The US government has paved the way for Monsanto, the world's largest and most powerful seed company (among other things), to own our food supply AND our nation's farmers.
A few key excerpts from an article in Blacklisted News give a pretty clear overview of how this has happened:
Thanks to CampaignForLiberty for this:
FDA's Response to FTCLDF Suit over Interstate Raw Milk Ban
http://www.ftcldf.org/litigation-FDA.htm for details on the case
High school student Amelia chose Monsanto as the subject of her year-long 10th grade project. Her goal was to research the company and ultimately answer the question, "Is Monsanto Evil?"
From Ag Weekly - the potential impact of eating locally:
TWIN FALLS - Janie Burns can remember when Idaho's agricultural landscape looked much different than it does today.
Monolithic agribusiness & biotech corporations like Monsanto are gaining more and more power over our food supply, thanks in part to Congress creating policies that give them competitive advantage while harming small farmers & competitors, but also because we consume their products every day, without knowing it.
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DOWNLOAD: Failure to Yield (2009)
For years the biotechnology industry has trumpeted that it will feed the world, promising that its genetically engineered crops will produce higher yields.
