Hillary Clinton: The Bride Of FrankenfoodBy Brandon Turbeville According to Global Research writer Stephen Lendman, nearly all the food produced for the Clinton White House was obtained from local growers and suppliers, GMO-free, pesticide-free, and with a preference for organic.[1] That, preference, however, is not to be afforded the American people and the people of the Third World for whom Hillary is pushing every toxic GM variety known to man. Hillarys Big-Agra ties go back quite a long ways. As far back as the 1980s, Hillary was working at high levels within the Rose Law Firm, a law firm that itself was tied to a number of scandals. Although not a scandal at the time, it is now important to note that the Rose Law Firm, at which Clinton was a partner, maintained Monsanto and Tyson Foods as clients.[2] Yet a mere association between law firms and such food giants was by no means the depths of Clintons connection to these institutions and the industry of Genetically Modified Organisms and biotechnology. It has been speculated by many that Hillarys ties to Monsanto and Tyson as a result of her career with Rose was yet another link in the chain pulling biotech giants together with the Bill Clinton administration in the 1990s. Indeed, Clintons disastrous presidency resulted in seeing a number of former-biotech giant employees being hired and appointed to the FDA, USDA, and other relevant regulatory posts within the US government. While being careful not to ascribe the blame of Bill Clintons either years of treachery to Hillary, it is nevertheless worthwhile to ask whether or not Hillary served as a middleman of sorts for major government-corporate collusion of this type. After all, when Clinton became US Secretary of State, she acted as Monsantos promoter both domestically and across the world, continuing a policy of GMO promotion that preceded and, apparently, continued even after she left the office. In December, 2010, WikiLeaks released sizable number of cables, about ten percent of which revealed that the US State Department was essentially acting as the marketing wing for biotech companies and biotech products across the world. The thousands of cables that were released spanned over 100 embassies and were, unfortunately, released just before Christmas. As a result, the story faded into the holiday madness.[3] Thankfully, in 2013, the watchdog organization Food and Water Watch delved into the cables and released a report entitled Biotech Ambassadors: How The U.S. State Department Promotes The Seed Industrys Global Agenda. According to Food and Water Watch, their study reveals a concerted strategy to promote agricultural biotechnology overseas, compel countries to import biotech crops and foods they do not want, and lobby foreign governments especially in the developing world to adopt policies to pave the way to cultivate biotech crops.[4] Food and Water Watch wrote, Food and Water Watch closely examined five years of State Department diplomatic cables from 2005 to 2009 to provide the first comprehensive analysis of the strategy, tactics and U.S. foreign policy objectives to foist pro-agricultural biotechnology policies worldwide. Food Water Watchs illuminating findings include: The U.S. State Departments multifaceted efforts to promote the biotechnology industry overseas: The State Department targeted foreign reporters, hosted and coordinated pro-biotech conferences and public events and brought foreign opinion-makers to the United States on high-profile junkets to improve the image of agricultural biotechnology overseas and overcome widespread public opposition to GE crops and foods. The State Departments coordinated campaign to promote biotech business interests: The State Department promoted not only pro-biotechnology policies but also the products of biotech companies. The strategy cables explicitly protect the interests of biotech exporters, facilitate trade in agri-biotech products and encourage the cultivation of GE crops in more countries, especially in the developing world.[5] The State Departments determined advocacy to press the developing world to adopt biotech crops: The diplomatic cables document a coordinated effort to lobby countries in the developing world to pass legislation and implement regulations favored by the biotech seed industry. This study examines the State Department lobbying campaigns in Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria to pass pro-biotech laws. The State Departments efforts to force other nations to accept biotech crop and food imports: The State Department works with the U.S. Trade Representative to promote the export of biotech crops and to force nations that do not want these imports to accept U.S. biotech foods and crops.