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The Blair government went even further. It commissioned the private firm Grainseed to conduct a three-year study to prove the safety of GMO food. London's Observer newspaper later got hold of UK Ministry of Agriculture documents which showed that the tests were rigged and produced "some strange science". At least one Grainseed researcher manipulated the data to "make certain seeds in the trials appear to perform better than they really did". Nonetheless, the Ministry recommended a GMO corn variety be certified, and the Blair government issued a new code of conduct under which "any employee of a state-funded research institute who dared to speak out on findings into GMO plants could face dismissal, be sued for breach of contract or face a court injunction". In other words, whistleblowing was now illegal, even if public health was at stake. Nothing would be allowed to stop the agribusiness juggernaut from proceeding unimpeded. The Blair government went even further. It commissioned the decades. This reorganisation began under President Richard private firm Grainseed to conduct a three-year study to prove the Nixon as the cornerstone of his farm policy; free trade was the safety of GMO food. London's Observer newspaper later got hold mantra, corporate grain traders were the beneficiaries, and family of UK Ministry of Agriculture documents which showed that the farms had to go so that agribusiness giants could take over. tests were rigged and produced "some strange science". At least Bankrupting family farms was the plan to remove an "excess [of] one Grainseed researcher manipulated the data to "make certain human resources". Engdahl calls it a "thinly veiled form of food seeds in the trials appear to perform better than they really did". imperialism" as part of a scheme for the US to become "the world Nonetheless, the Ministry recommended a GMO corn variety granary". The family farm was to become the "factory farm" and be certified, and the Blair government issued a new code of agriculture was to become "agribusiness", dominated by a few conduct under which "any employee of a state-funded research corporate giants with incestuous ties to Washington. institute who dared to speak out on findings into GMO plants Dollar devaluation was also part of the scheme under Nixon's could face dismissal, be sued for breach of contract or face a court New Economic Plan (NEP), which included closing the gold injunction". In other words, whistleblowing was now illegal, even window in 1971 to let the currency float freely. Developing if public health was at stake. Nothing would be allowed to stop nations were targeted as well with the idea that they forget about the agribusiness juggernaut from proceeding unimpeded. being food-self-sufficient in grains and beef, rely on America for key commodities and concentrate instead on small fruits, sugar and The Rockefeller Plan for Agribusiness vegetables for export. Earned foreign exchange could then buy US In the Cold War era, food became a imports and repay International Monetary strategic weapon by masquerading as "Food Fund (IMF) and World Bank loans that for Peace". It was a cover for US create a never-ending cycle of debt slavery. agricultural interests to engineer the The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade transformation of family farming into global (GATT) was also used, as was later the WTO agribusiness, with food the tool and small with rules written by corporations to suit their farmers ehaminated So thelr land could ve Readers will know own bottom-line interests. used most effectively. Domination of wor! agriculture was to be "one of the central the type of future Drastic Population Reduction pillars of post-war Washington policy, along that Kissinger had in In the midst of a worldwide drought and a with [controlling] world oil markets and . d h h id stockmarket collapse, consider Kissinger's non-communist world defense sales". The mina when he sal April 1974 classified memo. National defining 1973 event was a world food crisis. in 1970: Security Study Memorandum 200 (NSSM The shortage of grain staples, along with the first of two 1970s oil shocks, advanced a _ "significant new Washington policy turn". Oil and grains were rising threefold to fourfold in price at a time when the US was the world's largest food surplus producer with the most power over prices and supply. It was an ideal time for a new alliance between US-based grain- trading companies and the government. It "laid the groundwork for the later gene revolution". Enter what Engdahl calls the "great train robbery", with Henry Kissinger the "superior" one. culprit. He decided that US agriculture Kissinger's scheme of "simpler policy was "too important to be left in the hands of the Agriculture contraceptive methods through bio-medical research" almost Department", so he took control of it himself. Readers will know sounds like DuPont's old slogan, "Better things for better living the type of future that Kissinger had in mind when he said in 1970: through chemistry". Later on, DuPont dropped "through "Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control chemistry" as evidence mounted on the toxic effects of chemicals, the people". The world desperately needed grain, America had the and a changing company in 1999 began using a new slogan, "The greatest supply, and the scheme was to use this power to "radically Miracles of Science", in its advertising. change world food markets and food trade". The big winners were NSSM 200 was tied to the agribusiness agenda that began with grain traders like Cargill, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and the 1950s and 1960s "Green Revolution" to control food Continental Grain; they were helped by Kissinger's "new food production in targeted Latin American, Asian and African 200) was shaped by Rockefeller interests and aimed to adopt a "world population plan of action" for drastic global population control, i.e., reduction. The US led the effort, making birth control in developing countries a prerequisite for US aid. Engdahl sums it up in blunt terms: "if these inferior races get in the way of our securing ample, cheap raw materials, then we must find ways to get rid of them". The Nazis also aimed big and sought control. Population culling or "eugenics" was part of their scheme to target "inferior" races to preserve the "Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people". diplomacy [to create] a global agriculture market for the first time". countries. Kissinger's plan had two aims: securing new US grain Food would "reward friends and punish enemies", and ties between — markets and controlling population, with 13 "unlucky" countries Washington and business lay at the heart of the strategy. chosen including India, Brazil, Nigeria, Mexico and Indonesia. The global food market was being reorganised, corporate Exploiting their resources depended on instituting drastic interests were favoured, political advantage was exploited and the —_ population reductions to reduce home-grown demand. groundwork was laid for the 1990s "gene revolution". The scheme was ugly and was pure Kissinger. It recommended Rockefeller interests, including the Rockefeller Foundation, were forced population control and other measures to ensure US to play the decisive role as events unfolded over the next two strategic aims. Kissinger wanted global numbers reduced by 500 the type of future that Kissinger had in mind when he said in 1970: you control nations; control food and people". NEXUS 13 Readers will know "Control oil and you control the FEBRUARY — MARCH 2008 www.nexusmagazine.com