Has Michelle Obama joined forces with Monsanto?

[Savannahmann]

Live Leak is reporting that Monsanto has upon negotiating with Michelle Obama agreed to dedicate $50 million towards genetically modifying crops to be healthier.

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.”

To remind you, this is when President Obama signed the "Monsanto protection act" a little while back.

http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/archive/segment/obama-slammed-for-signing-farmer-assurance-provision/515a1b6efe344451ee000507

Well, I feel something, hopeful is not the label I would put on it. But I do feel something.

[conservaphobe]

1. ...

As an example of Republican obstruction, Mrs. Obama said: “In fact, it’s gotten so bad, they’re even trying to block the work that I do on childhood obesity and that’s really saying something. I mean, for most folks in this country, making sure our kids get decent nutrition shouldn’t be that controversial.”

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-first-lady-michelle-obama-in-chicago-to-raise-money-for-dems-20140723,0,4895587.story

[geek tragedy]

2. This story does not trouble me at all.

It does not make me question Michelle Obama's integrity or commitment to healthy food. Not one iota.

[geek tragedy]

7. for posterity, the OP

Savannahmann
Has Michelle Obama joined forces with Monsanto?

Live Leak is reporting that Monsanto has upon negotiating with Michelle Obama agreed to dedicate $50 million towards genetically modifying crops to be healthier.

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.”


To remind you, this is when President Obama signed the "Monsanto protection act" a little while back.

http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/archive/segment/obama-slammed-for-signing-farmer-assurance-provision/515a1b6efe344451ee000507

Well, I feel something, hopeful is not the label I would put on it. But I do feel something.
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[NCTraveler]

3. The fainting couch I had delivered to my office just came in to use.

"Live Leak is reporting that Monsanto has upon negotiating with Michelle Obama agreed to dedicate $50 million towards genetically modifying crops to be healthier."

The Horror.

[NCTraveler]

8. The first link had me laughing.

I didn't make it past the first paragraph in the second link.

"President Obama has armed terrorists across the Middle East, provided aid to Islamic nations, and sided with Muslims at nearly every turn. In 2013, the President gave $195 million in aid to Syrians over the month long holiday of Ramadan. This year he’s giving $500 million!"

Amazing that this is brought here.

[geek tragedy]

10. I self-deleted. Want to see honest reactions

to this.

[conservaphobe]

9. A new poll shows 13% of Democrats support impeaching the President.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/213323-majority-opposes-impeachment-calls-and-lawsuit-poll-finds#.U9KEbELUOkI.twitter

I would imagine a large percentage of that 13% are the self-proclaimed "true progressives" who perpetually whine.

[Jackpine Radical]

26. Or just false-flag Tea Partiers.

[whatchamacallit]

5. They don't need to do anything. DU's woo hunters and volunteer scientists have proclaimed GMOs safe

[geek tragedy]

6. So, you think the "woo hunters" would be

clearly in the wrong to dismiss this story?

[Codeine]

11. One of those stories that separates

the people who passed high school science classes from those who did not.

[FrodosPet]

16. No more genes in our food

Genetics and chromosomes are bad and scary. We should ONLY be eating the same food that neanderthals ate. They were happy and healthy and lived to their 100s on a regular basis (unless they were killed and eaten by dinosaurs).

[MohRokTah]

12. To date, bioengineering has concentrated on production, not nutrition.

Might be good to alter the focus.

The biggest promise of genetic modification that has been missing the entire time has been the capability of working within a specific genus to pull desirable alleles that exist on specific loci that contain undesirable traits into other loci with desirable traits in order to actually have the desirable trait in offspring without the undesirable traits.

This has been the problem of selective breeding for centuries because the standard techniques will never remove undesirable traits on any given locus to achieve the desired trait in an allele on that locus.

[Codeine]

13. Truly.

GMOs are an important tool for feeding a growing global population, and for feeding them in an increasingly nutritious way.

[MohRokTah]

14. As explained in my edit, Genetic Modification techniques can overcome the problem in hybridization.

If a desirable trait only exists on a locus with numerous undesirable traits, it can be impossible to achieve the desired trait without the undesirable traits if it is a recessive trait. Genetic Modification can change that by moving the allele to a locus without those undesirable traits.

[geek tragedy]

15. I do not think this story indicates that such efforts are underway.

For reasons that will be made obvious.

[jwirr]

17. Southern MN is full of Monsanto businesses and I would suspect many of them are in her district.

She has no doubt received a lot of support from them in her political career.

[geek tragedy]

18. The post is about Michelle Obama

not Michelle Bachmann.

[jwirr]

19. Oops. Just scanned to article and for me it seemed reasonable that any Michelle associated with

Monsanto would be Bachmann.



Sorry Michelle Obama.

[conservaphobe]

20. I'm sure it was an honest mistake.

Don't denigrate a good woman like Michelle Obama just because you are ignorant of the sound science behind genetically modified foods.

P.S. Snowflakes aren't proof climate change is a myth.

P.S.S. Vaccinations save lives.

[geek tragedy]

21. That person was not disrespectful of FLOTUS at all.

I don't think there's a need to get harsh.

Michelle Obama is a big believer in organic foods.

[jwirr]

22. I am definitely not disrespectful of Michelle Obama. She is one of the best first ladies we have had

in a long time. Thank all of you for your support.

[GeorgeGist]

28. Wrong Michelle.

[jwirr]

29. I know - did not read closely enough. See my post above with the apology.

[hedgehog]

23. ???? The link is to The Daily Leak.org - which appears to be a parody site.

[muriel_volestrangler]

24. No. That is dailyleak.org, not 'Live Leak' (why did you say that?), a fake news site

The Daily Leak is a satirical website. The contents of the DailyLeak.org may not be reprinted or re-transmitted in whole or in part without the express written consent of the publisher. The Daily Leak is not intended for readers under 18 years of age.

The Daily Leak uses invented names in all its stories, except in cases where public figures are being satirized. Any other use of real names is accidental and coincidental.

http://dailyleak.org/faq/

Do not listen to Drudge. If you didn't get this from Drudge, then work out where you did get it from, and add them to your list of "sites that are too lazy, gullible or dishonest to check out a story they like".

[Cali_Democrat]

25. You've been duped

[geek tragedy]

27. The OP says he's feeling something.

Wonder if he'll elaborate.