Spread the movement for Food Democracy. Late last night President Barack Obama signed H.R. 933, which contained the Monsanto Protection Act into law. President Obama knowingly signed the Monsanto Protection Act over the urgent pleas of more than 250,000 Americans who asked that he use his executive authority to veto it. President Obama failed to live up to his oath to protect the American people and our constitution.

Today we’re calling on President Obama to issue an executive order to call for the mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods.

Not only is GMO labeling a reasonable and common sense solution to the continued controversy that corporations like Monsanto, DuPont and Dow Chemical have created by subverting our basic democratic rights, but it is a basic right that citizens in 62 other countries around the world already enjoy, including Europe, Russia, China, India, South Africa and Saudi Arabia.
Join us in demanding mandatory labeling of GMO foods. Now's the time!

Call President Barack Obama (202) 456-1111 or if that line is busy, please call (202) 456-1414 - then ask at least 5 of your friends to join you!

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WE DON'T NEED THAT.

If the consumers just begin to question where they get their food and start buying organic food that is labeled "No genetic tampering, all natural." AND STOP BUYING ANY OTHER FOOD, then that will send a message.

Otherwise, grow your own garden, and buy veggies from your neighbors who grow organically.

Stop relying on government to do everything for you. You know that they are into large corporate farming with genetically manipulated food and they want to control all of the food.

We know this.

These large food corporations are not going to put labels on their food stating that they have been genetically modifying it. Period. They are not going to do that.

They are also not going to let any puppet president sign such a law.

Get real and stop screaming at the corrupt government to do what you want. Take some personal responsibility to learn where your food comes from. Ask your grocer. If he does not know ask him who does know.

It shouldn't be such a big secret.

Yeah, it's a pitty that neither the Republicans in the House, nor the Democrats in the Senate could do anything to stop the bill from getting to Obama's desk before he signed it.

You nitwit. The "Monsanto Protection Act" was part of the larger spending bill. It's largely because of Congressional inaction that this bill had to be passed. It only funds the current projects for the rest of the fiscal year (another 6 months), but of course the Republicans are crying about it because that's just what they do. It's not like they're about to stop Monsanto's lobbyists from buying them off.

Yeah, that aint gonna happen. Apparently its too much hassle to make some calls and leave messages so there is no way anyone is going to question anything.

The dems in the senate could have sent it back to house demanding section 735 be removed, but they are on the take like republicans it served their bank accounts well.

That, and the fact that the bill passed was pretty much limited to just a continuation of the current budget. If they allowed the removal of one part, then they open it up to other edits, and this bill just needed to be passed to keep things going. Good or bad.

That said, I agree that there a lot of people in congress on the take from lobbyists.

I think the "this needs to pass come hell or high water" attitude is very dangerous, this is one such instance.

Those of us who do not wholeheartedly identify with either major party should demand common sense from our employees and hold their feet to the fire. Unfortunately too many moderates pick a side at the end of the day.

This bill should have been edited, if Monsanto needs protection from lawsuits then what does that say about their Frankenfood?

yep,POTUS was so conscientious in sending a Budget to Congress every year!

Besides,he could have excepted that particular part from his approval!
He is in the pocket of those Corporations just as much as those who knowingly passed that Bill in Congress,and all your excuses for the Man won't change that!

The "Monsanto Protection Act" is the name opponents of the Farmer Assurance Provision have given to this terrifying piece of policy, and it's a fitting moniker given its shocking content.



President Barack Obama signed a spending bill, HR 933, into law on Tuesday that includes language that has food and consumer advocates and organic farmers up in arms over their contention that the so-called "Monsanto Protection Act" is a giveaway to corporations that was passed under the cover of darkness.

There's a lot being said about it, but here are five terrifying facts about the Farmer Assurance Provision -- Section 735 of the spending bill -- to get you acquainted with the reasons behind the ongoing uproar:

1.) The "Monsanto Protection Act" effectively bars federal courts from being able to halt the sale or planting of controversial genetically modified (aka GMO) or genetically engineered (GE) seeds, no matter what health issues may arise concerning GMOs in the future. The advent of genetically modified seeds -- which has been driven by the massive Monsanto Company -- and their exploding use in farms across America came on fast and has proved a huge boon for Monsanto's profits.

But many anti-GMO folks argue there have not been enough studies into the potential health risks of this new class of crop. Well, now it appears that even if those studies are completed and they end up revealing severe adverse health effects related to the consumption of genetically modified foods, the courts will have no ability to stop the spread of the seeds and the crops they bear.

2.) The provision's language was apparently written in collusion with Monsanto. Lawmakers and companies working together to craft legislation is by no means a rare occurrence in this day and age. But the fact that Sen. Roy Blunt, Republican of Missouri, actually worked with Monsanto on a provision that in effect allows them to keep selling seeds, which can then go on to be planted, even if it is found to be harmful to consumers, is stunning. It's just another example of corporations bending Congress to their will, and it's one that could have dire risks for public health in America.

3.) Many members of Congress were apparently unaware that the "Monsanto Protection Act" even existed within the bill they were voting on. HR 933 was a spending bill aimed at averting a government shutdown and ensuring that the federal government would continue to be able to pay its bills. But the Center for Food Safety maintains that many Democrats in Congress were not even aware that the provision was in the legislation:

“In this hidden backroom deal, Sen. [Barbara] Mikulski turned her back on consumer, environmental and farmer protection in favor of corporate welfare for biotech companies such as Monsanto,” Andrew Kimbrell, executive director of the Center for Food Safety, said in a statement. “This abuse of power is not the kind of leadership the public has come to expect from Sen. Mikulski or the Democrat Majority in the Senate.”

4.) The President did nothing to stop it, either. On Tuesday, Obama signed HR 933 while the rest of the nation was fixated on gay marriage, as the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument concerning California's Proposition 8. But just because most of the nation and the media were paying attention to gay marriage doesn't mean that others were not doing their best to express their opposition to the "Monsanto Protection Act." In fact, more than 250,000 voters signed a petition opposing the provision. And Food Democracy Now protesters even took their fight straight to Obama, protesting in front of the White House against Section 735 of the bill. He signed it anyway.

5.) It sets a terrible precedent. Though it will only remain in effect for six months until the government finds another way to fund its operations, the message it sends is that corporations can get around consumer safety protections if they get Congress on their side. Furthermore, it sets a precedent that suggests that court challenges are a privilege, not a right.

“I think any time you tweak with the ability of the public to seek redress from the courts, you create a huge risk,” Seattle attorney Bill Marler -- who has represented victims of foodborne illness in successful lawsuits against corporations -- told the New York Daily News.


http://www.ibtimes.com/monsanto-protection-act-5-terrifying-things-know-about-hr-933-provision-1156079


Nitwit Sitting In White House!