Back in the late 80's, the UVM dairy farm got a lot of negative press
about their rBST research. Ink in the bulk tank.... What I never heard
was whether or not that research was published... didn't it go to court?
Cheerio, Caitlin
On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Kate Smith wrote:
>
> I wonder what the Saneteers in Burlington think about the
> happenings described below...? The activism against
> Monsanto seems to be picking up in the U.S. How long
> before the U.S. consumer backlash against genetically
> modified food begins to gather momentum? Kate
>
>
> > > Activists Scale Burlington Water Tower to Protest
> > > Monsanto-University Ties
> > >
> > > On Earth Day morning, Thursday April 22, two Vermont
> > > activists scaled the
> > > University of Vermont's 150 foot water tower to hang
> > > a huge banner saying
> > > "Reclaim the Earth. Monsanto out of UVM." One of
> > > them, Darini Nicholas of
> > > Plainfield, spent much of the day at the top of the
> > > tower speaking with
> > > supporters and local news reporters by cell phone
> > > and walkie-talkie.
> > > Nicholas is a native of Sri Lanka, an active member
> > > of NorthEast Resistance
> > > Against Genetic Engineering (NERAGE), and a graduate
> > > student at the
> > > Institute for Social Ecology (ISE) in Plainfield.
> > >
> > > "I am here at great personal risk to draw attention
> > > to the environmental
> > > devastation supported by the University of Vermont's
> > > (UVM) investment
> > > policy," said Nicholas in a prepared statement.
> > > "This action is part of a
> > > movement to demand that UVM invest our public funds
> > > in a socially and
> > > environmentally responsible fashion rather than in
> > > corporations like
> > > Monsanto."
> > >
> > > A noontime rally on the steps of the university
> > > library featured speakers
> > > on the hazards of genetic engineering and Monsanto's
> > > sordid history from
> > > NERAGE, ISE and the Native Forest Network, and music
> > > by Seattle-based
> > > songwriter Jim Page.
> > >
> > > Ties between Vermont's state university and the
> > > Monsanto company have been
> > > a matter of controversy for ten years. In 1989, a
> > > veterinary pathologist
> > > at UVM's experimental farm revealed that cows
> > > injected with Monsanto's
> > > genetically engineered Bovine Growth Hormone were
> > > aborting fetal calves
> > > with severe deformities. Her revelations led to an
> > > investigation by the
> > > General Accounting Office of the US Congress and
> > > helped delay government
> > > approval of rBGH for use by dairy farmers in the US.
> > > In 1997 student
> > > activists revealed that Monsanto stock represented
> > > the single largest
> > > holding in the Vermont state university's portfolio.
> > >
> > > A university representative told the Burlington Free
> > > Press on Thursday that
> > > the university now holds $192,500 in Monsanto stock.
> > > The campus-based
> > > Coalition for Responsible Investment (CRI) has
> > > discovered that UVM recently
> > > sold off its individual corporate holdings and is
> > > instead investing in
> > > mutual funds. This is clearly in response to
> > > growing controversy over the
> > > university's investment policies. Students and
> > > local activists are also
> > > investigating continuing research ties between UVM
> > > and Monsanto.
> > >
> > > A second demonstration against university-corporate
> > > ties promoting
> > > biotechnology will be sponsored by NERAGE and others
> > > at the University of
> > > Massachusetts on May 6th.
> > >
> > > (Photos of the Burlington banner-hanging will be
> > > available online shortly.)
> > >
> > >
> >
> ***********************************************************
> > > NorthEast Resistance Against Genetic Engineering
> > > c/o Institute for Social Ecology
> > > P.O. Box 89
> > > Plainfield, Vermont 05667 USA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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