Genetically Modified Microbes On Your Dinner Plate?

Big Agra has been pumping these GMMs into the soil that grows the food that ends up on your plate.

And that means you, and I, and everyone we love are being used as modern-day guinea pigs in this experiment...

An experiment that’s likely to trigger a tsunami of medical conditions — including infertility, tumors, kidney and liver disease, and more — that we may not even be aware of for at least a decade.

The nutritional value of foods grown on these genetically altered soils will be far less than your body needs to thrive... but that’s not the only concern.

Now add to that an unprecedented expansion in the amounts of hazardous pesticides and herbicides in our food supply — like Roundup and other toxic agrichemicals — as well as massive soil degradation and damage to wildlife, climate, and the overall environment.

The truth is, we have no idea what the extent of the damage will be caused amid this new Franken-foods experiment.

The facts that we do know — the few we’re allowed to know — are scary enough and point toward the biggest modern health disaster we have ever seen.

Big Agra’s plan is simple — to turn every crop into a massive cash crop, at the expense of your health.

The Earth’s soil is more important than most people realize. It’s not only essential for healthy plant growth and human nutrition, but also supports a landscape that is resilient to the impacts of drought, flood, or fire.

Healthy soil also helps regulate the Earth’s climate. Did you know our soil stores more carbon than all of the world's forests combined?

Sadly, soil is not renewable and it’s now endangered thanks to Big Agra. It takes a staggering 500 years for nature to build less than an inch of living soil — and only seconds to destroy it.¹

You see, nutrient-rich soil is created by the natural ecosystem of wild and diverse plant and animal life — including trillions upon trillions of microbes. Just one handful of healthy soil contains more microbes than there are people on the planet.

These microbes play a fundamental role in agriculture, making phytonutrients available to plants and boosting crop immunity to pests and diseases. In turn, these nutrients are passed on to you as food and are essential to your health.

But these genetically engineered bacteria, viruses, and fungi — known as “biologicals” — are another matter entirely.

Using gene editing technology, Big Agra is engineering microscopic living creatures in the soil, like bacteria and fungi, to then re-introduce them in their altered Frankenstein forms.

Make no mistake about it, Big Agra’s plan to introduce these monster bacteria, viruses, and fungi as part of their upscaled industrial-scale farming methods, will have a direct and damaging impact on your food supply and the world we live in.

At least two live genetically engineered (GE) microbes are already being used on millions of acres of U.S. farmland, but hundreds more are coming — and there will be very little government oversight and almost no transparency.

Each microbe application could release as many as three trillion genetically modified biologicals per half acre of farmland.²

Big Agra’s plan is to enhance the ability of the Earth’s natural microbes and turn them into more efficient pest killers. They also aim to use their live GE microbes to generate specific soil nutrients, like nitrogen, at the expense of other key nutrients.

The simple idea is to boost plant growth and make them more resistant to disease and pest infestations, as well as allow them to be grown in soils outside their original habitat.

However, many of the other phytonutrients you evolved to depend on for your health will be “cleansed.” And while your diet and the environment around you have altered, your body still has the same needs.

Big Agra’s focus is on singular crops and reaping maximum yield with the least expense. It has nothing to do with nutrition, diversity, or ecological preservation.

Big Agra already has a terrible track record when it comes to genetic engineering, pesticides, industrial-scale farming, disenfranchising family-scale farmers, and obfuscating the truth — not to mention their impact on human health and the environment.

Its long history includes the manufacturing of the military-grade herbicide Agent Orange, the poisoning of public waterways, PCBs, bovine growth hormones, and DDT insecticides.³

When it comes to GMO crops like soy, corn, and wheat, studies show these products and the pesticides with which they’re treated are at the root of multiple health problems...despite Big Agra’s safety claims.

Nearly all commercially released GMO seeds and crops are produced by just three agrichemical companies — Monsanto/Bayer, BASF, and Syngenta, which are also among the biggest players in the creation and application of genetically engineered monster microbes.

Despite decades of promises that their genetically modified products would feed the world and lead to decreased pesticide use, the opposite has turned out to be true.

The use of Monsanto’s glyphosate-based weedkiller Round-up has mushroomed since the introduction of glyphosate-resistant GMO crops. Round-up is now the most widely used weedkiller in the world.

It’s also worth noting that Bayer and BASF have been busy lobbying the US and European governments to scrap safety rules on new GMO crops — even if they increase pesticide use.⁴

Here’s just a small sample of the health concerns surrounding genetically modified crops:

If genetically altered microbes are pumped into hundreds of millions of acres of American farmland, all of this is likely to be just the tip of the iceberg.

Big Agra’s control over the development of live GE microbes, and their planned mass release into the environment, raises red flags for your food supply — and also threatens to forever change the world that we live in.

Yet very few barriers are in place to challenge this coming crisis. Current U.S. regulatory controls for live GE microbes in agriculture are already outdated and opaque.

Big Agra and its associated agrichemical corporations can hide almost all details from public view under their “Confidential Business Information” designation.

Once these products are released, there is also no regulatory system in place that allows the public or the government to monitor the extent of their use or their long-term safety.

This is extremely worrying — especially given Big Agra’s long and nasty history with pesticides and GMOs over the past half-century.

According to a recent Friends of the Earth report, live GE microbes are able to share genetic material with each other far more easily than crops can, and they can also travel great distances on the wind.

That means the genetic modifications inside these microbes will be able to alter any other plant species they come into contact with... with unforeseen and potentially irreparable consequences.

