[Imc] ag expo 2001, anybody?

Paul Kotheimer herringb at prairienet.org
Thu Jan 25 00:45:58 UTC 2001


i'd like to go there and sing the FrankenFood Toxology!!

anybody with me?


paulkotheimer:)

On Wed, 24 Jan
2001, Sehvilla wrote:

> Hey, 
> 
> today in my news-gazoo I got a flyer for the "Midwest Ag Expo 2001."
>  It's a bunch of biotech and fertilizer and farm equipment companies
> getting together and putting up a bunch of booths advertising their stuff.
> Monsanto will be there, so will ADM, and hundreds of other companies with
> names like "Central Petroleum Company" and "Midwest Biotech, Inc."
> Slightly less unpleasant groups like the Illinois State Water Survey will
> also have booths. 
>   I'm interested in going, maybe as a reporter for the UCIMC, mostly
> because I want to learn about who is into stuff like biotechnology in
> Illinois, and what their products are, and how they sell them, 
>  and having
> promotional
> materials from the companies could be great stuff to have for reference.
>   The days for the expo are January 30th and 31st (a tuesday and a
> wednesday) from 9:30 am to 4pm, and Feb. 1st from 9am to 3pm. 
>   who is interested??
>    
>  sehvilla
> anlyzstrlz at advancenet.net
> _______________________
> 
> "...Monsanto's own tests showed increased levels of mastitis, a painful 
> udder infection, in cows injected with rBGH. According to food safety
> experts, increased levels of mastitis would force farmers to use more
> antibiotics, which would be more likely to contaminate the cows' milk. 
> rBGH milk would also spoil faster because it contains more bacteria and 
> has a higher "somatic cell count" (translated into layman's language, this 
> means that the milk contains "more pus"). 
>                             from "Toxic Sludge is Good For You"
> 
> 
> 
> 
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