Re: US sugar to be GM, this year!

[Guest guest]

There could be two reasons for this other than usual Monsanto

politics. Florida is buying thousands of acres northwest of The

Everglades from a sugar grower to add to The Everglades and sugar

beets are the ethanol crop in France. Sugar beets produce 4 times the

ethanol of corn per acre.

Wanita

--- In , " haecklers " <haecklers@...>

wrote:

>

> Have you heard about this? The sugar beet seed producers switched to

> Monsanto's Roundup-Ready GM beets unanimously

[Guest guest]

Great! I wonder how long it will still be safe to make beet kvass?

On Jul 8, 2008, at 4:57 AM, haecklers wrote:

> Have you heard about this? The sugar beet seed producers switched to

> Monsanto's Roundup-Ready GM beets unanimously (there were only one or

> two companies involved) so now all the sugar beet seed available for

> production is GM, and (I didn't realize this until today) it's

> hitting the supermarkets this year! Over the years the US has

> sourced more and more of its sugar from sugar beets instead of cane

> because they can be grown more widely.

>

>

> From Organic Consumers Association:

>

> ALERT: OCA LAUNCHES KELLOGG'S BOYCOTT

> GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SUGAR TO HIT SUPERMARKET SHELVES THIS YEAR

> The Organic Consumers Association's (OCA) and allies are calling for

> a boycott of all Kellogg's products after Kellogg's refuses to source

> only GE-Free Sugar. Monsanto's RoundUp Ready Genetically Engineered

> Sugar is due to hit stores this year, exposing millions of consumers

> to untested and unlabeled " en Foods " that threaten human heath,

> the environment and farmers' rights everywhere.

> Take Action-Join the Boycott!

> http://organicconsumers.org/kelloggs.cfm

>

> Sign OCA's Petition to Kellogg's

> http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/642/petition.jsp?

> petition_KEY=1300

> Make a Free Call to Kellogg's and let them know how you feel

> http://organicconsumers.org/ge/CallKelloggs.htm

> Send a Letter to the Editor of you Local Newspapers about the Boycott

> http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/642/letter/?letter_KEY=1009

>

>

> ------------------------------------

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yeah, I think the seed grower is near one of the large seed-

saver/organic seed grower type places, maybe that's where I read the

initial thing about the beet seeds. Beets are wind-pollinated so

soon they'll be like corn and canola - even the organic ones and

heirloom ones will be contaminated, unless small farmers far from

sugar beet production will be saving their own seeds. At least it's

a biennial, so most who grow beets won't be letting them go to the

pollen stage, unlike corn, canola, etc.

>

> > Have you heard about this? The sugar beet seed producers

switched to

> > Monsanto's Roundup-Ready GM beets unanimously (there were only

one or

> > two companies involved) so now all the sugar beet seed available

for

> > production is GM, and (I didn't realize this until today) it's

> > hitting the supermarkets this year! Over the years the US has

> > sourced more and more of its sugar from sugar beets instead of

cane

> > because they can be grown more widely.

> >

> >

> > From Organic Consumers Association:

> >

> > ALERT: OCA LAUNCHES KELLOGG'S BOYCOTT

> > GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SUGAR TO HIT SUPERMARKET SHELVES THIS YEAR

> > The Organic Consumers Association's (OCA) and allies are calling

for

> > a boycott of all Kellogg's products after Kellogg's refuses to

source

> > only GE-Free Sugar. Monsanto's RoundUp Ready Genetically

Engineered

> > Sugar is due to hit stores this year, exposing millions of

consumers

> > to untested and unlabeled " en Foods " that threaten human

heath,

> > the environment and farmers' rights everywhere.

> > Take Action-Join the Boycott!

> > http://organicconsumers.org/kelloggs.cfm

> >

> > Sign OCA's Petition to Kellogg's

> > http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/642/petition.jsp?

> > petition_KEY=1300

> > Make a Free Call to Kellogg's and let them know how you feel

> > http://organicconsumers.org/ge/CallKelloggs.htm

> > Send a Letter to the Editor of you Local Newspapers about the

Boycott

> > http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/642/letter/?letter_KEY=1009

> >

> >

> > ------------------------------------

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Sugar beets are different from the red beets you use for beet kvass.

Sugar beets are very very starchy, bland and don't have the red color

we're used to seeing in beets. You can also get organic red and golden

beets if they are available.

Depending on where you live and your consumption of organic, produce

buying clubs/co-ops are out there. I ran one for many years in Michigan.

Parashis wrote:

>

> Great! I wonder how long it will still be safe to make beet kvass?

>

> On Jul 8, 2008, at 4:57 AM, haecklers wrote:

>

> > Have you heard about this? The sugar beet seed producers switched to

> > Monsanto's Roundup-Ready GM beets unanimously (there were only one or

> > two companies involved) so now all the sugar beet seed available for

> > production is GM, and (I didn't realize this until today) it's

> > hitting the supermarkets this year! Over the years the US has

> > sourced more and more of its sugar from sugar beets instead of cane

> > because they can be grown more widely.

> >

> >

> > From Organic Consumers Association:

> >

> > ALERT: OCA LAUNCHES KELLOGG'S BOYCOTT

> > GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SUGAR TO HIT SUPERMARKET SHELVES THIS YEAR

> > The Organic Consumers Association's (OCA) and allies are calling for

> > a boycott of all Kellogg's products after Kellogg's refuses to source

> > only GE-Free Sugar. Monsanto's RoundUp Ready Genetically Engineered

> > Sugar is due to hit stores this year, exposing millions of consumers

> > to untested and unlabeled " en Foods " that threaten human heath,

> > the environment and farmers' rights everywhere.

> > Take Action-Join the Boycott!

> > http://organicconsumers.org/kelloggs.cfm

> <http://organicconsumers.org/kelloggs.cfm>

> >

> > Sign OCA's Petition to Kellogg's

> > http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/642/petition.jsp?

> <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/642/petition.jsp?>

> > petition_KEY=1300

> > Make a Free Call to Kellogg's and let them know how you feel

> > http://organicconsumers.org/ge/CallKelloggs.htm

> <http://organicconsumers.org/ge/CallKelloggs.htm>

> > Send a Letter to the Editor of you Local Newspapers about the Boycott

> > http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/642/letter/?letter_KEY=1009

> <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/642/letter/?letter_KEY=1009>

> >

> >

> > ------------------------------------

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Thanks so very much!

On Jul 8, 2008, at 3:08 PM, on wrote:

> Sugar beets are different from the red beets you use for beet kvass.

> Sugar beets are very very starchy, bland and don't have the red color

> we're used to seeing in beets. You can also get organic red and golden

> beets if they are available.

>

> Depending on where you live and your consumption of organic, produce

> buying clubs/co-ops are out there. I ran one for many years in

> Michigan.

>

Parashis

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