An "F" for Monsanto from the Union of Concerned Scientists

[Scuba]

More proof that "union" isn't a dirty word.


from my email...

Dear Scuba,

Right now, the Monsanto Company is spending millions of dollars on ad campaigns and lobbying to convince you, and decision makers in Washington, that it is “improving” agriculture. UCS is setting the record straight—and we need your help.

We’re launching our own set of ads to tell another side to this story. Our tagline? Monsanto is failing to improve agriculture.

Our analysis has found that Monsanto’s pesticide-promoting, genetically engineered approach has led to new agricultural problems while doing little to feed hungry people and help farmers cope with drought. We’ve also shown that modern, science-based plant breeding and farming practices can achieve such goals more cost effectively than genetically engineered seeds.

While we don’t have the same advertising budget as Monsanto, we do have dedicated supporters like you who value agricultural policies based on objective, science-based analysis over profit-driven attempts to maintain the status quo.

Will you join us in fighting back against Monsanto’s ad campaign by sharing our ads on Twitter and Facebook? (And if you're not on Twitter or Facebook, you can help spread the word here.)

Sincerely,

Jenn Yates
National Field Organizer
UCS Food and Environment Program

[proverbialwisdom]

1. This. Is. Great. Finally!

http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/

Food and Agriculture: Toward Healthy Food and Farms

Working to promote sustainable agriculture in the United States



Our agricultural system has lost its way.

Millions of acres of corn, soybeans, and other commodity crops, grown with the help of heavy government subsidies, dominate our rural landscapes.

To grow these crops, industrial farms use massive amounts of synthetic fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides, which deplete our soil and pollute our air and water.

Much of this harvest will end up as biofuels and other industrial products—and most of the rest will be used in CAFOs (confined animal feeding operations) or in heavily processed junk foods, which seem cheap only because their hidden costs don't show up at the cash register.

Industrial agriculture is unhealthy—for our environment, our climate, our bodies, and our rural economies.

http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/science_and_impacts/impacts_genetic_engineering/

A tutorial.

[Scuba]

2. Thanks for adding!

[felix_numinous]

3. HAPPY to post their ad

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Thank you for passing this on Scuba

[postulater]

4. Done. Faced and Twitted.

[Quantess]

5. kick!

[Omaha Steve]

6. Beat me to the post

K&R!