In the 20th century, the human race re-arranged rivers, deserts, rain forests and the oceans to suit its voracious appetite for dominance over the Natural World. Stemming from this 100-year epic onslaught, we humans created communities of global mega-cities with populations of 10, 20 and even up to 36 million people .
We contaminated rivers with our poisons, the air with our fossil fuel exhaust and we clear-cut rainforests by the millions of acres. Our attack upon the Natural World continues with 80 to 100 species of our fellow species losing their existence 24/7 to our encroachment upon their habitat. (Source: Norman Myers, Oxford University.
One of our most consequential acts may be the damage done to bees and other pollinators around the world. In the past 50 years, we have poisoned countless crops with hundreds of chemical herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers, which, in turn, has caused trillions of bees to suffer “Colony Collapse” throughout the world. Without the bees our species cannot feed itself.
To add insult to injury, in the 21st century, in order to feed our 7.2 billion in numbers, we began tinkering with the structural DNA of plants and animals.
Today, our scientists change the DNA patterns of fish and plants in order to make them bigger, grow faster and yield more harvest: genetically modified organisms.
But we failed to ask Mother Nature if our meddling would cause any harm. Amazingly, we allow both governments and scientists on the payroll of companies like ADM and Monsanto to tell us that such activities work to make our lives better with no harm to the natural world.
My research on GMOs indicates that they do real harm to the Natural World and, therefore, ultimately to ourselves. This series will show the “GMO Frankenstein” being foisted upon us by powerful commercial interests who care little about you, your family or the other species with whom we share this planet.
My intention in writing this series is to educate you to the incredible damage GMO foods cause to all who eat them and, even more importantly, the horrific destruction that they produce in the Natural World.
If you look at human cancers spreading like wildfire across America and the world, and every physical ailment we face in America, along with the accelerating damage to bees, other pollinators and to the fish in our oceans — you will be appalled by this onslaught and its final consequences.
Investigative reporter Jeremy Siefert said, “When people first hear about just the basic facts concerning Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs or Genetically Engineered Foods in which the DNA of seeds is altered with genes from other organisms like bacteria so that food crops can withstand herbicides that will kill all other plants – the standard response is “Oh, my God.” For some, it’s just an exclamation, but for others it’s the beginning of a prayer. There’s a mixture of horror and disbelief, as if finding out we’re living inside a very strange sci-fi novel. Beyond that, it’s the sting of humiliation from being ignorant about something so important, mixed with the anger that comes from feeling like you’ve been duped.
“Even without understanding what a GMO is or why it matters, most of us believe as citizens of a supposedly free and democratic society that we have the right to know if GMOs are in the food we eat. The fact that we don’t know, and that our right to know has been taken away by corporate greed and government collusion, should upset and mobilize people. When all the food, seed, water and air is owned and patented by giant multinational corporations, will we even protest? Do we have the wakefulness and willpower to take that first step and stand up for this basic right?” (Source: www.fairworldproject.org)
What I discovered in my research: ADM and Monsanto do not want you or high government officials to know the deleterious effects on the Natural World that GMO food production causes in the long run. These mega-giant corporations “own” regulatory agencies, government officials (bribes or costly trips to anywhere in the world), and other complicit chemical companies.
Be warned; you will not like the kind of treachery often passed off to you by your elected members of Congress and other officials who should take an open and ethical stance against GMOs, but fail us because of one item: money.
Thus, as we move through this series, you may choose to save yourself and your family by buying “Certified Organic Foods” along with “Certified Non-Genetically Modified Organism” foods that give you the nutrients of Mother Nature without the “Frankensteinization” of your food supply and of the planet’s natural systems. Additionally, Monsanto and other HUGE corporations work every angle to stop any “GMO” labeling of their modified foods. Why ?
If this information energizes you enough, you may join with the organizations and leaders trying to rid the world of GMOs. Help them and ultimately you will help your family.
Otherwise, if Monsanto, ADM and their fellow corporate marketers get their way, they will seriously damage our world, its living creatures and the structural systems that allow all life on Earth to remain in a healthy state of balance in which we can both compete and survive..
Our global food predicament stems from humanity’s overpopulation of the world. It’s about our species’ overwhelming the carrying capacity of our planet. It’s about the end result which will not be pretty for any living creature in the 21st century.