On Sun, 6 Feb 2000 14:03:23 -0500, [log in to unmask] wrote:

>Greetings one and all.
>
>You might want to check out the probable "influence" of Monsanto on the
>content of Stossel's piece on organic produce.
>
>Turns out that Dennis Avery, introduced only as "former agriculture
>dept. official," is now director of The Hudson Institute's Center for
>Global Food Issues.  Evidently, Hudson is under Monsanto's umbrella.

Irrelevant.

Either the arguments and research are correct or they are incorrect.

Some physicians' group is claiming that the "Meat Industry" is influencing the
"food pyramid" and that, if it weren't for that "Meat Industry" influence, there
would be no meat at all in the food pyramid !

So, the "industry influence" argument can be used by both sides in virtually
every argument.

( And, there happen to be totally and completely biased people who happen not to
be receiving funds from the side they support... so what? )