[6] FWW also provides a few Hillary quotes demonstrating the State Departments push for GM crops worldwide such as her statements linking GMOs to solving climate change and world hunger.[7] We believe that biotechnology has a critical role to play in increasing agricultural productivity, particularly in light of climate change, Clinton is quoted as stating.[8] [W]e want to shift our focus to agricultural sustainability, focusing on the small producers, helping them understand the value of GMOs genetically modified organisms, she also said while serving as Secretary of State.[9] Clinton also extolled the virtues of GE technology upon her visit to Kenya when she stated that With Kenyas leadership in biotechnology and biosafety, we cannot only improve agriculture in Kenya, but Kenya can be leader for the rest of Africa.[10] While the FWW report can scarcely be dealt with in any reasonable detail within the scope of this article, it is recommended that the reader take advantage of the fact that it is freely available online at this link: http://documents.foodandwaterwatch.org/doc/Biotech_Report_US.pdf It should be mentioned that, as Secretary of State, Hillary also helped promote the USAID funded program Feed the Future, an initiative that promotes and introduces Round-up Readyproducts all over the world.[11] Yet, even as Hillary was acting as Monsanto and Big-Agras PR woman as Secretary of State, the Clinton Global Initiative was receiving sizable donations from Monsanto and Dow Chemical. As Judy Frankel of the Huffington Post writes in her article Hillary vs. Bernie On Frankenfood, How is Hillary personally involved in supporting big agriculture? The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), which gathers leaders to solve the worlds problems, promotes Monsanto, the maker of RoundUp and RoundUp Ready seeds. Hugh Grant, Monsantos Chairman and CEO spoke at the Clinton Global Initiative conference in September, 2014. Ms. Clintons top campaign advisor, Jerry Crawford, was a lobbyist for Monsanto for years and is now the political pro for her Super PAC, Ready for Hillary.[12] Clinton spoke in favor of the governments Feed the Future (FtF) program, a USAID funded, corporate-partnered program that brings RoundUp Ready technology to the most vulnerable populations of the world.[13] Monsanto and Dow Chemical support Hillary and Bills Clinton Foundation with generous donations. Last year, at a San Diego biotech conference, Hillary coached her audience in messaging. Genetically modified sounds Frankensteinish. Drought-resistant sounds like something youd want. Be more careful so you dont raise that red flag immediately. Its also highly unlikely for Hillary Clinton to stand up against her benefactors, saying she favors a review of RoundUp, 2,4-D, and the even more toxic poisons used by farmers worldwide when she has friends in the industry telling her that they will feed the world someday with their agricultural methods.[14] According to Stephen Lendman, Monsanto gave the Clinton Foundation from half a million to one million dollars Ag giant Dow Chemical from one to five million dollars, according to Bill, Hillary Chelsea Clinton Foundation disclosures. Numerous other corporate giants contributed large sums. Expect them donating handsomely to Hillarys presidential campaign.[15] The Washington Times echoes Lendmans claims by stating that Monsanto gave the foundation between $501,250 and $1 million. Dow Chemical Company, which is among the top GMO players, gave between $1 million and $5 million, according to financial disclosures by the Clinton Foundation.[16] Candidate Clinton is no better than Secretary, Senator, or First Lady Clinton. In fact, she may even be worse considering that, even when faced with election woes stemming from her support of GM foods, she is still stalwart and vocal in her support of them, going so far as to openly raise funds from Big-Agra donors and attend Big-Agra lobbying initiatives.