Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Stop GM Alfalfa Zine

Handy-dandy 16-page pocket-sized "Stop GM Alfalfa" zine with information I've been gathering for the past five years - $5 (plus shipping). Contact me for payment options.

Genetically modified alfalfa was approved unconditionally in the United States in January 2011. Since then, it has been contaminating the natural crop. "Demonstration plots" have been planted in Ontario and Quebec, Canada since 2014.

Learn more (and protect yourself) with information from this zine. Then pass it on to someone else: a friend, an elected official, a media outlet, a local library or zine library, an activist group, an organic grocery store or organization. Leave it in a random public place. The possibilities are darned near endless! 





"Stop GM Alfalfa" bumper stickers/stickers are $5 each (plus postage). 





Here's me talking about the zine on Matt Savinar's Ask the Astrologer radio show on KOWS 107.3 FM out of Occidental, California: radio clip

You can hear Matt's show, where he hosts a number of interesting guests both astrological and otherwise, every Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon Pacific at the KOWS FM website.

1 comment:

Willow said...

If I hear the truly ridiculous argument that "since all seeds cross-pollinate in the wild, we're already eating GMO food all the time," one more time, I think I will simply implode.

There is a distinct difference between seeds cross-pollinating naturally in the wild and seeds being intentionally genetically engineered by human beings in a laboratory somewhere to withstand massive doses of chemical that would kill a natural (non-GMO) plant.

Multiple studies have linked both genetically modified diets and glyphosate (the main ingredient in Bayer-Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, the most popular herbicide in the world) with things like cancer, reproductive damage, organ damage, and digestive damage.

Bayer-Monsanto, BASF, and Dow-Dupont are chemical corporations that got into the seed/agriculture game so they could sell more of their chemicals. The motivation is pure corporate greed.

Glyphosate, the primary ingredient in Roundup, has been proven in multiple courts of law to cause non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. It has also been linked to leukemia and b-cell lymphoma. We've seen hundreds of millions of dollars awarded through the courts to various plaintiffs.

(The awards were later lowered drastically by the judges.)

Dewayne Johnson, 48, was originally awarded $289 million for compensation for his terminal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. This was later reduced to $20.4 million.

Edwin Hardeman, 71, was originally awarded $80 million for his Roundup-caused non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which was later reduced to $25 million.

Alva and Alberta Pilliod, 78 and 75 respectively, were awarded $2 billion for their non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, later reduced to $86.7 million.

There were more than 125,000 lawsuits against Bayer-Monsanto over Roundup-related cancer and illness. They settled these cases for $10 billion in 2020: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/24/health/bayer-monsanto-roundup-settlement/index.html

Roundup herbicide, first produced by Monsanto and now Bayer-Monsanto, is the most popular herbicide in the world, and the world is now awash with it after GMO crops have proliferated. These (criminal) chemical corporations genetically alter the seeds to withstand massive doses of herbicide that would kill any natural plant. So they deliver massive doses of chemical into the soil and into the food itself.

Corn, canola, and soybeans are almost entirely genetically modified at this point (aside from organics). Their derivatives are found in most processed foods, including in the form of lecithin, maltodextrin, and corn syrup. Sugar beets, alfalfa, cotton, papayas, apples, potatoes, salmon, and zucchini are some other foods that can be genetically modified. Eating organic or up to organic standards remains the best bet for avoiding GMOs.

Article on the Roundup cancer lawsuits: https://www.consumersafety.org/product-lawsuits/roundup/