Thread: The GMO Boycott Is Expanding

Our GMO Boycott is Changing

September 11, 2012
Getting genetically engineered foods properly labeled is an uphill battle, and Big Food is spending huge sums to make sure that doesn’t happen. Here’s what you can do about it.

Three weeks ago we told you about how the parent companies of some organic food brands are very quietly donating large sums of money to fight Prop 37 (the California Right to Know Act, a.k.a. Label GMO). On the one hand, they want to be seen as supporting organic; on the other hand, they don’t want you to know what food is genetically modified. We also pointed out that some of the companies’ “natural” brands even contained genetically modified ingredients.
In addition to spending millions to stop GMO labeling in California, these companies are also supporting disinformation campaigns in which wild charges are made, such as the charge that labeling GMO will greatly increase food prices—it’s complete nonsense, as we reported last month.

With so much money available to the other side, and so much disinformation to rebut, the Label GMO initiative is truly a David-vs.-Goliath battle. But if we mobilize effectively, we can still win.

We launched our boycott together with other natural health groups. Almost at once, we found that it was causing confusion in California—the front lines of the Label GMO battle. We intended to boycott the organic brands of the Big Food companies fighting against us behind the scenes. But some people thought we were boycotting organic foods in general! Definitely not the case!

So this week we are redirecting the boycott. Now we are targeting the food companies that are directly fighting Prop 37 with their donations—in some cases, over a million dollars, in many cases, hundreds of thousands of dollars. Beware—it’s a looooong list, and could be much longer. That’s because each conglomerate may own dozens and dozens of different, well-known brands.
Here are the biggest financial backers of the front groups opposing Label GMO in California, so far as we can tell:

Monsanto Company	$4,208,000.00
E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.	$4,025,200.00
PepsiCo, Inc.	$1,716,300.00
BASF Plant Science	$1,642,300.00
Bayer CropScience	$1,618,400.00
Dow Agrosciences LLC	$1,184,800.00
Nestle USA, Inc.	$1,169,400.00
Coca-Cola North America	$1,164,400.00
ConAgra Foods	$1,076,700.00
Syngenta Corporation	$821,300.00
Kellogg Company	$632,500.00
General Mills, Inc.	$519,400.00
Del Monte	$484,125
General Mills	$388,798
Bumble Bee Foods	$270,426
Sara Lee	$246,766
Campbell Soup	$179,545
Dole	$125,681
Ocean Spray	$60,546
Land O’Lakes	$59,321
Hero North America	$58,028
Kraft Foods	$34,404
Godiva	$30,666
Smithfield	$14,286
Reily Foods Co.	$13,214
Heinz	$10,444
Idahoan Foods	$7,181
Mars	$5,773
Bunge North America	$5,193
Croplife	$5,000
Abbott Nutrition	$3,918

We have set up a page on the ANH-USA website listing the various consumer brand names and products of the companies trying to prevent your right to know what’s in your food. We also include links to the company websites so you can see everything they produce—and learn what to avoid. When you see a name like ConAgra you may not realize that they make food to sell to consumers. Please use this link to find out who is who and help us send a powerful message.

Why is this GMO labeling fight so important? Once GMOs are labeled in California, it will bring a cascade effect in other states as well, since most national companies won’t create two labeling schemes, one for California and one for the rest of the country. Moreover, once products containing GMOs are labeled, people will stop buying them—and this economic pressure will be enough to force GMOs off the market.

That’s why all the companies that are actively working to fight the labeling of GMOs deserve a consumer boycott. They are trying to keep you and your family in the dark about what you are eating. They care nothing for your health, despite their propaganda to the contrary.

The only way they will listen is if it affects their bottom line. Hit them where it hurts—in the pocketbook. Refuse to buy their brands or products until they stop donating to the pro-GMO camp.

Please take action now!

Right now, please sign our warning message to the companies trying to stop you from knowing which products contain GMOs:


And also sign our letter of thanks to the companies that are supporting the initiative:

Our GMO Boycott Is Changing | The Alliance for Natural Health USA

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Big Bad Scary Corn Takeover (Infographic)

Heather Callaghan
Activist Post

Ready to test your knowledge of the Corn Monster? The statistics and comparisons below will be sure to astonish you.

Interesting that America's most constant symbol - corn - shared at our first Thanksgiving amongst natives and pilgrims alike - has now been twisted and manipulated to exploit consumers and environment the globe over.

Although not directly stated, you may see indirectly, a few of Marx and Engels' Communist Manifesto Planks throughout:

1) Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.

7) Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State, the bringing into cultivation of wastelands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.

9) Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country, by a more equitable distribution of population over the country. (Source)

What you won't see are references to the GMO aspect - that's a whole other ball game, although it has much to do with Big Ag politics, the influx of cheaply made high fructose corn syrup, exploitation of the hungry and poor, and the desecration of our health and environment.

The good folks at LearnStuff.com have combined statistics from myriad sources to bring an interesting presentation about the timeline of subsidizing corn for inefficient fossil fuels, ethanol's impact on our wallets at the pump and atmosphere, the energy used per pound, consumption rates that directly correlate with our obesity rates, and more. The 'Then & Now' comparisons and analogies are quite telling.

Infographic graciously brought to you by LearnStuff.com:





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