quit his job went to work for the government then went back to monsanto as their v.p. and now is back is that at the f.d.a. is u.s. food safety is are you kidding know. but it gets worse you see. what a lawsuit was filed against the f.d.a. they were forced to turn over their secret internal memos forty four thousand of them and it turns out that the statement the policy was a lie that it was actually the overwhelming consensus among the scientists working at the f.d.a. the g m o's were dangerous and should be carefully tested they warned against toxins allergens new diseases or nutritional problems and they complained about the proposed regulation that came out that's remarkable so and in fact you you have some examples here genetically modified potatoes this. the photo g.m. potatoes number two damage to rats tell us about this well in this case the rats ate genetically engineered potatoes engineered to produce an insecticide that's not on the market it was an experiment so that the this is sort of like the corn that produces bacillus them. very similar very similar bu

oh, looks like monsanto just developed exploding corn. we'll be right back. [cheers and applause] >> stephen: thank you very much. [cheers and applause] welcome back, everybody. nation, i'd say if your eyes are bigger than your stomach, you need to get your eyes stapled. this is thought for food. >> whoo! >> stephen: folks, i'm no fan of usda a bunch of government bureaucrats sitting around all day inspecting my meat. it's sick stuff. now this bloated agency has gone too far. >> department of agriculture might have bitten off well more than it can chew. after an internal news letter encouraging employees to participate in meatless mondays came to light. the memo hailing not eating meat for one day is a simple way to reduce your environmental impact. >> stephen: what if sn if i have meatless mondays how do i celebrate trichinosis tuesdays? this whole thing is typical of the vegg-elite. new they've got problems of their own. according to the jurn of plant science evidently plants can talk. researchers found that plants not only respond to sound but communicate

but here's why it's so important and here's why corporations like monsanto don't want prop thirty seven to pass despite what we've all been told despite the assurances that g.m.o. is are not dangerous to humans evidence to the contrary is starting few weeks ago at a conversation with jeffrey smith the executive director of the institute for responsible technology and author of the book seeds of deception exposing industry and government lies about the safety of the genetically engineered food you're eating and here are some of the amazing things he told me that you should know just as this battle in california picks up. when the lawsuit was filed against the f.d.a. they were forced to turn over their secret internal memos forty four thousand of them and it turns out that the statement the policy was a lie that it was actually the overwhelming consensus among the scientists working at the f.d.a. the g m o's were dangerous and should be carefully tested they warned against toxins allergens new diseases or nutritional problems which is called potentially precancerous cell growth there's no

and now the very very ugly monsanto the agribusiness in genetically modified food giant has contributed more than four million dollars to a group group opposing a california ballot measure that would require labels to let consumers know if the foods they're buying are genetically modified monsanto isn't the only corporation trying to prevent americans from knowing what's in their food though nestle coca-cola and pepsi have all contributed to the same opposition group to plain and simple monsanto and the rest of their kind don't think americans have a right to know if they're eating frankenfood it's because you know extra labeling costs money and months santo and their hundreds of millions of dollars in profits just can't afford it so check out on some corn and don't worry what strange gene is in it because monsanto is very very ugly. coming up with republicans you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't especially when it comes to cutting medicare costs and making medicare more efficient so why are mitt romney and paul ryan attacking the president over the very same thing the

." >> susie: seeds are a $12 billion business for companies like monsanto and dupont.what could be blockbuster products for those companies are being put to the test this summer. drought-tolerant corn hybrids are just hitting the market. diane eastabrook looks at how some are holding up in this year's parched midwest. >> reporter: most of mike cyrulik's corn crop looks like burnt toast. but as we traipse deep into one of his central illinois fields, cyrulik shows me something unusual. >> we are here at the artesian corn, okay. >> reporter: and there's a big difference. >> there's a big difference in plant health. >> reporter: last spring, cyrulik used a new drought tolerant seed in part of the 2,000 acres of corn he planted. the green strip shows where he used syngenta's new agrisure artesian seeds. >> the ears are a lot bigger. i'm sure the corn's a lot wetter just because of the plant health. >> reporter: syngenta is among a handful of companies, including monsanto and dupont, rolling out so-called drought-tolerant hybrids. the new varieties identify and use specific

well first of all i'm very puzzled i kept looking for any money from monsanto and in this initiative and i think could find and if you have some please let me know because i'd like to find it but what's interesting about it is that in a certain way this initiative process process is going to be an educational process basically what both sides are trying to spend money to convince voters that they are right and i think that this this way will help educate california voters and i'm hoping that everybody will stick to the scientific arguments now with regard to money coming from outside the states one of the problems is that the leading companies are worried about this is because what would happen is you have this labeling in california all the sudden that would apply since it's the entire country we're not going to start segregating food just for california and not for the rest of the country and this will cost a lot of money possibly and there are studies that said you know i've seen that legislative office study here but basically earlier stages said if you tried to segregate organic

that means not just more profit but much much more power other major lobbying influences include monsanto kraft foods the american sugar alliance and the national restaurant association whose money speaks louder than those who receive help from places like this. the great need by people has resulted in food banks more and more space are open to live free with forty eight thousand square feet our new food distribution center with one hundred twenty three thousand square feet and with that greater need of facing the deeper cuts it could be a recipe for hardship for more and more americans in washington christine for our team but it's more about how lobbyists in washington may dictate what's on your dinner plate i'm joined now by r t correspondent christine for south christine welcome so i want to talk more about this the way that lobbying and the amount of lobbying dollars that goes into impacting the farmers bill i mean how exactly does that oh i have a lot of props here to kind of demonstrate yeah it's how they how does it may add does it become more affordable to buy you know canned gree

and coming to a wal-mart near you monsanto sweet corn filled with vitamins nutrients and oh yeah bt toxins you know the kind that has been proven to turn in sacks intestines into liquid so why are companies so eager to put untested labeled foods on grocery store shelves we've got a story that'll make your stomach churn. but we begin today taking a close look at the role of informants in the f.b.i. and we'll start by highlighting the case of the man that played a critical role in the black panther movement in the one nine hundred sixty s. his name is richard the man you see here he was a militant activist and arm the black panthers turns out he was also an f.b.i. informant this is all recently coming to light after an investigation by south rosenfeld a journalist that put in a freedom of information request to be f.b.i. asking that they release thousands of documents in connection with a here's part of the report from the center for investigative reporting it discusses the f.b.i.'s techniques in dealing with the black panthers. but a girl who. was to percival neutralizer techniques ranged f

because they don't have access to the technology they're not given the plants to experiment with monsanto said well we do that. and we know that and you know whatever. companies that are trying for tending to be. i mean look what happened martin i mean that the polish eat margarine it's martel the you will get there and then suddenly realize that we messed up that it was a better if you've been eating more of the whole i mean things like that. that's the nature of scientific knowledge is you know things are only discovered a new and people always make very big mistakes sometimes we're hoping this one will be a big thing i guess we can only hope but helpfully we'll get some testing of the foods you know and at least some labeling on there can we are at a time thanks so much for coming on the show that was candid about the history professor at the university of the pacific and author of the lost art of hearth and home. that's going to wrap it up for this hour but for more on the stories we covered you can check out our you tube channel at youtube dot com slash our team america we post all o

we highlighted monsanto in jane's report but how would you do it? >> i see a 25% increase as of recently in that dividend. folks that own that stock, a nice place to put it. i really like agrium, a large retailer. and janna is pushing and got denied by the board this week but up 15 snoorns you think there's still room for that stock to run? >> i think they will get their way the way they did previously with marathon. they've been great about doing it. >> ty. >> you know miriam webster, the dictionary people, they have new words they're adding to the big book this year. ear worm, a song you can't get out of your head. think carly ray jetson, call me maybe. "f" bomb, i don't think we need to explain that one, do we? game changer, gas, means exhausted. gast gastropub, a bar that serves good food. man cave, think of my basement. matchup, two or more things combined. sexting, no explanation needed. and from our world, cloud computing. systemic risk, the risk the failure of a financial institution could causer instituti institutions to fail. and underwate

one nine hundred sixty one were manufactured and sold by american chemical companies including dow monsanto and diamond shamrock. at that time vietnam was divided into north and south the us supported the government of south vietnam and military intervention intensified after nine hundred sixty five. but the us made strong resistance from guerrilla forces who used dense jungle as their base of operations. defoliants brain was begun in an effort to deny cover to the guerrillas by eliminating the jungle folly which. as the war escalated the spring of deval eons increased dramatically and much of the land in south vietnam was contaminated and left barren. the defoliant known as agent orange was made from the same chemical substances as herbicides used in the us but it was twenty five times more potent. agent orange also contained dioxin the most toxic chemical ever produced. dioxin remains in the environment for many decades and causes a variety of health problems. several million vietnamese and american soldiers who fought in vietnam were affected by agent orange. their children and grandchil

we reiterate what technician tim collins said last week that monsanto, that's right, monsanto, the seedst farm story there is. at least when it comes to stocks. the bottom line is that the skyrocketing prices of corn and soybeans are something you need to keep on your radar because they could do a lot of damage to the entire economy. not just the food stocks. nothing drains the consumers' pocketbook like a rise in the price of food. keep an eye on these charts and most important keep an eye on the weather report. because if we get some rain, this scorched earth problem can at least be a miverted. otherwise, consider this one a tax. not unlike higher gasoline taxes. get ready to spend more of your hard earned dollars on food than you have in any time in decades. "mad money's" back after the break. >>> taking control of your financial destiny is smart, but why would you go it alone? >> something that has a much larger bearing on you and the stock market as a whole. >> let cramer be your guide. your sounding board. >> i'm having a hard time with my favorite stock. >> i know you can beat th

i love monsanto because they've got all kinds of diverse product lines. mosaic has performed the most recent earnings, that was strong. like a cf disstris, potish, maintains itself. the ownership being all the folks from cargill, this is a name that has a limb bitted downside. >> dr. j. what's your ag trade? >> well i was more or less with grasso on a lot of those protein plays like sanderson farms, pilgrim's pride. and i think you wait for them to come back in now, then, judge, because they had their pop, now you wait for them to come back in, i think you'll get another shot. >> i think tyson might still be a buy. you know, these are really smart people, this is not news to them that there's corn drought. i think they understand how to hedge the stuff. there was some big insider buying in the stock. so i agree there could be a pullback due. but i wouldn't be afraid to get in here because you would have to be priced into a corn drought every single year forever to be negative on the stock at that's levels. >> all day next wednesday, cnbc is covering the f

suicide fast like they do in india the farmers are committing thousands of suicide a month because of monsanto that's considered a growth story the emerging market it's happening contrary they're committing suicide really fast there's the u.k. people are committing suicide or legally british pace like oh darling i think i'll tell myself. it's so good to have you with us here on r.t. today with the holy month of ramadan drawing to a close muslims around the world a flocking to mosques to celebrate but in palestine it often means standing for hours at security checkpoints only to be denied permission to pray. reports. people here know when to pray that soldiers stand in a way it's a painful game of control. and every day it is played out at checkpoints throughout the palestinian west bank at this time of year during the holy month of ramadan it's at its most brutal. they threaten us like dogs i've been here since half past five in the morning and i was twelve thirty seven hours i'm here and they won't let me cross. with a nod of the head or the wave of an arm and israeli soldiers says who can pr

suicide fast like they do in india the farmers are committing fountains of suicide a month because of monsanto that's considered a growth story the emerging market it's a happening country they're committing suicide really fast there's the u.k. people are committing suicide at a more leisurely british pace like oh darling i think i'll tell myself ok that's considered g.d.p. but not quite as aggressive as india in the united states oh yeah well in their case it's more homicidal suicidal so you've got those massive shootings and then you've got people killing themselves nearly so it's a combo play. what howie mandell drawing to a close muslims around the world are flocking to mosques to celebrate bottom palestine that often means standing for hours at security checkpoints only to be denied permission to pray policy or has more. people here want to pray but soldiers stand in a way it's a painful game of control and every day it is played out at checkpoints throughout the palestinian west bank at this time of year during the holy month of ramadan it's at its most brutal and the they throw at us li

