Just bought a bag of organic blue corn taco ships...way too much salt...but I went thru the whole bag. This was not the typical way-overpriced organic food either.
So what would happen if GMOs were labeled...you
MIGHT be able to buy inexpensive non-GMO or organic foods.
Mexican Farmers Fear Losing Traditions, Livelihood As Monsanto Wins GMO Planting Rights
Writing about the effects of NAFTA, Roger Bybee and Carolyn Winter writing for Common Dreams say, “NAFTA was sold to the American public as the magic formula that would improve the American economy at the same time it would raise up the impoverished Mexican economy. The time has come to look at the failures of this type of trade agreement before we engage in more and lower the economic prospects of all workers affected.”
Continuing, Bybee and Winter contend, “NAFTA, by permitting heavily-subsidized U.S. corn and other agri-business products to compete with small Mexican farmers, has
driven the Mexican farmer off the land due to low-priced imports of U.S. corn and other agricultural products. Some 2 million Mexicans have been forced out of agriculture, and many of those that remain are living in desperate poverty. These people are among those that cross the border to feed their families.
Meanwhile, corn-based tortilla prices climbed by 50 percent. No wonder many so Mexican peasants have called NAFTA their ‘death warrant.’”
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The new proposed legislation granting Monsanto increased access to corn production represents another U.S. intervention in Mexican corn production.
Monsanto and other multinational corporations continue to dictate legislation in Washington D.C. Monsanto spent
$6.3 million lobbying in Washington D.C. last year, surpassing every agribusiness company except the tobacco company Altria.
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The big plan? Use NAFTA to force US corn into Mexico...force farmers off the land...introduce GMO crops and industrial farming...control the seeds and production? Big profits?
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