Monsanto big wig may become US food safety czar

[Magda Hassan]

This is a tricky 'hit piece' againt organic foods. First, OF DO have higher vitamin and anti-oxidant levels; Second, they are almost always fresher and tastier; Third, they do not have the burden of toxic chemicals that come with the normal food and add to our burden of diseases and cancer and Lastly, they are GM free. Other than that there is no difference - oh and one more thing - OF support local, small, environmentally-conscious farmers/growers/sellers as opposed to agrobusiness and corporations.

Also it would be interesting to know about the funding and other sources for that research quoted. Due to the changes in agricultural practices the soil quality and trace minerals are also much depleted and most of the nutritional information from pre-war studies are hopelessly out of sync now with the out comes of the new production techniques. You will know more about this Peter.