Without position nor possession…
not even a shirt on their back…
if you would take them standing naked in the dirt…
then it is love.
Aug 192012
Aug 162012
Yesterday it was revealed that the biotech industry and Big Ag have already dumped $25 million – $4.2 million from chemical and seed giant Monsanto alone – into the campaign to defeat Proposition 37 in California, the November 6 citizens ballot initiative that will require genetically engineered foods to be labeled and put an end to the deceptive industry practice of marketing GMO-tainted foods as “natural” or “all natural.”
The California Secretary of State just released the latest Who’s Who of donors to the NO on 37 and YES on 37 campaigns. Topping the list of donors to the NO on 37 anti-labeling campaign is Monsanto and the rest of the Biotech agri-toxics gang, aided and abetted by processed food manufacturers and supermarket chains. As of Aug. 15, they’ve raised more than $25 million to keep you from knowing what’s in your food. And of course the November 6 election is still more than two months away. On our side, YES on 37, we’ve raised $2.7 million with several million more in pledges.
Who are the top donors on our side, calling for truthful labels on GMOs? The top two donors are Mercola.com, the nation’s largest network of natural health consumers, and the Organic Consumers Fund (OCF), the allied grassroots lobbying arm of the Organic Consumers Association. Mercola.com has already donated $800,000 to the cause, while the OCF has donated approximately $700,000 so far, almost all of which has come in the form of small donations from organic food consumers. Other large donors to the YES on 37 campaign so far include Nature’s Path, Dr. Bronner’s, Lundberg Family Farms, Eden Foods, and Organic Valley, leading brands in the organic industry.
It’s clear that the NO on 37 folks have a lot at stake – namely, grotesque profits. After Monsanto, the top donor is DuPont Pioneer, at more than $2.4 million. Pepsi/Frito Lay has moved into the no. 3 spot, at more than $1.7 million. In all, nine companies have pitched in more than $1 million each – most of them biotech and pesticide companies, along with Pepsi, Nestle and Coca-Cola.
Total number of major donors so far to the NO on Prop 37 campaign? 45 – all with ties to the biotech, pesticide and Big Food industries. Total number of major donors to the YES campaign? 18 – none with ties to biotech, pesticides or Big Food.
Goliath has indeed roared, but the food fight of our lives has just begun. Goliath has more money, but David, our champion on the battlefield, has truth and grassroots power backing him up. How much more will the Biotech Bullies and Big Ag spend to keep voters in the dark about chemical and energy intensive GMO food? Please stay tuned from now until Nov. 6. We’ll keep you informed and motivated to join OCA, OCF, and our allies in this historic battle that will determine the future of food and farming, not only in North America, but across the world.
Find list of itemized contributions HERE.
Change comes from within —we find a better way as we learn to live wisely.
Mitakuye Oyasin!
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Yesterday evening I was steaming some fresh, organic broccoli to have with supper in a makeshift “steamer” —just a free-standing mesh strainer in a saucepan with the lid resting loosely on top. I was a little careless when I removed the pot from the stove and the lid slid off, crashing to the floor on top of my bare feet. It took a few seconds to put the pot down and fling the steaming-hot, dripping-wet lid from my tootsies. |
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After the initial pain and shock of it, my skin didn’t hurt too much or turn red at first, but searing pain began to flood my senses more and more as the seconds passed, and I knew I had to do something quick to minimize the damage underway. What? —and I remembered the vitamin E. It was right there and handy, so I grabbed the bottle, and in a daze of pain, shook out a soft gel, bit into it, and squeezed the oil onto the tops of both feet, gently massaging it over the entire burned area, which by this time was quite red from the tips of my toes almost to my ankles, and over the top and down the inner sides of both feet. I envisioned them in bandages for days while they healed and considered the chance of infection as blisters burst and exposed raw skin.
I looked at my shiny, oily feet, grimaced at the pain, and waited. As the evening wore on, the pain became less intense and the redness seemed to be receding. By bedtime, the pain was gone and the redness had definitely receded. I decided to protect the affected area during the night with a 4″ x 4″ sterile gauze pad, but actually needed only half of that. By morning the redness was completely gone except for a purplish blotch that might take up the size of a quarter (or two dimes) on both feet and one sort-of blister that never fully developed. I was amazed, and have no reservations what-so-ever believing the vitamin E was responsible for my fast recovery. I used one soft gel of 400 International Units that contained the natural, mixed tocopherols d-Alpha, d-Gamma, d-Beta, and d-Delta. It also contained d-Alpha tocopheryl acetate and 50 mcg of Selenium. I hope this information will be useful to others in a similar situation… Mitakuye Oyasin! |
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