Saturday, February 05, 2011

Biotech sugar beets get USDA's OK for spring planting:
"Genetically modified sugar beets represent more than 90 percent of the sugar beets planted in the country and account for half of the sugar supply. Monsanto, along with the sugar beet industry, has said that preventing the planting of the beets would disrupt the flow of sugar and trigger havoc in the sugar markets."

I think the game is over, frankly. When 90% of sugar beets, corn, soybeans, canola are GMO with rice and alfalfa on the way, there's not much left to fight about. Monsanto has an incredibly effective legal and lobbying team with an impressive string of victories recently. The amazing thing to me is that it is still possible to obtain organically grown foods at all. Enjoy it while it lasts everybody!

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