My daughter wanted me to nag all of you with this list.

This is probably the biggest argument we have in our house right now.

My daughter is heavily against Monsanto products and anti-GMO.  And if I forget to check a label before bringing home the groceries, she starts with the lectures.

Actually to be honest my house has very few of the items listed above.

I do have an old box of Bisquick, some Heinz ketchup, and one lone box of Kraft macaroni and cheese. But other than that I am Monsanto free.

How about you?

Robyn O'Brien on kids and food allergies from GMO's. This is one of those videos that you must see, no excuses.

I apologize ahead of time for how much this information is going to bother you today, but not for providing the information to help educate you on the fact that American food suppliers are literally poisoning us, and our children, in the name of higher profits.

My daughter only occasionally insists that I post something on this blog, but she was so adamant about this one that she badgered me for hours to make sure I watched it and then that I shared it with all of you.

I can tell you unequivocally from my experiences working with children for the last thirty years that  Robyn O'Brien's observations are dead on concerning the explosion of nut allergies that have been identified in young children. I assume that most of us grew up in this country and can remember only a handful of children with severe allergies and perhaps NONE who were deathly allergic to nuts. (At least I can remember none, but my daughter numbers among those who I know today.)

In the bigger picture this also speaks to the fact that the Republican talking point that businesses do NOT need consistent and comprehensive regulations is false. Rather than being self regulating, and keeping the best interests of their customers in the forefront of their decision making, they instead treat the consumer as collateral damage on their way to higher profits.

Young activist fighting for Monsanto to label their GMO foods, challenges TV host to a debate and then takes his ass to school.

Courtesy of Salon:

Rachel Parent, founder of “Kids Right to Know,” just wants people to be aware of what’s in their food, and to be able to avoid GMOs if they so wish. 

Does she know what a lobbyist is? asks Canadian TV host Kevin O’Leary. 

Yes, and she just wants people to be aware of what’s in their food. 

Let’s say instead of being white and privileged, she was born in China, had no vitamin A in her rice, went blind, and died. Does she still hate GMOs? 

She’d like to see some independent studies. Really, she just wants people to be aware of what’s in their food.

Damn! remind me not to get into an argument with THIS young lady!

You know the part where it is pointed out that we, the consumer, are essentially the lab rats that companies like Monsanto use to do long term testing on their products really made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

The fact is that over the last twenty years companies have been bypassing rigorous testing standards in order to get their products into the market faster and we have already seen substantial fall out from that. (After all it took a Naked Chef to finally get McDonalds to stop feeding us poison meat.)

I thought this young lady was beyond articulate and nothing she was saying sounded at all anti-science. In fact it seemed clear to me that all she wanted was for the companies using us as lab rats tell us that we are being used as lab rats so we can take ourselves out of the experiment.

I find that an admirable goal and applaud the fact that she has the guts to fight for us against a company as large and influential as Monsanto. (Remember they now own the same army of mercenaries that we used in Iraq.)