USDA’s Monsanto poster boy Vilsack approved deregulated genetically modified (GM) Alfalfa today, January 27, 2011. This is a case precedent for the GM Sugar Beets case coming up next, as well as for all other biotech crops.
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Monsanto, Vilsack, and the USDA GMO juggernaut.
While the Center for Food Safety does its victory dance claiming that it won the Supreme Court genetically modified alfalfa (GM) case, and no GM alfalfa will be forthcoming any time soon, the Roundup Ready seed is already sitting in the wings ready to be planted. The House of Representatives just sent a letter asking Agriculture Secretary Vilsack to allow planting for the fall 2010 season. I guess they figure approval is a done deal, so why waste time, eh?
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A USDA press release put out yesterday, February 5, 2009, states that implementation of NAIS has been ceased, and instead, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack will opt for a state and tribal-run system. Read this brochure from APHIS: