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Herman4747

(1,825 posts)
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:09 AM Mar 2016

Hillary vs. Bernie on MONSANTO, GMOs (& even TPP!)...

In case this has been forgotten over time:

Is Hillary a Shill for Monsanto?
How is Hillary personally involved in supporting big agriculture? The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), which gathers leaders to solve the world's problems, promotes Monsanto, the maker of RoundUp® and RoundUp Ready® seeds. Hugh Grant, Monsanto's Chairman and CEO spoke at the Clinton Global Initiative conference in September, 2014. Ms. Clinton's top campaign advisor, Jerry Crawford, was a lobbyist for Monsanto for years and is now the political pro for her Super PAC, "Ready for Hillary." Clinton spoke in favor of the government's Feed the Future (FtF) program, a USAID funded, corporate-partnered program that brings RoundUp Ready® technology to the most vulnerable populations of the world. Monsanto and Dow Chemical support Hillary and Bill's 'Clinton Foundation' with generous donations.

Last year (2014), at a San Diego biotech conference, Hillary coached her audience in messaging. "Genetically modified sounds Frankensteinish. Drought-resistant sounds like something you'd want. Be more careful so you don't raise that red flag immediately."

It's also highly unlikely for Hillary Clinton to stand up against her benefactors, saying she favors a review of RoundUp, 2,4-D, and the even more toxic poisons used by farmers worldwide when she has friends in the industry telling her that they will "feed the world" someday with their agricultural methods.


More at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/judy-frankel/hillary-vs-bernie-on-fran_b_7638846.html (even including a brief discussion of TPP too).

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Hillary vs. Bernie on MONSANTO, GMOs (& even TPP!)... (Original Post) Herman4747 Mar 2016 OP
Yep, let's keep on screwing up the food supply and ecosystem for the sake of Corporate Profit Armstead Mar 2016 #1
I guarantee Hillary and the 1% aren't eating GMO food. n/t PonyUp Mar 2016 #2
 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
1. Yep, let's keep on screwing up the food supply and ecosystem for the sake of Corporate Profit
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:16 AM
Mar 2016

I can certainly get behind that message.

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