It’s virtually impossible these days to enter a grocery store, even one
bearing the title of ‘natural’, and not encounter at least a few items
that contain genetically modified ingredients. And for quite some time,
this fact was not even known to the large majority of the United States
public. Many simply did not even know what a GMO was, or what it could
potentially do to their bodies (or the bodies of the children who they
were feeding with genetically engineered processed food).
This, of course, stems from the fact that the FDA and Monsanto have
decided that you aren’t allowed to know if your food contains GMOs. Even
despite the fact that peer-reviewed research has pegged Monsanto’s
best selling herbicide Roundup (which is a key part of Monsanto’s
Roundup-ready GMO crops) to around 37 associated diseases, the FDA says
it’s perfectly safe. So safe that it’s not even necessary to label in
your food. So very safe that the only study that ever examined how
Roundup and GMOs affect rats throughout their lifetime found that the
rats developed tumors so large that it impacted their very ability to
move.
It’s madness that has been identified for a long time by alternative
news writers and readers, but thanks to the success of Prop 37 and other
initiatives it has now hit the general public — and they’re not happy.
The Grassroots Will End Monsanto
Now enter campaigns like the March on Monsanto,
which is slated to happen around the world on May 25th. It’s a
grassroots event that has turned into a major organized movement thanks
to countless local activists. The event is going on in major cities like
San Diego and New York City, to small towns and even rural areas. It’s
all being organized online via an open Google Document,
where you can find the protest nearest to you and be a part of it.
There’s also many open slots for organizers and speakers, so if you’re
interested in that be sure to check that out as well.
The beauty of these events is that they are really the most effective at
taking down any type of corrupt entity, as the grassroots aspect just
empowers so many individuals without an underlying motivation for
profits or anything of that sort. It really just comes down to people
who want to eat real food and not some junk that’s spliced with the
genetics of a spider. Or more importantly, the few people who understand
that if we don’t stop genetically modified organisms today, they will
develop technologically into what’s known as things like ‘biopharmaceutical‘ crops tomorrow.
I’ve said this back in 2011 and 2012, and I really do believe the
grassroots will destroy Monsanto within the next 3-4 years (at most).
The company has gotten away with Agent Orange and the hundreds
of thousands of deaths from that, it has gotten away with horrendous
pollution dumps, it has truly gotten away with so much that the average
‘small business’ (a business that isn’t in bed with the government
agencies policing it) would never be able to. And the people aren’t
having it anymore.
Checkout March Against Monsanto and head to a local event. Hand out some
printed articles on GMOs from NaturalSociety or elsewhere, and just try
and spread the word in a kind and inviting way to the general public.
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