Despite pro-active moves by the White House and agbiotech interests in
the wake of Sept. 11 and the war in Afghanistan, the embattled Biotech
Century remains stillborn. Fast Track has fizzled, at least for the
moment. European and Asian politicians still recognize that trying to
force untested and unlabeled American and Canadian Frankenfoods down
the throats of consumers’ amounts to political suicide. And even Bush
and the global cheerleaders for unfettered Free Trade recognize that
using the WTO as a hammer to force GMOs on global Civil Society could
destroy the entire WTO agenda. In other words no one seems to be
buying the idea that it’s your patriotic duty to be a human guinea
pig-that we must all shut up and eat our Frankenfoods, that we must
get over our queasiness about filthy meat, pesticides, hormones, toxic
sludge, agricultural sweatshops, world hunger, greenhouse gas
emissions from an evermore globalized and industrial food system, and
Mad Cow.
In fact, since Sept. 11, there are signs that consumers are more
concerned than ever about what they are feeding their children and
themselves. In Japan a Mad Cow crisis grips the country, while even
in the US government authorities seem spooked by a Mad Cow-like
disease (Chronic Wasting Disease) spreading rapidly among wild and
domesticated deer and elk. In the US people are eating out less and
cooking at home more. Organic foods worldwide are booming, while food
security and world hunger are moving from the back burner of public
consciousness to the forefront. In the next issue of BioDemocracy
News we will look more closely at the global crisis over food safety
and food security. In the meantime stay tuned to our website for
daily news and Action Alerts: www.organicconsumers.org
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