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Americans Shocked, Angered: Trump's Latest GMO Executive Order | |
By Devvy |
As someone who tries very hard to stay
healthy — which means eating 'clean' — once again I was shocked by a recent
Executive Order signed by President Trump on June 11, 2019. In fact, I was
sickened just like I was when he signed the first devastating one dealing with
genetically modified food and animals back in 2017. Organic food growers and livestock ranchers
were justifiably upset over the 2017 EO as I was because I know how dangerous
GMO foods and livestock pumped full of hormones and other dangerous chemicals can
be to the human body. I buy 90% organic and what's called free-range or grass
fed only. I read labels. I buy a particular brand of mayonnaise and right on
the front label is says: GMO free. ANY GMO food, fish or animal stays on the
shelf or in the refrigerated section. I was unaware of this second EO Trump
signed last month even though I process more information in a week than most
people do in a year. Research is like that. But, doing the research is
rewarding for those of us who write articles and columns so we can get the
information to you. Due to the federal government operating
outside the U.S. Constitution with dozens of unconstitutional cabinets (EPA,
Federal Department of Education, HHS) and programs (foreign aid) who the heck
can keep up with the zillion regulations? If you're in a specific industry you
have to or suffer the consequences. I only found out about this latest EO from
dozens of emails people sent me and then spending the time to look into it.
What I found was outrage all over the Internet from Americans and anger
directed right at Trump. Who the hell is advising him? SHOCK
as Trump signs executive order that will end most regulations and oversight on
genetically engineered food, June 12, 2019 "Even though Trump is far from an
"establishment" Republican, to the frustration of health-conscious Americans,
he just signed an executive order that might as well be called "the GMO
Streamlining Act." As reported by the Associated Press, this executive order
directs federal agencies to reduce or eliminate regulations and oversight
mechanisms that might help ensure the safety of genetically engineered crops. "In other words, President Trump just
ordered the federal government to turn American into a massive GMO
experiment where anything goes. "The move comes as companies are turning to
newer genetic engineering techniques that make it easier to tinker with the
traits of plants and animals," reports AP, meaning that regulations are being
dropped at exactly the moment in history when easy, low-cost genetic
modification methods such as CRISPR are rapidly emerging, placing GE technology
into the hands of small companies and even determined individuals. "In addition, the new streamlining would
relax regulatory oversight of genetically engineered animals. One of my
concerns in all this is that genetic engineering without limits would enable
the launch of "animal organ factories" where animals are subjected to extreme
cruelty as they grow organs for transplantation into humans, all to the benefit
of the organ harvesting and transplant industry. The second Trump betrayal of health freedom
and food transparency "This move by President Trump signals the
second significant betrayal of health-conscious Americans. His first betrayal
revolves around vaccines and the issue of medical consent. While Trump
expressed skepticism during the 2016 presidential debates about the safety of
multiple vaccines administered to infants and children, he flipped during the
recent measles scare, urging Americans to "get the shot." As Information Liberation
reports: Americans
have shown time and time again they don't want GMO garbage and they don't want
to be Monsanto's guinea pigs. Remember how
when Trump was running for president, he met with Robert F. Kennedy and said he
would have him chair a commission to investigate vaccine safety? Just as with
his promised executive order on birthright citizenship before the midterms, his
promised vaccine safety commission never materialized. Trump orders
simpler path for genetically engineered food, June 11, 2019 NEW YORK (AP) — "President Trump wants to
make it easier for genetically engineered plants and animals to enter the food
supply, and he signed an executive order Tuesday directing federal agencies to
simplify the "regulatory maze" for producers. "The move comes as companies are turning to
newer genetic engineering techniques that make it easier to tinker with the
traits of plants and animals." Tinker with our food supply? Just who is
advising President Trump all of this is a good idea? I don't mean unnecessary
regulations strangling businesses in America. I mean on the food supply front: BREAKING:
Trump pushes GMOs in Executive Order "We know that Agribusiness has Trump's ear.
