MISCELLANEOUS MADNESS
There’s a new mascot in town. And he’s selling GMOs.
Three years ago, the Center for Media and Democracy reported on Karden, an adorable puppet used to convince kids that gardening with sewage sludge was a fun for all.
Now, we have Frank N. Foode, "your friendly neighborhood genetically modified organism," who helps "make the science of biotechnology fun and approachable."
With his corn-sprouted eyes, white hair and spectacles, this "cutest corn plush" is the mascot of Biology Fortified, Inc., a new small non-profit group based in Middleton, Wis. that promotes genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and publishes the Biofortified blog.
Guess the biotech industry wants to hook ‘em at a young age. As if the obscenely profitable Monsanto-types need more promotion. By a nonprofit, no less.