1:  My God….did you read about this latest about genetically modified organisms?

2:  No—what did it say?

1:  That mice fed genetically modified food developed monstrous tumors.

3:  That’s right—the scientific evidence is piling up and most of Europe has banned GMO crops.

2:  Thank God we don’t have that stuff here.

1:  But we do, it’s in all of our food.

2:  What?  It’s not on the labels!

3:  The big players in bio-engineered food—like Dupont and Monsanto– don’t want it to be.

2:  Well then we have to get government officials to mandate it.

1:  Didn’t President Obama say in his 2008 campaign “Let folks know when their food is genetically modified, because Americans have a right to know what they’re buying.”

3:  Yes he did and then no they didn’t.

2:  Well I am sure someone in the federal agencies like the Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug Administration is on top of this.

3:  There is the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

1:  Who runs that?

3: Roger Beachy, former director of the Monsanto Danforth Center.

2: Isn’t there a new czar of food safety at the FDA?

3: Michael Taylor, former vice-president for public policy foe Monsanto.

2:  But how about the head of the USDA Tom Vilsack?

3:  He  was given a Governor of the Year Award by the Biotechnology Industry Organization, whose members include Monsanto.

1:  So basically the science is one side, the money is on the other…

2:  And our political leaders are following the money

3:  Exactly.