He picked Sonny Perdue, one of Big Ag's own, for his USDA Secretary. And this
week, the Associated Press dropped a bombshell: Dow Chemical gave $1
million to Trump's inauguration fund, and the chemical giant is now urging the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set aside its findings on chlorpyrifos
and three other pesticides that federal scientists from several agencies found
were harmful to endangered species and human health.4 Trump's EPA
also just greenlighted Dow's new "Enlist Duo" genetically engineered crops,
resistant to 2,4-D, part of the Vietnam Era Agent Orange pesticide. Money talks. I love salmon but I will NOT eat any farm
raised or genetically modified. Most of the time labels don't tell you but I
ring the bell at the fish department and ask questions. If they don't know the
answer, I put the product down and walk away. I do it for just about everything I put in
my mouth. Sure, it does take extra effort on my part but the old saying 'you
are what you eat' is very true. The same applies to the food I feed my doggies. Made in commie China, India or elsewhere doesn't get in my door or my girl's
doggie dishes. I see people at the various grocers where I
shop simply pick anything off a shelf and put it in their cart. Sure, if we
purchase the same product on a regular basis and know it's organic and/or GMO
free, I feel confident that's what I'm buying. But what I see is shopping carts
stuffed with garbage passed off as food with no nutritional value; God only
knows how it was processed. Shopping carts being pushed by overweight
or obese people, so many of them with a cell phone stuck to their ear. And then
they wonder why they're sick and dying and spending so much time at doctor's
offices? You are what you eat. What I call 'clean' eating requires discipline,
something too many Americans won't practice and simply gorge themselves at the
trough day in and day out. Yes, organic foods are more expensive so I
don't have a lot of extra money for things like a vacation, new clothes, a
concert or other expenditures. Priority vs importance. The choices we make
today dictate our lives tomorrow. Executive
Order on Modernizing the Regulatory Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology
Products, Land & Agriculture, Issued on: June 11, 2019 Reading through that EO it's more of the
same. Nightmarish experimenting with the genetic make up of our food supply and
animals for: Sec. 7. Domestic
Engagement Strategy. (a) Within 180 days of the date of this order,
the Secretary, in coordination with the Administrator, the Commissioner, and
any other Administration officials that the Secretary deems appropriate, shall
develop an action plan to facilitate engagement with consumers in order to
build public confidence in, and acceptance of, the use of safe biotechnology in
agriculture and the food system. Engagement with consumers: More
brainwashing and conditioning Americans into accepting these Frankenstein foods
and livestock. Safe? No, greed. Sec. 8. International
Outreach. Within 120 days of the date of this order, the Secretary and
the Secretary of State (collectively, the "Secretaries"), in consultation with
the United States Trade Representative, the Administrator, the Commissioner,
and any other Administration officials that the Secretaries deem appropriate,
shall develop an international communications and outreach strategy to
facilitate engagement abroad with policymakers, consumers, industry, and other
stakeholders. The goal of the strategy shall be to increase
international acceptance of products of agricultural biotechnology in order to
open and maintain markets for United States agricultural exports abroad. Increase international acceptance of ag
biotechnology is all about trade. Now, don't get excited. I am and always have
been on the side of our farmers and ranchers and want all of them to succeed.
But I am not on the side of genetically modified "food" and neither are a lot
of countries on this globe: Sorry,
Monsanto: GMO Crops Now Banned in Nearly 40 Countries Neither are farmers across this country.
There have been fierce court fights over farmers — especially organic — whose
crops have been ruined because of GMO seeds blown by wind onto their farms.
Truly, it's been a nightmare for decades. Why am I so against big-ag, GMO's and farm
raised fish? Let's start here: Do you want to learn the truth about factory
farming? Watch the new, updated and remastered edition of The Meatrix. I was fortunate to have found that site not
long after it came about and immediately promoted it on my web site. If you do
nothing else this week, do take the time to watch the video viewed by more than
30 million people. Both the original film
and the new updated version. I believe your reaction will be the same as
mine. For me it reaffirmed my commitment to eat clean. I don't eat pork, but do
free range chicken, turkey and here and there beef. NO GMO vegetables. Watch
the film, you'll see what these big-ag operations want you to feed your family. "After being told by her doctor that
genetically engineered (GE) food and pesticides could be responsible for her
son's food allergies, Ekaterina Yakovleva set out to investigate. Her quest for
answers was captured by the Russian Times in the featured film, "The Peril
on Your Plate: Genetic Engineering and Chemical Agriculture." "The film shows Yakovleva and her team
traveling the world to meet "the people who lift the lid on the perils of
GMOs and the chemicals used in the industry," as well as proponents of
GMOs who argue that genetic engineering is a "high-tech" solution to
feeding the world's growing population." Then there is this film — one of the most
important you'll ever watch: The
World According To Monsanto Full Length Video Groundbreaking
GMO Movie CONSUMED Has Arrived! Confirmed:
DNA From Genetically Modified Crops Can Be Transferred Into Humans Who Eat Them,
Oct 2016 "What biotechnology and biotech
corporations like Monsanto have done, is they have allowed for the transfer of
genes from one to the other without any regard for the biological limitations,
or constraints. The problem with this is that it is based on very bad science.
