A Round Up on Monsanto - August 1st

Recorded Thursday night- and then my iMovie refused to work! Sorry- not getting this up until now! I've linked all stories plus a more recent one on my blog at http://thespartacat.blogspot.com/ probably the easiest place to follow all the links! There's also a more recent story on Monsanto and Canadian food law up there. George Washington University professor appointed senior adviser to FDA commissioner https://www.drugstorenews.com/(S(hi0c5xbu0hxxxszcq0bsy53z))/story.aspx?id=109221 You're Appointing Who? Please Obama, Say It's Not So! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-smith/youre-appointing-who-plea_b_243810.html Organic Consumers Association: Taylor Should Resign FDA http://www.appomattoxnews.com/2009/organic-consumers-association-taylor-should-resign-fda.html Organic Consumers Association Website: http://www.organicconsumers.org/ FSA's Organic Review: http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2009/jul/organic Study downplays benefits of organic food http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/eycwauojidey/ EU's 2007 Organic food study: http://prismwebcastnews.com/2007/03/30/eu-funded-studies-show-organic-food-has-higher-nutritional-quality/ Don't Panic: World Food Crisis Coming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2OMFM9zJCA&feature=channel_page TheFuture Of Food: http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/the_future_of_food/ http://www.thefutureoffood.com/ Sign up for the 30 day GM free challenge: http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/Home/index.cfm Soil Association report shows GM crops do not yield more - sometimes less http://www.soilassociation.org/web/sa/saweb.nsf/848d689047cb466780256a6b00298980/3cacfd251aab6d318025742700407f02!OpenDocument Your Milk on Drugs
The Dangers of rBGH in Dairy Products: http://yourmilkondrugs.com/ TOM VILSACK- who is he? A reminder..... Tom Vilsack- an article written by someone who clearly likes him: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=bios_vilsack.xml More on Vilsack: http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-politically-correct-Vi-by-Linn-Cohen-Cole-090127-538.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/us/politics/17appoint.html?_r=1 http://PamelaDrew.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/17/2222546-obama-kills-hope-for-change-naming-vilsack-to-usda Six Reasons Why Obama Appointing Monsanto's Buddy, Former Iowa Governor Vilsack, for USDA Head Would be a Terrible Idea http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_15573.cfm Obama sold out. Vilsack is pro-biotech AND anti-democratic http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/18/203949/10/471/674819