Obama supports Food Inc's world domination, and all we get is the White House garden?

Nice story with facts too !

Good info Jan.

If this thread is factual, it simply proves that maybe the President doesn't really run this country the way we all want to believe that he does.

I have to believe that the White House, up until now, has ask Michele Obama to stay out of the media. Maybe it's time for her to start speaking up a bit.

some people dont know their ass from a hole in the ground. even less about what to put into it to feed themselves. hes alot smarter than all those countries who ban gmo foods because they are genetically screwed up. show em the movie !

I'm not a bitter hippie, but you sure are rude. And "you'll do some research?" Where have you been living? Under a rock?

hmm i'll do some research into just how much damage that Monsanto is doing to farming... and how much their "gmod" seeds are harmful to the rest of us organic food loving ppl... you know, it's funny. i grew up in a farming community, and Monsanto never reared it's ugly head there. funny because all the farms are still going strong, and last i heard no one is being forced to buy any seeds that they don't want to. if this stuff *has* been going on there, there's been no ill effects because i grew up eating fruit and veggies from said community since i was able to walk, and i'm one of the healthiest people i know. just because i support Obama, does not mean i do not care about the environment. honey and vinegar, janforgore, no one likes listening to a bitter hippie.

gotcha! oh and you never replied about how the government decided "NOT" to allow all that mountaintop mining to go on after all...

And your point is besides contributing nothing to the topic? Oh yes, Obama means more to you than the truth. And this isn't just about "food." This is about sustainability, food freedom, environmental democracy, human rights, globalization, climate change, and everything that will decide the fate of human civilization. And this isn't MY story. There are many in this world who see what is playing out. Too bad your political bias blinds you.

lol how did i know this was a janforgore story... oh yes it has the word food in it.

It is not absurd and it is what many farmers, particularly in Africa want. But their voices are being drowned out by multinational conglomerates pushing their patented seeds down their throats through buying their governments. Also, there is plenty of food in this world and plenty of natural varieties of seeds to grow that food. GMOS are simply a profit motive and are unnecessary. The idea that there isn't enough to feed everyone in this world is a concocted marketing ploy in order to sell GMOs and ROUND UP. Take a look at countries like the US and other rich countries and wonder why there aren't millions in these countries without lack of access to food. Then wonder why it is only in countries like Haiti and countries in Africa... it is lack of access to food to the poor by rich nations, and also WTO and World Bank loan policies that keep many of these countries from being able to grow food to feed THEMSELVES. They use land to grow EXPORT crops and luxury crops like coffee and flowers to export to Europe, thus leaving them less land to work for themselves along with their land being bought up by corporations to grow this crap for biofuel and animal feed. It isn't feeding people. This then pushes up food prices and speculation because of the lack of food in their own countries and makes them dependant on GMO aid from the US.

They starve people so that they will then accept ANYTHING. That is the ONLY way they can get their GMO crap into these countries. It is blatantly fascist to continue to work behind the scenes to ignore what farmers want regarding food sovereignty and the ability to save seeds which is the key to biodiversity, food security, and yield. And yes, there are countries around the world experiencing genuine food insecurity, but it can be remedied with organic sustainable agriculture as that is the farming technique best suited to the land. Industrial agriculture with its over dependence on nitrogen fertilizers and fossil fuels would devastate these developing countries and only exacerbate climate change which has already effected many countries already through drought.

That is why Will Allen of Growing Power is now bringing sustainable aquaculture farming to Africa, and I would surmise it will be much more of a success than Monsanto's BS GMOS for profit with their pesticides. Organic also sequesters carbon in the soil, saves water, and preserves precious soil nutrients that in turn increase yields. GMOS do none of this. We never needed GMOS until Monsanto and some other chemical companies whose profits had slipped due to environmental backlash came up with it as a marketing ploy to repackage themselves.

There is NO WHERE in the world where GMOs are currently saving the world from starvation. It is all a ruse, and Obama is a sellout to those thinking he was going to make changes. By appointing agribusiness hacks to these important positions and continuing Bush policies he is also a hypocrite when it comes to touting any sort of real healthcare reform as long as he supports this fossil fuel poision driven irresponsible technology.

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I'm glad i'm not the only one that understands that side of the problem. World hunger is a very tough problem to solve and organic as,it truel existsis, is a privllege that explains why the target populations of obesity, diabetes, dietary disorders and so on aré the poor. But what what organic envisions itself as is something that could potentially feedback everyone. Laws need to change, the way people think need to change... For instance, look up coop farms and coop buildings, not a novel idea but something people usually ser as akin to communism, but this idea allows ordinary people and the small (potential) farmer in control and in possesion of land and resources that aré ajares equally and penes equally. Envisioning organic, local foods providing for the calóric and nutrional needs is absurd at this point ( in terms of the disadvataged and poor--aka most the world) but it is not a bad or thing to see for the future. Unfortunately there are so Many people on this planet that science has to be the key to solving the problem in an ecofriendly, nutritionally sound way. Companies like monsanto need to be harnessed by government and people to curb their harmful behavoir. Scientists truelly believe they are helping, i've met a tons, but its the companies that are geared towards profit only because it is a pure, non democractic, capitalist society. So it is not a surprise that it works to dominate, thats what oír culture saya to do. So thats why its a process you cant blame politicians try to play a so not to cause mote harm. Obama knows what he's doing.

Obama has actually appointed people from both sides of the debate to influential offices in the FDA and USDA. If he had ONLY appointed anti-agrichem regulators then there'd be some seriously bad bias in the agencies now. Organics CANNOT FEED THE INCREASING POPULATION OF THE WORLD. Organics is great sure, but even using non-gmo conventional farming methods we are still not able to provide enough food for the world's current population.

GMO is not proven safe for you, but its also not proven dangerous. I'd rather not be a guinea pig for testing it out either but simply running in fear of the possible contributions of this field of science is akin to the dark ages approach. Pushing these products on the general population in its current state is flat out negligent but trying to shut down the study of it is irresponsible to our overall population.

You may love feeling good about yourself by consuming only organics but considering many people cannot afford organics, how healthy would it be for them to starve to death without an alternative?

Sorry for the repeat post, mobile webbing on a bus sucks.

Ok, so i guess you didnt understand me. I agree 100% about breaking the control of these companies, but what i'm sayong is that you cant out of thin air and you must use tactics like the tactics the president is using for health care and tobacco. With tobacco he cant even exert pressure besides tax and the bigget players, but he has already gone after smaller business such as cigar and chewless and cloves and we're slowly seeing products leave the shelves. This is how it works, especially with food, where, yes i agree, companies like monsanto aré creating harm as you said, but what do you propose that doesn't involve handling the situation properly, treating it as a transition as with healthcare and tobacco. Another thing he is doing is trying to get these biotech companies to gear towards ecological strategies and friendlyness, because science doesn't have to be harmful, its just unfortunate that it ia right now. Its about getting power back to the consumers by slowly taking away the abusive capitalistic power exerted by such companies. Capatlism, a Love Story offers such a conclusion, i recommend it if you havent seen, because i know i don't do a well of enough job of explaining what i mean. I try.

The president's message is very clear: He's smart enough to know that you can't solve the food crisis by dismantling those who control, unless you want more hunger people. But he's also smart enough to know that it's a process that involves key figures and just the right legal strategies. Did you guys really think he's working on mandated health care because he thinks it's the best? Certainly not, he is one of the biggest single payer advocates, but he knows how the political process goes and he knows in order to succeed you need progress and change, not complete and irrational shut down and commending of projects that would starve people. Look at his goal for healthcare and look at his goal for agri, he's using the same strategies. Asking questions is not enough anymore.

Lame excuse for being a player. GMOs cannot feed the world and it is absolutely disingenuous to continue spreading that fallacy for profit. GMOs are now only making biofuel, animal feed, and transgenic pollution while generating huge profits for industrial ag companies that are now even looking to exploit the deforestation it brings for carbon credits. There are a billion people on our planet starving NOW, and many of them are starving BECAUSE of policies like those his bowing to industrial ag brings on.

The president's message is very clear: He's smart enough to know that you can't solve the food crisis by dismantling those who control, unless you want more hunger people. But he's also smart enough to know that it's a process that involves key figures and just the right legal strategies. Did you guys really think he's working on mandated health care because he thinks it's the best? Certainly not, he is one of the biggest single payer advocates, but he knows how the political process goes and he knows in order to succeed you need progress and change, not complete and irrational shut down and commending of projects that would starve people. Look at his goal for healthcare and look at his goal for agri, he's using the same strategies. Asking questions is not enough anymore.

Address those White House letter the the First Lady. She needs to bitch-slap her husband.

Glad to know I'm not the only one asking this question.