The conditions and biological 'rules' that apply to vertical gene transfer, at
least those that we are aware of, do not necessarily apply to horizontal gene
transfer. Biotech science today is based on the assumption that the
principles governing the inheritance of genes are the same when we move genes
horizontally as they are when they are moved vertically." What can you do? Read the label whether it's livestock, food
or veggies. Ask where the vegetables are grown; I refuse to buy foreign fruit
and veggies. Are they GMO? If the produce person can't tell you, ask to speak
with a manager. Politely tell the store manager you do not put GMO foods or livestock
of ANY kind in your body and have a right to know. Money talks. Walk away. Stores get the
message when products sit on the shelves. When no one will buy GMO vegetables.
Beef, chicken, pork — all sit there because you choose not to buy livestock pumped
full of hormones and additives and genetically altered. One of the worst is
milk. Read the label. You have other choices. Other
stores. Make the effort for your sake and your family. Years ago, my local grocery store began
stocking a ton of products all labeled non-GMO. When I moved here almost 14
years ago that same store had no organics. Today, all departments. They got the
message from people like me who simply walked away after telling the manager I
was going to a different store. Even our local China (Wal) Mart got the
message and stocks a lot of organics and things like grass fed beef and free-range
chicken and eggs. Sure, costs a bit more but how much does it cost the American
people in prescriptions and being sick from what they're eating? If the store manager can't tell you and
there's a label with an 800 number, when you get home call the company and ask
them about their product. I do it all the time. I don't need to buy it
at that moment. I need to find out if it's going to kill me down the road. Drop President Trump a post card: I will
NOT eat ANY GMO foods or meat/chicken products. Your latest EO to protect GMOs
is unacceptable and a continuing danger to our food supply. Only takes a
minute and post cards are cheap. Let a million flood his desk. Ted
Cruz goes all-in for Monsanto; insults tens of millions of health-conscious
Americans by calling them 'anti science zealots' — Cruz is a big hero to a
lot of Texans but he isn't with me. Yes, we
can feed the world without GMOs — "A new analysis challenges the absurd
myth that genetically engineered crops are crucial to "feeding the world" — now
or in the future" In addition to the videos above, bookmark
this column, go back and read the links below. Knowledge is power but only if
we acquire the knowledge to make informed decisions. I always carefully screen
links I provide. Please do take the time to read these as they contain the
truth and each one is important. Share with elderly parents, family and
friends so we can become a healthier nation: Junk
Food Kills More Than Wars, Famine, Genocide GMO's
Just Got A Lot More Frightening with Approval of New Monsanto Product 5 Reasons
Why You Should Avoid Farm-Raised Fish Why you
shouldn't eat farm-raised fish Time
for a 180 on Cows and Climate Russia
Rejects GMOs, Will Grow Organic Food Instead: "Russia will not import GMO
products, the country's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said, adding that the
nation has enough space and resources to produce organic food." Hungary
Destroys All Monsanto GMO Corn Fields — GMO corn is big in America. They
don't get my money. I buy only organic corn. San
Diego sues Monsanto for poisoning environment and wildlife with toxic chemicals Tell
the FDA to Reject Genetic Manipulation of Human Embryos! Japan
halts imports of U.S. wheat after USDA's shock finding of genetic pollution
from GMOs Note: For a
thorough, comprehensive education on the Fed, the income tax, education,
Medicare, SS, the critical, fraudulent ratification of the Seventeenth
Amendment and more, be sure to order my book, Taking
Politics Out of Solutions. 400 pages of facts and solutions. |