In another display of outright and hidden corporate rule of our food system and our bodies/minds, those who say they know best tell us we can not be trusted. Rather, we are to trust "independent bodies" that deeply care about science and us. Oops, they never mention that they get funding from Bayer [recently bought GMO {genetically modified organism} monster Monsanto - and rule the pesticide world: 25% of world market!], and others. But I'm sure you can trust university professors [also funded by same corporations] and groups with names like "Centre for Food Integrity" and "Crop Life Canada". Worthy names indeed! Integrity and Canada. Bow.
TVO's The Agenda show of September 18, 2018 was the playground. Industry bows to "science" and "innovation". Anyone who opposes is clearly wrong and shamed as anti-sci/innovation. Shame on those who accept their pay cheques from Bayer and say they are not influenced.
Most disturbing is the absence of government funding for science that could counter corporate interest/domination. But, like "good" Canadians, Health Canada submits obliging the requests of corporations. Yet, they have not allowed BST, a GMO product that supposedly increases milk production in cows. The cows suffer with mastitis and other ills, but Monsanto reaps great flows of cash!
More disturbing is that these "speakers for the public good" don't want the public to know. They don't trust us to be educated or have the ability to make the right choice. They first want to "educate" us: "all foods are the same". So why does the EU demand labeling then? Silence is golden. Yes - golden. Lots of gold for a few corporations that will/do benefit.
Let's ignore that Monsanto recently was sued almost $300 million for it's Roundup causing cancer. See
how they plant stories and lies to convince us how much they love us! [and suppress science and silences dissent!]
The deception of the guests of this show [and the usual industry puppets] are disgusting. [The host needs, at least, to make a level playing field - not 3 against 1]. They proclaim they are doing it all for the people. Sure, make rice with Vitamin A in it. Hmmm. But Vitamin A is fat soluble. So if you don't have fat, which the poorest do not, then bye bye out the bum bum it goes! Claims to make food "affordable, nutritious and safe" from the "professor" ooze with insincerity. The GMOs now grown are soy, corn, rape, apples [BC], and Atlantic Salmon. While most people are eating processed food, lots of sugar, high fructose corn syrup, etc. - their dreams do not stop the nightmares. So let's get people onto a better diet - that would mean something. But they say the same talking points whenever the topic comes up.
Claiming they're doing it for farmers and that farmers are part of the project is so full of lies. I have asked farmers who grow GMO crops about their crops. Many don't even know they are GMO! And they don't know that Roundup causes cancer! Just like the Green Revolution [read Green in sense of $$ for pesticide companies], farmers are duped into doing what told - or what their funders [banks, huge corporations] demand.
If we want more nutritious food, we need to look at the source of the nutrients: the soil. But these people just want some drug/tech fix. They can't make money from good ole' manure and grass fed animals! The tech [better: ways] of the past are not to be chucked. When you can not even save your seeds to replant [you sign a contract with Bayer saying that], one must wonder how caring these corporations really are. Clearly they care about profit and controlling the seed stock. Hmmm. Is that why they buy up seed producers? We are losing diversity and independence. We need to be in control of our land, water, food. Instead a few corporations own all the seeds, pesticides, livestock [Cargil etc.]
Follow the money. Science is not unbiased. Scientist make nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, weapons, pesticides, Vioxx etc. If they work for corporations: beware. We need more publicly funded - community funded science - with OUR interests in mind - not share holders'!!! We need regulations that control corporations and protect us. They tell you the opposite. "Trust us, we care about you....we are doing this for YOU". As they say in Mandarin: BAI TUO! Come on!
