Where Was the Coverage?

In news sources, outside of mainstream, it was reported that forty tons of GMO sugar beets in the field were set on fire.  Fire, especially in the dry west is a dangerous statement to make.  I am disgusted with GMO, not only from a nutrition standpoint, or my disdain of corporate greed, but this fight, to me, is spiritual.  This is arrogance against our Creator and that will not go unpunished.  I truly do believe genetic engineering of crops will be instrumental in pestilence, plagues, famine and disease of the last days.

Interestingly this same week, in the news the annual World Food Prize was awarded.  This "Nobel of Agriculture" Award was presented to the men of Monsanto and one other in biotech engineering.  Although, this is a prestigious honor from a world perspective, my observation as a mom, grandma, gardener, and servant of the Creator of the universe, is quite negative.  There are too many studies that do indicate much of the GMO produced is not as nutritious as unaltered produce, yet just as caloric.  In an overweight country, high calorie content in low nutrition will only perpetuate the obesity problem.

The real studies that are missing are the long term results.  GMO is relatively new, as far as history is concerned.  GMO crops have only been produced for about the last twenty years, so this growing generation is the first to be raised on GMO food, and so far, the evidence is less than impressive.  Now, we still have no idea what will happen in the second and third generations, because the time has simply not yet taken place.  The end results are futuristic, but already established.

Even if the high fructose corn syrup does disappear from kid's beverages, there are GMO sugar beets, and those GMO grains are still used in baked products and fed to the commercial meat supply.

There are a few interesting connections between those offering a $10,000 reward for the identity of those who burned the sugar beet field, and the salary providers of biotech engineers.