Has anyone seen "the future of food"
It's a documentary capturing some important aspects of Genetically Modified Foods and the corporations which run them. I have been taking a Mass Media and Pop Culture class this semester and have been highly disturbed by the small elite group (which yearly shrinks) that owns multiple facets of our media.
In this case, the video focuses on the cross contamination of farmer's seeds which have been bred countless generations to produce a desirable product and a healthy one. This contamination occurs when GMO's cross pollinate with the farmer's own plants. This can occur from trucks spilling seeds, AIR, and the worst aspect is that decades of work are lost in the process of cross-pollinating.
The corporations then upon 'approaching' honest farmers take samples and of course---find their 'inserted, patented gene' which usually consists of a bacteria gene inserted (along with other gunk) to create the most boring, uniform and pesticide resistant (well, until the surviving insects natural select over time) plants. Then they SUE the farmers because they OWN the gene and therefore IT IS STOLEN.
And why shouldn't the farmers sue for ruining batches of seeds which will forever be destroyed by a simple crosspolination? Well those who have fought have mainly lost and are not allowed to talk about settlements. Many organics are being cross contaminated through air and possible water. And if you watch the documentary, you'll see that there are COUNTLESS members of the FDA and EPA which have shares and director seats in these companies that produced GMO's.
And, despite our majority desire to label GMO's, we are unable to get these passed. It just makes me sick. The US can be so anti-progressive sometimes. I am a student of molecular biology and I find it inexcusable that we continue to play russian roulette with the live's of ourselves and our futures to line a few people's pockets.
Hey Beanthai! Great to see you post!
You might want to go over to the News and Debate board and look at my post, about the doc "The World According to Monsanto." I posted a link where you can watch the doc on the Greenpeace website, since I really don't think US TV will be showing it any time soon!
Its French made and very hard-hitting. It upset my omni DH so much he couldn't even finish it.
Seen it. Upsetting. Infuriating. Discouraging. And just plain scary.
Hey Benathai! Thanks for the recommendation.
You'd probably be interested in Yabbit's doc like she mentioned and might also be interested in the docs I have linked on the "Scary but True" thread, too. It's ALL inter-related. You'll see. Ever heard of the Illuminati? Sounds far-fetched... until you start seeing the little pieces all coming together right in front of us, except we're too preoccupied with distractions (ie: fear-based living: reality shows dumbing us down; poor health because of our food, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, toxic environment and and pollution; poor economy through downward spiral of the dollar, mortgage failures, job losses due to company downsizing and relocation of jobs out of US, etc; constant terrorist attacks around world and "threatening" us; people going on unexplained rampages ; illegal immigrants supposedly taking our jobs and "ruining" economy ; RFD chip, "Real ID"; Georgia Stones; Patriot Act which strips us of all of our basic rights and was pulled off underhanded; NAFTA; CAFTA, Superhighway- look into who owns the land now with rights to the access and control and who gets the contracts to build the roadway; Bilderberg group; Bohemian Grove; how FDA, AMA, Federal Reserve Bank were really brought about and act-- completely corrupt, look at their true agenda; Rockefellers; GMO's, Codex Alimentarius, IB Fargen- where did Hitler's scientists go to work after war?; dumbing down our school curriculum for our kids , constant fighting amongst religious beliefs; conglomeration of media outlets by few elites who control what we hear, see; New World Order- one gov't for all world with majority people having no control, NOT a democracy!; etc, etc, etc) to notice! The info's out there if we will only look!
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We feel sorry for cattle, the way they are treated-- we are nothing but "cattle" to them in their plan IF they get their way,which they are so far...
Sorry if seems like a downer, it's just that we need to wake up before it gets even worse, because it will.
...until/unless we all change our consciousness to something new! :hrmm: :)
Thanks guys, I'll be checking the threads out you provided whenever I get out of work...bleh!
yabbit, bookmama, FF :P Nice to see ya'll and so happy the boards are back *phew*
This brings up a question that I think I know the answer to. The last time I was in my home state was in 1991 or 2. My mother listened to a lot of radio in her car and at home and I remember saying to her, "Gee, it sounds like they want to scare everyone of everything." She agreed.
The last time I was in the US was in 1996, and it didn't even feel like the same country. As I told my husband, I got the growing feeling that the world leaders were having this sort of conversation: "Hey, you do this, and then I'll do that, and Country X will stand up and shout about it--but what's really going on is this thing over here that we don't want anyone to notice."
So I'm not making it up? There really was/is a concerted effort to make people live in fear of one thing, as a sort of smokescreen for what's really going on--which is really scary?
Being paranoid doesn't necessarily mean they're not out to get me. :-X
Being paranoid doesn't necessarily mean they're not out to get me. :-X
Lol!
No, you're intuition is correct Yabbit. Unfortunately. :( People are starting to realize something is definitely not right. The ones who are less caught up in the distractions and fog of what our society seems to be focusing on (what "they" want us to focus on) are more aware of what's happening than others. Some are just vaguely aware something is wrong, but can not tell what or even why. Some choose to look the other way and live in denial. It is hard and somewhat scary to recognize what is truly happening. Right now the point is simply making oneself aware of what's happening in our world- how many happenings are inter-related and how things are not what they appear to be. Eventually we will need to decide what to do about it. Causing more pain and hurting each other is not the option to choose- that I know. But there are ways to prevent the horrible things they want to happen. As I said, just becoming open to the possiblilty that it is happening is a huge step in the right direction. Choosing to use our concsciousness. And we each need to accept personal responsibilty for our lives, our actions, ourselves- stop looking for one person to lead us out of our mess we've created and start looking to ourselves for the answer. We each have it in us. Each of us combined, that is the power that will bring about the change we need.
I know, it sounds crazy... but use your intuition. And start researching. Be aware some people will use "conspiracy theories" to try to manipulate to their own agendas and personal gain. Educate yourself then use your intuition.
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The US can be so anti-progressive sometimes.
I'm sorry, but sometimes?