Mothers are Demystifying Genetic Engineering
In an independent study, pigs in a US piggery were fed GM corn and soy from weaning until slaughter.[i]
The GM-fed pigs had 2.6 times the rate of severe stomach inflammation of pigs fed a non-GM diet.
The uteruses of pigs fed GM were 25% heavier than those fed non-GM.
Farmers report increased need for antibiotics, high levels of livestock deaths, listlessness and aggression in animals fed GM.[ii]
MONSANTO – WHY WE ARE RALLYING TODAY
"What you are seeing is not just a consolidation of seed companies, it’s really a consolidation of the entire food chain"
Fraley R. (co-president of Monsanto's agricultural sector) 1996, in the Farm Journal.
Monsanto is a chemical company. Its products include:
“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” - Arundhati Roy
Do you like coffee and making the world a better place? Would you like to meet other MADGEs and have some fun online asking Coles and Woolworths to label their GM food? Bring along a wifi-enabled device and we'll get busy asking companies to label GM.
We're meeting next Monday, 6th May, at Pope Joan in Brunswick, Melbourne, which is headed by all-round good fooder Matthew Wilkinson who signed the GM chefs charter and runs a fantastic GM-free kitchen!
If you can't make it in person join us online at 11.30 am on FaceBook or on twitter with the hashtag #labelGMaus. This will be a monthly event so stay tuned for the next session details.
See you there!
The Ideas and Society discussion “Can we feed 9 billion in 2050?" at La Trobe University was profoundly disillusioning. The destructive structure of our global food system was apparently invisible to the panel. Instead much energy was devoted to claiming people concerned about GM crops are a huge problem. This was news to MADGE.
The question the panel should have addressed is “Since we produce enough food to feed 9 billion people right now, why are nearly 1 billion people hungry today?” The answers are not a secret, people are hungry because:
What if your kids stopped whining for junk food because they thought it was uncool and they were being manipulated into eating it?
Watch this great Food Fight where the boyz in the hood fight off fast food pushers with fruit and veg. MADGE would love to hear any reactions from your kids!
It “reminds us about the true lunacy of designating foods as ‘organic’ and ‘traditional’ in modern society. These Bhutan farmers are not growing magic beans or enchanted corn, they are growing real food. Actual food as it was grown for thousands of years.”
If you think your kids won’t eat real food or drink try Super Nanny’s approach. In a recent programme she recommended:
Will a 30 second TV add on GM determine the WA election?