[17] Candidate Clinton in 2008 was bad enough. Back then, Clinton was supported by a group called Rural Americans For Hillary, an organization closely connected to the lobbying firm of Monsanto.[18] Clintons adviser for her campaign for Secretary of State, 2008 Presidency, and both Senate runs was Mark Penn, a close adviser to Clinton as well as PR rep for Monsanto via his PR firm Burson-Marsteller. [19] [20] [21] Linn Cohen-Cole suggests that it was Hillary Clinton who was the brainchild (at Penns instruction) to appoint notorious Monsanto henchman Michael Taylor to the position of head of the FDA, a man whom Bill Clinton had once appointed to the FDA and USDA.[22] In 2015, when Hillary began assembling her 2016 campaign team, she tapped Monsanto lobbyist Jerry Crawford to act as an adviser to the Ready For Hillary Super PAC. Crawford was also co-chair of her 2008 campaign.[23] As Zaid Jilani wrote for Alternet, Before joining Clintons campaign in 2008, Crawford served in a variety of high-profile political roles. In addition to a variety of local positions, he served as the Iowa chair for the presidential campaigns of Mike Dukakis, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerryeach one the more conservative candidates in their Democratic presidential primaries. So it was a natural fit for Crawford to sign up for the Hillary campaign. But after Clintons 2008 loss, Crawford spent his days at Crawford Muaro, his law and lobbying firm.[24] While there, he represented a variety of corporate clients, including Kraft and Altria (the parent company of Philip Morris USA). He also served as a lawyer for Jack DeCoster, a factory farm tycoon who infamously supplied eggs that led to a salmonella outbreak. His most prominent client, however, was Monsanto.[25] Stephen Lendman also points out that Crawford was involved in fighting small farmers through the court system on behalf of Big-Agra.[26] Hillarys long history with Big Agra should have foretold the glowing praise she would leap upon GM crops and big Biotech companies at the worlds largest trade organization of biotechnology firms in San Diego in late June 2014.[27] I stand in favor of using seeds and products that have a proven track record, Hillary said. She also added that pro-GMO advocates need to continue to hammer at those more skeptical of frankenfoods. There is a big gap between what the facts are, and what the perceptions are, she said, echoing a typical Big Agra talking point designed to be appealing to trendies and hipsters.[28] Clinton also gave some marketing advice to the participants regarding how they present GM food to the public. Genetically modified sounds Frankensteinish. Drought resistance sounds really something you want. So how do you create a different vocabulary to talk about what it is youre trying to help people do, she said.[29] She also stated We talk about drought-resistant seeds, and Ive promoted them all over Africa. By definition, they have been engineered to be drought-resistant, I mean thats the beauty of them. Maybe somebody can get their harvest done and not starve, and maybe theres some left over to sell. And yet Ive been involved in a lot of the political debates in other countries about whether or not to accept certain kinds of seeds. . . . . . We created a program called Feed the Future, which is trying to help the farmers be educated enough to know that drought-resistant seeds, for example, are not going to hurt them. And this is painstaking work, doesnt get solved overnight. You have to be working at the top with the departments of agriculture, with finance ministries, with prime ministers and presidents offices, and you have to be working from the bottom up. I dont see the short cut for it. . . . . . . I dont want to see biotech companies or pharma companies moving out of our country simply because of some perceived tax disadvantage and potential tax advantage somewhere else.[30] See: https://youtu.be/Hypwb_SYaAc[31] Clintons 2016 race has, as mentioned, gotten off to a great start thanks to donations from Monsanto lobbyists in the form of bundlers fundraisers who are able to skirt election donation laws by convincing their contacts and associates to donate to a political candidate. Jerry Crawford, the famed Iowa-based Monsanto lobbyist, has already raised $35,000 for Clinton.