoted the summary (and a HOTLINK) .... not some set of selected BS artists that you blindly swallow because you have no concept about the issues.
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
You are right. I apologize to the Jackass for the unsavory association.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
Across the Dakotas, the GM canola is going crazy. We'll be lucky if it doesn't turn into a total biohazard to normal grasses and plants. Yes, the GMO crops, while not without potential, are at this point in time a biohazard. I was reading earlier today about how some of the GMO plants have gotten loose and are now showing up in the wild. This does not augur good for the environment. The only saving grace is that they are also genetically unstable and in time will revert to type, but in the short run they are a hazard. Monsatan is the epitomy of the amoral soulless corporate crony capitalist seeking to use government to establish a near monopoly. They must be stopped. I would like to see their management hung, but would settle for life behind bars.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
I am sure the jackass would be glad if you don't let that happen again.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. ROTFL
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
Thank you for the ping. I've been buying beets to make vegetable juice lately and noticed the non-organic beets are much bigger than I remember beets ever being. It's a shame a guy has to wade through the shit droppings of the forum's resident stooge just to read this thread. I think I'll put the bozo feature to use again.
You're welcome. True that. However, it did give me the opportunity to post a lot more data and a cute look-alike picture of a braying Jackass. :-) I can't say that I blame you, but seeing what the Jackass has to bray does provide an opportunity to see what the official disinformation talking points are.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
Who owns Monsanto?
"The 'uniter' has brought the entire world together - to despise and deride us." lod
Good question. I could be flippant and say "the stockholders", but that would be flip. I've never researched out who the majority stockholders are. I've thought about it, but have never followed through on it.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
Again. LOL - well said.
#2. To: All (#0)
#3. To: Original_Intent (#2)
It establishes that the USDA, owned by Monsatan, does not have the final word.
#4. To: Cynicom, James Deffenbach, christine, wudidiz, TwentyTwelve, CadetD, farmfriend, Kamala, all (#3)
Are you saying, "we lose"????
#5. To: Original_Intent (#4)
GMO Frankenfood is one of the ways that they intend to "cull the herd". !
#6. To: Original_Intent (#0)
#7. To: Original_Intent (#4)
#8. To: buckeroo, Buckmonster Fullofit, Nostradumbass, abraxas, Critter, James Deffenbach, FormerLurker, wudidiz, IRTorqued, christine, farmfriend, all (#5)
Do you have any idea of the silliness of your suggestions?
Buckie's considered opinion. Excerpt: The agrochemical corporations which control the direction and goals of agricultural innovation through biotechnology claim that genetic engineering will enhance the sustainability of agriculture by solving the very problems affecting conventional farming and will spare Third World farmers from low productivity, poverty and hunger (Molnar and Kinnucan 1989, Gresshoft 1996). By matching myth with reality the following section describes how and why current developments in agricultural biotechnology do not measure up to such promises and expectations.
#9. To: Lod, all, *The Freedom4um Cook Book* (#6)
Great news!
From SourceWatch
#10. To: Original_Intent (#0)
#11. To: Lod (#6)
Round-Up Ready, my ass.
#12. To: Original_Intent (#9)
#13. To: Original_Intent (#8)
Lord Acton
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#14. To: buckeroo, Buckmonster Fullofit, Nostradumbass, abraxas, Critter, James Deffenbach, FormerLurker, wudidiz, IRTorqued, christine, farmfriend, all (#7)
This is also why the draconian so-called Food Safety Bill is being pushed as it would outlaw growing your own food, sharing that food, or trading that food.
Excerpt: ...“If accepted [S 510] would preclude the public’s right to grow, own, trade, transport, share, feed and eat each and every food that nature makes. It will become the most offensive authority against the cultivation, trade and consumption of food and agricultural products of one’s choice. It will be unconstitutional and contrary to natural law or, if you like, the will of God.” ~Dr. Shiv Chopra, Canada Health whistleblower
It is similar to what India faced with imposition of the salt tax during British rule, only S 510 extends control over all food in the US, violating the fundamental human right to food.
Monsanto says it has no interest in the bill and would not benefit from it, but Monsanto’s Michael Taylor who gave us rBGH and unregulated genetically modified (GM) organisms, appears to have designed it and is waiting as an appointed Food Czar to the FDA (a position unapproved by Congress) to administer the agency it would create — without judicial review — if it passes. S 510 would give Monsanto unlimited power over all US seed, food supplements, food and farming."... ..."constitutional, and human survival grounds.
1. It puts all US food and all US farms under Homeland Security and the Department of Defense, in the event of contamination or an ill-defined emergency. It resembles the Kissinger Plan.
2. It would end US sovereignty over its own food supply by insisting on compliance with the WTO, thus threatening national security. It would end the Uruguay Round Agreement Act of 1994, which put US sovereignty and US law under perfect protection. Instead, S 510 says:
COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS.
Nothing in this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) shall be construed in a manner inconsistent with the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization or any other treaty or international agreement to which the United States is a party.
3. It would allow the government, under Maritime Law, to define the introduction of any food into commerce (even direct sales between individuals) as smuggling into “the United States.” Since under that law, the US is a corporate entity and not a location, “entry of food into the US” covers food produced anywhere within the land mass of this country and “entering into” it by virtue of being produced.
4. It imposes Codex Alimentarius on the US, a global system of control over food. It allows the United Nations (UN), World Health Organization (WHO), UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the WTO to take control of every food on earth and remove access to natural food supplements. Its bizarre history and its expected impact in limiting access to adequate nutrition (while mandating GM food, GM animals, pesticides, hormones, irradiation of food, etc.) threatens all safe and organic food and health itself, since the world knows now it needs vitamins to survive, not just to treat illnesses.
6. It includes NAIS (My Note: National Animal Identification System. NAIS This would require EVERY non-wild animal in the U.S. to be tracked and registered, including pets, and would destroy small farmers through a maze of paperwork and draconian penalities.), an animal traceability program that threatens all small farmers and ranchers raising animals. The UN is participating through the WHO, FAO, WTO, and World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) in allowing mass slaughter of even heritage breeds of animals and without proof of disease. Biodiversity in farm animals is being wiped out to substitute genetically engineered animals on which corporations hold patents. Animal diseases can be falsely declared. S 510 includes the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), despite its corrupt involvement in the H1N1 scandal, which is now said to have been concocted by the corporations." ...
#15. To: Lod (#12)
Damn!
#16. To: Original_Intent (#14)
GMO Frankenfood is one of the ways that they intend to "cull the herd". !
This is also why the draconian so-called Food Safety Bill is being pushed as it would outlaw growing your own food, sharing that food, or trading that food.
#17. To: James Deffenbach, Nostradumbass, all (#13)
Why are you disparaging the jackass? You have to know he is smarter than buck of the loose screw.
#18. To: TooConservative (#10)
Good. We need to get rid of these GM crops. Most anything from the evil Monsanto corporation.
#19. To: Original_Intent (#17)
You are right. I apologize to the Jackass for the unsavory association.
Lord Acton
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#20. To: Original_Intent (#18)
Yes, the GMO crops, while not without potential, are at this point in time a biohazard.
#21. To: Original_Intent (#1)
I ran out of smart sounding quotes
#22. To: wudidiz (#21)
(Edited)
It's a shame a guy has to wade through the shit droppings of the forum's resident stooge just to read this thread.
I think I'll put the bozo feature to use again.
#23. To: Original_Intent (#22)
#24. To: Bub (#23)
#25. To: Cynicom (#3)
Are you saying, "we lose"????
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