suicide fast like they do in india the farmers are committing thousands of suicide a month because of monsanto that's considered a growth story the emerging market it's a happening contrary there critics who saw it really fast there's the u.k. people are committing suicide and are legally british post like oh darling of their guilt myself. now russia says that the imposition of a no fly zone over syria would be illegal and would run contrary to previous u.n. agreements foreign minister sergei lavrov was reacting to recent comments coming from the us senior officials are hinting at the possibility of such a measure tease you got a piece going off reports. foreign minister says that the no fly zone over syria would be a violation of international law which moscow would never support especially with the experience from the no fly zone over libya when a un resolution aimed at protecting civilians was instead used to overthrow the libyan regime and so you of course says the u.n. doesn't do revolutions yes we've heard the statements from the u.s. military commanders i mean this is not the first time

when it comes to drought dupont has beaten monsanto to market. get any water at all. but iowa native brent wilson from pioneer says this stuff is going to really be a huge deal. >> probably the fascinating thing for me is to see plants survive with very, very little water. when, you know, if we look at products we would have sold 20 years ago, they wouldn't have made it. so, to me, that's probably the really cool thing. to really see a crop survive through phenomenally horrible conditions. due to something like this. >> reporter: they take this stuff really personally. the bigger issue, of course, now, drought has even impacted seed production. on "power lunch" we'll talk about whether they're going to have enough seed to meet demand next year. back to you. >> i'm curious. when dupont takes a look at the potential consumer of genetically modified seed, buyers of the seed, is it in fact everybody who buys seed at this point or is the whole debate over genetically modified foods enough to limit the market they have perhaps more to the u.s. as oppos

suydam up because of monsanto that's considered a growth story the emerging market it's a happening contrary there critics who saw it really fast there's the u.k. people are committing suicide in a more leisurely british pace like oh darling i think i'll tell myself ok that's considered g.d.p. but not quite as aggressive as in the united states oh yeah well in their case it's more homicidal suicidal so you get those massive shootings and then you've got people killing themselves on nearly so it's a combo play well we covered on this show over in vegas they had some buddy did some culture jamming and showed some effigies hanging suicide effigy so here it's coming true in london in athens in madrid across europe it's a global phenomenon as this thing collapses but also you know to go with the first headline why does the dow jones publish the suicide index they have the industrial index the transportation index why don't they have a suicide index because there's to true metric of economic growth in this suicidal tendencies central bank fuel consumption junction camp debt oldest show still real

that means not just more profit but much much more power other major lobbying influences include monsanto kraft foods the american sugar alliance and the national restaurant association whose money speaks louder than those who receive help from places like this. the great need by people has resulted in food banks needing more and more space are open to live free with forty eight thousand square feet our new food distribution center with one hundred twenty three thousand square feet and with that greater need of facing the deeper cuts it could be a recipe for hardship for more and more americans in washington christine for south r.t. and keep it on the subject of food we want to talk now about the way americans shop for food is changing according to the national association of convenience stores food items accounted for sixteen point nine percent of a record one hundred ninety five billion dollars of convenience store sales and two thousand and eleven so that means americans are more and more turning to convenience stores to shop for food seems like it's becoming another fast food option w

capture like you know we're we have had an example a couple of weeks ago where a guy used to work for monsanto and then he took a much lower paying job as the u.s.d.a. or f.d.a. approved one of their products and then went back to work for them with a giant bonus and you know a lot of these agencies that the military is famous for this you know if you're a general and you order enough jets you know you'll have a million dollar job waiting for you when you retire those kinds of things are we looking at regulatory capture i mean has that actually happened at the treasury department or was this just crummy legislation the banks getting their lobbyist to insert these kinds of things into this legislation or both. look i treasure e. is a federally thoroughly captured agency and i saw that you know that's how so many of these decisions got made the revolving door between wall street and washington where people go back and forth from government service to working in these financial companies is very very much a problem and because they bring that wall street ideology with them when they're coming fro