[32] Brandon Turbevilles new book, The Difference It Makes: 36 Reasons Hillary Clinton Should Never Be President is available in three different formats: Hardcopy (available here), Amazon Kindle for only .99 (available here), and a Free PDF Format (accessible free from his website, BrandonTurbeville.com). This article (Hillary Clinton: The Bride Of Frankenfood) can be republished under this share-alike Creative Commons license with attribution to Brandon Turbeville, the article link and Natural Blaze.com. Brandon Turbeville article archive here is an author out of Florence, South Carolina. He is the author of six books, Codex Alimentarius The End of Health Freedom, 7 Real Conspiracies, Five Sense Solutions and Dispatches From a Dissident, volume 1and volume 2, The Road to Damascus: The Anglo-American Assault on Syria, and The Difference it Makes: 36 Reasons Why Hillary Clinton Should Never Be President. Turbeville has published over 600 articles dealing on a wide variety of subjects including health, economics, government corruption, and civil liberties. Brandon Turbevilles podcast Truth on The Tracks can be found every Monday night 9 pm EST at UCYTV. He is available for radio and TV interviews. Please contact activistpost (at) gmail.com. [1] Lendman, Stephen. Hillary Clinton Endorses GMOS. White House Meals Are Organic. Global Research (Centre For Research On Globalization). May 25, 2015. http://www.globalresearch.ca/hillary-clinton-endorses-gmos-white-house-meals-are-organic/5451481 Accessed on September 1, 2015. [2] Gerth, Jeff; Van Natta, Jr., Don (2007). Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-01742-6. p. 60. [3] Hatfield, Leslie. New Analysis Of Wikileaks Shows State Departments Promotion Of Monsantos GMOs Abroad. Huffington Post. July 20, 2013. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leslie-hatfield/new-analysis-of-wikileaks_b_3306842.html Accessed on September 1, 2015. [4] Biotech Ambassadors: How The U.S. State Department Promotes The Seed Industrys Global Agenda. Food and Water Watch. May, 2013. http://documents.foodandwaterwatch.org/doc/Biotech_Report_US.pdf Accessed on September 1, 2015. [5] U.S. Department of State (U.S. DoS). FY 2008 biotechnology outreach strategy and department resources. Cable No. 07STATE160639. November 27, 2007. [6] Biotech Ambassadors: How The U.S. State Department Promotes The Seed Industrys Global Agenda. Food and Water Watch. May, 2013. http://documents.foodandwaterwatch.org/doc/Biotech_Report_US.pdf Accessed on September 1, 2015. [7] Biotech Ambassadors: How The U.S. State Department Promotes The Seed Industrys Global Agenda. Food and Water Watch. May, 2013. http://documents.foodandwaterwatch.org/doc/Biotech_Report_US.pdf Accessed on September 1, 2015. [8] U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee. Hearing on the Presidents FY2009 War Supplemental Request. April 30, 2009. [9] Lauritsen, Sharon Bomer, Executive Vice President of Food and Agriculture at BIO. Letter to Professeur De Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. May 29, 2009 at 14. [10] Clinton, Hillary. Remarks at the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute. August 5, 2009 [11] Biotech Ambassadors: How The U.S. State Department Promotes The Seed Industrys Global Agenda. Food and Water Watch. May, 2013. http://documents.foodandwaterwatch.org/doc/Biotech_Report_US.pdf Accessed on September 1, 2015. [12] Jilani, Zaid. Hillarys Pick For Her Political Fixer In Iowa Is A Classic Illustration Of Americas Political Corporate Insider Problem. Alter Net. March 9, 2015. http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/hillarys-pick-her-political-fixer-iowa-classic-illustration-americas-political Accessed on September 2, 2015. [13] Ishii-Eiteman, Marcia. U.S. Looks To Monsanto To Feed The World. Ground Truth. February 2, 2011. http://www.panna.org/blog/us-looks-monsanto-feed-world Accessed on September 2, 2015. [14] Frankel, Judy. Hillary Vs. Bernie On Frankenfood. Huffington Post. June 23, 2015. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/judy-frankel/hillary-vs-bernie-on-fran_b_7638846.html Accessed on September 2, 2015. [15] Lendman, Stephen. Hillary Clinton Endorses GMOS. White House Meals Are Organic. Global Research (Centre For Research On Globalization). May 25, 2015. http://www.globalresearch.ca/hillary-clinton-endorses-gmos-white-house-meals-are-organic/5451481 Accessed on September 1, 2015. [16] Hillarys Agribusiness Ties Give Rise To Nickname In Iowa: Bride Of Frankenfood. Washington Times. May 17, 2015. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/may/17/hillary-clinton-gmo-support-monsanto-ties-spark-ba/?page=1 Accessed on September 2, 2015. [17] Hillarys Agribusiness Ties Give Rise To Nickname In Iowa: Bride Of Frankenfood. Washington Times. May 17, 2015. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/may/17/hillary-clinton-gmo-support-monsanto-ties-spark-ba/?page=1 Accessed on September 2, 2015. [18] Parker, Jennifer. Yee-Haw. ABC News. December 17, 2007. http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2007/10/yee-haw.html Accessed on September 2, 2015. [19] Sarich, Christina. Bride Of Frankenfood Hillary Clintons GMO Ties Spark Backlash In Iowa. Natural Society. May 28, 2015. http://naturalsociety.com/bride-of-frankenfood-hillary-clintons-gmo-ties-spark-backlash-in-iowa/ Accessed on September 2, 2015. [20] Johnson, Luke. Mark Penn All But Out For Potential Hillary Clinton 2016 Run. Huffington Post. May 20, 2013. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/mark-penn-hillary-clinton_n_3305808.html Accessed on September 2, 2015. [21] Scarehuman. Mark Penn, Taking A Break From Monsanto To Run Hillary Clintons Campaign. Daily Kos. March 17, 2008. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/03/17/458386/-Mark-Penn-taking-a-break-from-Monsanto-to-run-Hillary-Clinton-s-campaign Accessed on September 2, 2015. [22] Cohen-Cole, Linn. Monsanto And Hillary Clintons Redemptive First Act As Secretary Of State. OpEdNews. February 9, 2009. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Monsanto-and-Hillary-Clint-by-Linn-Cohen-Cole-090209-290.html Accessed on September 2, 2015. [23] Terris, Ben. Jerry Crawford Has Two Goals: Delivering Iowa For Hillary Clinton And Winning The Kentucky Derby. Washington Post. March 2, 2015. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/hillary-clintons-iowa-horse-whisperer-jerry-crawford-aims-for-caucus-kentucky-derby/2015/03/02/9c93b638-be23-11e4-bdfa-b8e8f594e6ee_story.html Accessed on September 2, 2015. [24] Jerry Crawford. Crawford Mauro Law Firm. Crawford bio.http://www.crawfordlawfirm.com/attorneys/view.cfm?id=20 Accessed on September 2, 2015. [25] Jilani, Zaid. Hillarys Pick For Her Political Fixer In Iowa Is A Classic Illustration Of Americas Political Corporate Insider Problem. Alter Net. March 9, 2015. http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/hillarys-pick-her-political-fixer-iowa-classic-illustration-americas-political Accessed on September 2, 2015. [26] Lendman, Stephen. Hillary Clinton Endorses GMOS. White House Meals Are Organic. Global Research (Centre For Research On Globalization). May 25, 2015. http://www.globalresearch.ca/hillary-clinton-endorses-gmos-white-house-meals-are-organic/5451481 Accessed on September 1, 2015. [27] Lim, XiaoZhi. Video: Hillary Clinton Endorses GMOs, Solution-focused Crop Biotechnology. Genetic Literacy Project. July 3, 2014. http://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2014/07/03/video-hilary-clinton-endorses-gmos-solution-focused-crop-biotechnology/ Accessed on September 2, 2015. [28] Ocean, Max. Hillary Clinton Goes To Bat For GMOs At Biotech Conference. Common Dreams. July 3, 2014. http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/07/03/hillary-clinton-goes-bat-gmos-biotech-conference Accessed on September 2, 2015. [29] Ocean, Max. Hillary Clinton Goes To Bat For GMOs At Biotech Conference. Common Dreams. July 3, 2014. http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/07/03/hillary-clinton-goes-bat-gmos-biotech-conference Accessed on September 2, 2015. [30] Lim, XiaoZhi. Video: Hillary Clinton Endorses GMOs, Solution-focused Crop Biotechnology. Genetic Literacy Project. July 3, 2014. http://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2014/07/03/video-hilary-clinton-endorses-gmos-solution-focused-crop-biotechnology/ Accessed on September 2, 2015. [31] Hillary Clinton At BIO Convention 2014. Youtube. Posted by Ken Stone. June 27, 2014. Hillary Rodham Clinton, answering questions as if a presidential contender, speaks to thousands at the BIO International Convention on June 25, 2014, at the San Diego Convention Center. She was interviewed by Jim Greenwood, president and CEO of the Biotechnology Industry Organization. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hypwb_SYaAcfeature=youtu.be Accessed on September 2, 2015. [32] Brody, Ben. Lobbyists For Monsanto, ExxonMobil Raise Money For Hillary Clinton. Bloomberg, July 17, 2015. http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-17/lobbyists-for-monsanto-exxon-mobile-raise-money-for-hillary-clinton Accessed on September 2, 2015. .no doubt. But, Donald Rumsfeld brought us aspartame. Got it forced through the FDA for approval when there were many that knew it is/was poison. What about sodium benzoate? It is benzene. It is in almost everything that we consume. It is the single most effective solvent of grease and oil on the planet. What are humans cells made of? Grease and oil. Fluoride in our water. The list is long. Both parties that comprise our one party system are responsible for the attempted murder of this nation. As we witness it going down in real time. We have many parties..the system may only allow power to the establishment of the 2 major parties, but many progressives and independents, within and without the Democratic Party, are working to change the system. Too broad a brush coats over the opportunities we have to create a new system, starting right now with Bernie Sanders, who lead by example by refusing to take superpac and Big Money contributions, the very means by which the system was created and is sustained. I Your brain dead! I think you mean youre brain dead! Its you Google Boy HA HA! Fake laughter and lack of punctuation! No Chem Trails in my skies today. Where are all the jets? The storms must have scared them off. How about your skies Google Boy? Troll. Punctuation error. Huh! No Chem trail Dale dishing out the troll card. Who could imagine! Put up or shut up. I follow the findings of actual atmospheric scientists. You.the 5% lunatic cult. Only one spelling error: you are improving. Here is a link to an article by an actual atmospheric scientist. I urge you tor read it and then, with your vast background in atmospheric science(ie zero courses), take up your argument with him. All I can do is quote actual scientistsso if you think you know more than he does, prove it by contacting him and pointing out his errors. Bernie Sanders is a democrat , he is on the same side as Hillary worthless POS too ,would take away our guns. Unlike all other candidates, Sanders is neither an oligarch nor beholden to the oligarchs. He has never in over 20 years voted to take away our guns. You are a POS. HE has flopped in the last couple of days. NO DALE RUFF YOU ARE A POS AND S*CK A D*CK AND HAVE I NICE DAY. I see you are not very well liked on here TROLL What did he flop on? Do you trade in libel? Do you think yelling makes your lies truthful? Do you think obscene insults qualify as rational discussion? Do you think one or two trolls who dislike facts is a strong argument that I am wrong? I predict you will ignore these relevant questions and double down on gutter sniping. Shame on you! I see where your fantasies lie.(dicksucking) I would ask you a simple question: what other candidate is neither an oligarch nor a servant of the oligarchs?. Put up or shut up.If you do not answer honestly, you are admitting you have no answer and owe an apology for descending into the cesspool of hatred. Show some class! Shut up dale TROLL Beautiful response, fully revealing your intellectual status and your moral character. Maybe her coughing is from eating GMOs although I imagine she eats Organic. Not to nit pick, but Clinton became Secretary of State in 2009. Therefore, the following has nothing to do with her tenure, as terrible as it was: Food and Water Watch closely examined five years of State Department diplomatic cables from 2005 to 2009 to provide the first comprehensive analysis of the strategy, tactics and U.S. foreign policy objectives to foist pro-agricultural biotechnology policies worldwide. Sufficient the evil unto the day.. And she has Crohns disease to prove it Dale get over it Hillary or Bernie tell me which is the lesser of the 2 evils. CRIPE! Bernie leads by example. The corruption of US political system is based on the influence of Big Money. Bernie has no Big Money. He is showing the way. All proud achievements in the US, from abolition of slavery to enfranchisement of women to rights for gays, the disabled, and minorities, rights of labor, end of child labor, minimum wage laws, Social Security and Medicare have been created by progressives. Bernie is the only alternative to a corrupt systemand you are too dense to see it. My sympathy 