Mitt Romney, Monsanto Man
QuoteDuring the presidential primaries this past March, Romney named an eleven-member Agricultural Advisory Committee that was packed with Monsanto connections, including its principal Washington lobbyist Randy Russell, whose firm has represented Monsanto since its founding in the 1980s and has been paid $2.4 million in lobbying fees since 1998.
Among those also appointed to the panel were another Russell client and Monsanto partner in the marketing of GM alfalfa, Land O' Lakes CEO Chris Policinski; and Chuck Conner, whose National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC) is closely linked to Land O' Lakes. Conner and Policinski, an NCFC director, publicly supported Monsanto's 2010 attempts to win USDA approval for its alfalfa. Other members of the initial Romney council were Tom Nassif, whose Western Growers Association receives annual grants from Monsanto, and A.G. Kawamura, the former California agriculture secretary who championed Monsanto's alfalfa despite a federal court ruling in the state against it.
Romney has also cultivated close relations with three Republicans who hail from Monsanto's home state of Missouri—Senator Roy Blunt, former governor Matt Bluntand former senator Jim Talent. In 2011, Romney picked Roy Blunt to be his campaign's point man in the Senate and named Talent to his four-member economic policy team. Matt Blunt, son of the senator, became a senior adviser at Solamere Capital, the investment firm headed by one of Romney's sons. (Roy Blunt's wife Abigail, a Romney bundler, is the in-house lobbyist for Kraft Foods, also represented by Russell and a sometimes ally of Monsanto's on key food issues.) Monsanto, its spinoff Solutia, and Russell's firm have long been top donors to the three, contributing a combined $246,170 to them over the years (Monsanto executives are modest donors to Romney but give nothing to Obama).
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11531-mitt-romney-monsanto-man (http://truth-out.org/news/item/11531-mitt-romney-monsanto-man)
Theres some GMO-Food for thought.
And all in the "family." How sweet. (Where's the barfing icon when You need it stat?)
Quote from: Amaterasu on September 20, 2012, 12:43:46 AM
And all in the "family." How sweet. (Where's the barfing icon when You need it stat?)
;D LOL thanks for that...now I got to clean the coffee off my monitor.
Quote from: Ellirium113 on September 19, 2012, 11:40:02 PM
Theres some GMO-Food for thought.
Watcha all whining about Monsanto Foods for?
I mean their stuff will feed billions.
I mean just imagine if they had Monsanto during the Irish potato famine
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Ellirium13 I am so sorry to have to tell you, but Monsanto is already in the White House. This link was right before Mr. Taylor was added.
http://www.naturalnews.com/034847_Michael_Taylor_Monsanto_FDA.html
Here is another list, that helps keep up with what is going on. :-[
http://www.naturalnews.com/GMO.html
A real Bummer!
This is an easy one....
If there are crop fields that you know are GM...simple solution.....matches/petrol.
The end is near for Monsanto....the French are going to ban GM outright and Europe will follow..then the US.
MittroMan will not save Monsanto...even if he does get elected..(God Forbid).
C..