*PresidentObama has taken his team of food and farming leaders - TopicsExpress



          

*PresidentObama has taken his team of food and farming leaders directly from the biotech companies and their lobbying, research, and philanthropic arms: --Michael Taylor former Monsanto Vice President, is now the FDA Deputy Commissioner for Foods. --Roger Beachy former director of the Monsanto-funded Danforth Plant Science Center, is now the director of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. -Islam Siddiqui Vice President of theMonsanto and Dupont-fundedpesticide-promoting lobbying group, CropLife, is now the Agriculture Negotiator for the US Trade Representative. --Rajiv Shah former agricultural-development director for the pro-biotech Gates Foundation (a frequent Monsanto partner), served as Obama’s USDA Under Secretary for Research Education and Economics and Chief Scientist and is now head of USAID. --Elena Kagan who, as President Obama’s Solicitor General, took Monsanto’s side against organic farmers in the Roundup Ready alfalfa case, is now on the Supreme Court. --Ramona Romero corporate counsel to DuPont, has been nominated by President Obama to serve as General Counsel for the USDA. .
Posted on: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:15:36 +0000

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