Comments on: Monsanto in the Sustainability Business http://www.sustainabletable.org/2009/02/monsanto-in-the-sustainability-business/ Celebrating local sustainable food, educating consumers on food-related issues and working to build community through food. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:42:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: JD http://www.sustainabletable.org/2009/02/monsanto-in-the-sustainability-business/comment-page-1/#comment-265248 JD Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:07:27 +0000 http://www.sustainabletable.org/?p=1939#comment-265248 I and several other people I know on Maui are suffering from a "supercold". Cough, sniffles, sneezes, headache and intestinal discomfort that won't go away-we've all had it for at least a month. Could it have anything to do with the modified viruses and bacteria Monsanto is using to create their GMO products? I HOPE that's just a paranoid fantasy but history indicates it should be researched a bit before discarding (along with other possible explanations). I and several other people I know on Maui are suffering from a “supercold”. Cough, sniffles, sneezes, headache and intestinal discomfort that won’t go away-we’ve all had it for at least a month. Could it have anything to do with the modified viruses and bacteria Monsanto is using to create their GMO products? I HOPE that’s just a paranoid fantasy but history indicates it should be researched a bit before discarding (along with other possible explanations).

]]> By: Molly Rockamann http://www.sustainabletable.org/2009/02/monsanto-in-the-sustainability-business/comment-page-1/#comment-265070 Molly Rockamann Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:06:54 +0000 http://www.sustainabletable.org/?p=1939#comment-265070 Monsanto won a "Hero of the Planet" award this year from the St. Louis Business Journal. Disgusting, but it's all about perception. Check the St. Louis Business Journal online if you want to keep tabs on the greenwashing Monsanto does locally. (as well as keep tabs on new hires, mergers, and financial prowess) Monsanto won a “Hero of the Planet” award this year from the St. Louis Business Journal. Disgusting, but it’s all about perception.
Check the St. Louis Business Journal online if you want to keep tabs on the greenwashing Monsanto does locally. (as well as keep tabs on new hires, mergers, and financial prowess)

]]> By: JeffH http://www.sustainabletable.org/2009/02/monsanto-in-the-sustainability-business/comment-page-1/#comment-265055 JeffH Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:10:30 +0000 http://www.sustainabletable.org/?p=1939#comment-265055 Please note in the book by Claire Hope Cummings: Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds Maui is a hotbed of genetic engineering and field trials. It's not at all surprising that Monsanto would have people there. Two completely different points of view, one by an independent scholar, one the product of finely-tuned message crafting fueled by huge PR budgets. The whole point of that craft and that money is to make you think twice about what would otherwise be an obvious conclusion. Please note in the book by Claire Hope Cummings:
Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds
Maui is a hotbed of genetic engineering and field trials. It’s not at all surprising that Monsanto would have people there.

Two completely different points of view, one by an independent scholar, one the product of finely-tuned message crafting fueled by huge PR budgets. The whole point of that craft and that money is to make you think twice about what would otherwise be an obvious conclusion.

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