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Protect our health, Stop Monsanto
Top scientists warn the most commonly used herbicide in the world probably causes cancer!
Monsanto is demanding the World Health Organisation retract their ground-breaking report. And experts say the only way to ensure the science is not silenced is if the public demands action, now.
The regulatory system is renowned for being secretive and captured by the agro-chemical industry. But we have a unique moment right now -- the US is officially reassessing glyphosate, with similar processes underway in Canada, Europe, and Brazil. And the Netherlands, Sri Lanka, and El Salvador are all looking at a ban.
The threat is clear -- this poison is used on our food, our fields, our playgrounds, and our streets. Let's get it suspended.
Join the urgent call on the right and tell everyone.
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/monsanto_dont_silence_science_loc_us/?bkWLoab&v=57276
Monsanto is demanding the World Health Organisation retract their ground-breaking report. And experts say the only way to ensure the science is not silenced is if the public demands action, now.
The regulatory system is renowned for being secretive and captured by the agro-chemical industry. But we have a unique moment right now -- the US is officially reassessing glyphosate, with similar processes underway in Canada, Europe, and Brazil. And the Netherlands, Sri Lanka, and El Salvador are all looking at a ban.
The threat is clear -- this poison is used on our food, our fields, our playgrounds, and our streets. Let's get it suspended.
Join the urgent call on the right and tell everyone.
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/monsanto_dont_silence_science_loc_us/?bkWLoab&v=57276
My problem with agribusiness is their farming practices and here in California that includes their way of watering too.
As for me personally, well, I have a big organic garden, we rotate where we plant and our chickens do a good job of fertilizing our soil. I'm eating not only healthy food but delicious fresh food because it's picked fresh and ripe.
As for me personally, well, I have a big organic garden, we rotate where we plant and our chickens do a good job of fertilizing our soil. I'm eating not only healthy food but delicious fresh food because it's picked fresh and ripe.
It helps against weeds, but only if it's not overused, which is what's happening. I read your links and it's true that "super weeds" are developing with resistance to Round-Up, but they just keep using more - that's always the answer... "if a little is good, put on some more"... and with the Round Up Ready seeds they can do that.
Anybody with any sense, knows that if you put enough glyphosate directly on food product, it's going to soak in and leave residue; the people or animals that eat that food will end up with it in their bodies.
The farmers who grow this food, depend on the income as their livelihood; they believe Monsanto over people who say glyphosate is bad for us. They simply shrug and say "what else are we going to do?".
Don't get me wrong - I'm totally with you on this... I don't buy food (plant or animal) if I know it's been grown in areas using Round Up ready seeds. I'm actually trying to grow some of my own...
"What else are we going to do?" When we farmed, we walked down the rows of soy beans with a hoe and either hoed or pulled the weeds; some we sprayed with Round Up, but we sprayed weeds only - it could never touch the beans or it would kill them. That's what all farmers did... they hired kids that were out of school for the summer to do this. It kept them busy and they made good money at it. As time went on, we had a "bean bar" that fit across the front of the tractor, with seats (depending on how many acres had to be done, the seat had 2, 4 or 6 seats and each person took care of 2-4 rows) and we could ride on that and we sprayed the weeds - but again, it was only the weeds because the beans would be killed if the Round Up touched them.
Corn crops were "weeded" with a cultivator only and once the plants were so large, there was no way to get weeds out, so you better hope you did a good job cultivating. Really large weeds could be pulled by hand, just before harvest.
Crops were rotated annually... The ground that had soy beans this year would be corn next year and visa versa - from what I've seen, they don't do that much either anymore, which I believe to be another issue, because each crop is maintaining the residual of the previous crop.
Of course, the old way is a lot of work and that's what they're trying to get away from, but like so many other walks of life, it's the safest for everyone.
All this is really touching on is the herbicide - wait till you start looking at fertilizer, particularly nitrogen and where all the run-off goes. And then there are the pesticides and PCB's..
It's no wonder we have so many more health issues than we used to have.
Anybody with any sense, knows that if you put enough glyphosate directly on food product, it's going to soak in and leave residue; the people or animals that eat that food will end up with it in their bodies.
The farmers who grow this food, depend on the income as their livelihood; they believe Monsanto over people who say glyphosate is bad for us. They simply shrug and say "what else are we going to do?".
Don't get me wrong - I'm totally with you on this... I don't buy food (plant or animal) if I know it's been grown in areas using Round Up ready seeds. I'm actually trying to grow some of my own...
"What else are we going to do?" When we farmed, we walked down the rows of soy beans with a hoe and either hoed or pulled the weeds; some we sprayed with Round Up, but we sprayed weeds only - it could never touch the beans or it would kill them. That's what all farmers did... they hired kids that were out of school for the summer to do this. It kept them busy and they made good money at it. As time went on, we had a "bean bar" that fit across the front of the tractor, with seats (depending on how many acres had to be done, the seat had 2, 4 or 6 seats and each person took care of 2-4 rows) and we could ride on that and we sprayed the weeds - but again, it was only the weeds because the beans would be killed if the Round Up touched them.
Corn crops were "weeded" with a cultivator only and once the plants were so large, there was no way to get weeds out, so you better hope you did a good job cultivating. Really large weeds could be pulled by hand, just before harvest.
Crops were rotated annually... The ground that had soy beans this year would be corn next year and visa versa - from what I've seen, they don't do that much either anymore, which I believe to be another issue, because each crop is maintaining the residual of the previous crop.
Of course, the old way is a lot of work and that's what they're trying to get away from, but like so many other walks of life, it's the safest for everyone.
All this is really touching on is the herbicide - wait till you start looking at fertilizer, particularly nitrogen and where all the run-off goes. And then there are the pesticides and PCB's..
It's no wonder we have so many more health issues than we used to have.
But does it really help against weeds in the long run ?
https://www.organicconsumers.org/old_articles/ge/weed_resistance.php
http://ecowatch.com/2014/04/18/monsantos-roundup-herbicide-in-soy/
https://www.organicconsumers.org/old_articles/ge/weed_resistance.php
http://ecowatch.com/2014/04/18/monsantos-roundup-herbicide-in-soy/
I'm guessing Monsanto and their big bucks will win this battle, even though it's killing us... Farmers using Round-up don't want it taken off the market because it keeps the weeds out of their fields, which helps increase their yields. It's a sad situation...
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