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Is the End Near?<br />
By Jeffrey M. Smith<br />
People in many states are working to label GMO<br />
ingredients in food. We encourage all of you to<br />
buy local and know what is in the food you eat.<br />
There's a change<br />
in the wind,<br />
and it's not<br />
blowing GMOs.<br />
I<br />
t was bad enough when industrial<br />
agriculture bred taste and nutrients out of<br />
crops, favoring instead uniformity, slow ripening,<br />
and lack of bruising. But when scientists at<br />
Monsanto started inserting genes from bacteria<br />
and viruses into crops, that was way too much.<br />
What Monsanto got were genetically modified<br />
organisms (GMOs) that could either survive<br />
applications of the company’s herbicide, or produce<br />
an insect-killing pesticide. What we got<br />
were foods that are so dangerous to our health,<br />
the American Academy of Environmental Medicine<br />
urges all doctors to prescribe non-GMO diets<br />
to everyone. But there’s a change in the wind, and<br />
it’s not blowing GMOs.<br />
If you’re a Monsanto shareholder, you’d better<br />
pay close attention—the value of your stock<br />
may soon plunge. And for everyone else, you<br />
don’t want to miss out on the fun. There’s a<br />
non-GMO celebration coming your way. Yes, I<br />
am optimistic about the fate of genetically modified<br />
(GM) foods…<br />
• even though Obama has been worse than<br />
Bush on the subject;<br />
• even though Bill Gates is flooding Africa with<br />
funds to grow dangerous GMOs;<br />
• even though the USDA seems hell bent on<br />
spreading cancer and birth defects by approving<br />
Agent Orange crops (see below);<br />
• and even though GMOs can adversely effect<br />
all living beings for all future generations.<br />
It may seem bad, even catastrophic, but a closer<br />
look reveals at least five possible GMO-extinction<br />
events converging on the horizon—across species<br />
and kingdoms.<br />
1. Plants—<br />
Revenge of the Super Weeds<br />
& Widespread Disease<br />
The main reason farmers plant GMOs is to make<br />
weeding easier. Their herbicide tolerant crops, like<br />
Roundup Ready soybeans, can drink and bathe in<br />
Monsanto’s poisonous Roundup herbicide. This<br />
allows farmers to simply spray that weed killer—in<br />
huge quantities—right over their crops.<br />
But now weeds have evolved. On more than<br />
14 www.rareseeds.com
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