Michele Obama Partners with Monsatan!!!

[deansayso]

I thought GMO's were bad for us and we needed them all labeled so we wouldn't accidentally eat them.

Michelle Obama is partnering with Monsanto to promote genetically modified food products.
EAG News reported via The Daily Leak:

The popular agriculture company Monsanto is partnering with First Lady Michelle Obama to promote nutritional foods for kids. According to reports from the Associated Press, Monsanto will spend $50 million over five years on a campaign to market ‘healthy’ genetically modified food to children. The agrochemical company will also bring its food offerings for kids in line with the new federal standards for labeling and nutrition.

Obama announced her intentions in front of crates of fresh produce on Thursday. “When I see a company like Monsanto launch an initiative like this, I feel more hopeful than ever before,” said the First Lady. “We can improve how we make and sell food in this country.”

“It’s a natural extension of what we do,” Monsanto vice president, Michael Stern, told the AP in reference to the new partnership with the first lady.

Throughout the First Lady’s trademark campaign, “Let’s Move,” she has attempted to tackle childhood obesity by promoting healthy eating. Although the first lady has largely avoided pursuing big food corporations, most often detailing the importance of personal responsibility and fitness rather than government interference, there are signs that she’s getting more aggressive. Late last year she convened a White House summit to convince agribusiness to rethink their marketing efforts towards children.

Conservatives, who have blasted Obama’s efforts to improve public school lunches as “the nanny state personified,” are equally displeased with her ventures into the private sector. “Get ready to see Michelle Obama’s face plastered all over your local grocery stores,” said one right-wing blogger.

For Michelle Obama, Monsanto represents a key ally, albeit a controversial one. It is the leading producer of genetically engineered seeds in the country and works with a vast array of farmers across the world. One move by Monsanto can ripple throughout the industry, and the company has grown increasingly bold in tackling complex social and political issues.

[GroundSupport]

Oh Dear God......

[stlcardinalsfan]

is she so stupid that she doesnt realize monsanto is why people are getting cancer kids are getting fatter?...............or its the plan all along?

[Wickabee]

is she so stupid that she doesnt realize monsanto is why people are getting cancer kids are getting fatter?...............or its the plan all along?

How does cutting a deal which sees the company fall in line with new federal standards make it "the plan" to make kids fatter?

...............or are we just reading headlines now?

[pwaldo]

Monsanto is evil

[Wickabee]

Yeah, we all have Facebook.

[tpeichel]

How does cutting a deal which sees the company fall in line with new federal standards make it "the plan" to make kids fatter?

...............or are we just reading headlines now?

Things like this are just a band-aid. If Michelle Obama truly wanted to make a difference with childhood obesity she would attack the Farm Bill and it's massive subsidies to Big Ag that makes crappy, fattening food much cheaper than fresh produce.

[37jetson]

You have to say something about the Obama's, they do not have a single principle which cannot be overturned for the right amount of cash/political influence.

[Wickabee]

Things like this are just a band-aid. If Michelle Obama truly wanted to make a difference with childhood obesity she would attack the Farm Bill and it's massive subsidies to Big Ag that makes crappy, fattening food much cheaper than fresh produce.

Hey, no argument there. I just don't see the logic in calling this hypocritical in any way. Empty, yes, but not hypocritical.

[Star_Cards]

From the article it says that "the agrochemical company will also bring its food offerings for kids in line with the new federal standards for labeling and nutrition." I'm not sure exactly what that means for fighting childhood obesity, but I'd assume that it's a good thing to some degree. Obviously this isn't going to cure any of the issues, but I don't see it as hypocritical. Seems worth doing if it shifts things even a little bit.