It’s not just Friends of the Earth that have expressed concern. Multiple researchers have warned of a range of genetic mishaps that could occur when living organisms are engineered, including...¹¹

At the turn of this century, the Journal of the American College of Nutrition published a study comparing the nutrient content of crops in 1999 with 1950 levels. The researchers were shocked to find many vegetables had lost 80% of their nutrient content.¹²

Today, a quarter of a century later, the situation is even more dire. Mounting evidence from multiple scientific studies reveals that many fruits and vegetables carry less protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, riboflavin, and vitamin C than ever, as a result of nutrient depletion in soil.

For example, more than 83 million acres of American farmland have been almost entirely cleansed of selenium, an essential mineral and antioxidant used by your body’s immune system to naturally ward off cancer, heart disease, and other chronic diseases.¹³

Dozens of other minerals and vitamins that were once abundant in our soil and plants have also been depleted, leaving your body with fewer of the components it needs to mount a defense against disease.

Now, with the introduction of live, GE microbes into agricultural soil, the health of the human microbiome is also at risk — particularly your gut microbiome, which plays a key role in your body’s immune response.

You see, live GE microbes intended for crops grown for animal feed to target harmful bacteria in an animal’s microbiome, may continue to live and carry out their microbe-killing functions when they end up in your gut.

The regulatory system is now set to rapidly greenlight new GE microbes without assessing their potential health and environmental risks.

Big Agra wants you to believe that the thousands of products they offer are safe and healthy. They also want you to believe that these are your only choices.

Fortunately, there are already alternatives...

A small number of farmers across six continents have retained or moved into regenerative agriculture, rebuilding soil organic matter, restoring degraded microbial biodiversity in their soil, and using responsible grazing practices for the animals they raise.

These farmers use no synthetic toxic pesticides, synthetic water-soluble fertilizers, GMOs, destructive tillage systems, confined animal feeding operations, and the clearing of high-value ecosystems.

Of the 900 million arable acres in America, only about 13.5 million acres are farmed regeneratively — but the nutritional difference is astonishing.

A 2022 study of U.S. farming highlighted that food produced in regenerative systems had significantly higher nutritional value than conventional plots. Comparing neighboring farms, the study found that crops produced under regenerative management had up to 34% higher nutritional composition.¹⁴

The same study also analyzed meat products and came to the same conclusion. Beef and pork raised on regenerative farms had much higher levels of omega-3 and alpha-linolenic acid, two essential nutrients for human health and development.

When you choose regenerative, you're getting a product that's the result of farming with the earth, not against it. You’re getting a taste of the wild, open pastures and the deep, rich soils that give back to Mother Nature as much as they take.

I recommend finding regenerative farms near you. For a complete list, check out this link: www.regenerativefarmersofamerica.com/ regenerative-farm-near-me

Here’s what I recommend for getting corporate greed and its dangerous and nutrition-less products off your dinner table. Of course, as a regular reader, you know my go-to advice is to always eat naturally and avoid processed foods. This should go without saying, but I always recommend eating whole foods, pastured beef, lamb, chicken, and other properly raised, organic foods.

Unless you know the source of the meat, dairy, and vegetables, and the practices of the ranch or farm, the safest foods are USDA-certified-organic foods. If your grocer doesn’t carry them, let them know you’ll shop elsewhere.

But I also recommend that you:

Get To Know Your Local Farmer. It’s important to buy from producers committed to natural and non-GMO farming methods. My simple rule is to shop and buy local, in-season, organic food. Nutrient-rich, properly raised food energizes your body and results in vigor, strength, and long-term health.

Avoid foods with high carbohydrate and starch content as much as possible. These are Big Agra and Big Food’s biggest money makers. They spike your insulin levels and lay the foundations for our modern epidemic of chronic diseases.

Search For These Keywords When Shopping. Next time you’re shopping, keep an eye out for key terms that show your food isn’t coming from Big Agra farm.

Check The Label And Avoid Soy. Despite the soy-health hoopla, multiple studies strongly suggest this lucrative GMO corporate cash crop poses serious health risks.

Many soy-based products prevent your body from absorbing essential minerals. Ironically, soy also makes it more difficult for the body to digest protein, the very thing soy was supposed to provide as an alternative to meat protein.

Soy has also been shown to cause cancer in animal studies, and is a known hormone disruptor. (By the way, soy makes its way into most industrial animal feed, which means it’s also making its way to your table.)¹⁵

It’s also high in omega-6 fatty acids — up to 18% of the whole bean. This is the kind of fat we’re supposed to reduce in our diet.

Soy byproducts are everywhere, and they go by many FDA-approved names. Here are the ones to look out for:

I’m not saying small amounts of this stuff will kill you, but it’s best to be aware of how much you’re consuming, given the potential health hazards. If you find these ingredients on the label, try to find substitutes without them.

Look For A “Non-GMO” Label. This can be tricky because the manufacturers of genetically modified foods are lobbying hard to get “non-GMO” labels banned. But for now, they’re still legal. And, in my opinion, a good sign that these foods are safer.

When You Can, Grow Your Own. Non-GMO seed companies have moved much of their seed production to Europe and Asia, where contamination is less likely. American agribusiness giants have less clout in these countries, and untainted seeds are still available. Homegrown vegetables contain many more nutrients than the corporate variety — and they taste better.

If You Can’t Buy From A Local Farm, Order Online. For a list of farms that only raise grass-fed and finished meat, check out these two websites: American Grassfed, Eat Wild, and A Greener World. To order online, I suggest these sites:

Another good site is the Weston A. Price Foundation, which has local chapters in most states, and many are connected with buying clubs through which you can easily purchase organic foods, including grass-fed raw dairy products, like milk and butter. Check out www.westonaprice.org/find-local-chapter/

Contact Your Representatives In Congress. I strongly recommend that you let your members of the House and the Senate know you’re concerned about this issue and demand that genetically modified microbes be banned until proven safe. To find your representative, click on the links:

www.house.gov/representatives/find-your
representative www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

To Your Good Health,

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