Dr. Vandana Shiva: Occupy our food supply!
Today, Feb. 27, is an Occupy Our Food Supply day of action. The following essay is just one of several related posts that will be appearing around the internet to mark the day.
The biggest corporate takeover on the planet is the hijacking of the food system, the cost of which has had huge and irreversible consequences for the Earth and people everywhere.
Monsanto caught illegally planting GM maize in India
New Delhi/Bengaluru, February 6th 2012: Ahead of a regulators' meeting on February 8th 2012, and reacting to the confirmed reports of Monsanto's illegal planting of Herbicide Tolerant (HT) maize in its GM maize trial, the Coalition for a GM-Free India demanded that Monsanto be blacklisted immediately. The violation was revealed in a response of the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee to an RTI [Right To Information] application.
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT STRENGTHENS DRAFT LAW TO BAN GM CROPS
Brussels, 5 July 2011 – The European Parliament today voted to strengthen a draft EU law giving member states a new right to ban genetically modified (GM) crops from being grown in their territories.
Greenpeace welcomes this positive outcome, but warns that national bans are no substitute for thorough safety testing at EU level.
ORGANIC INDUSTRY CEOS: ”IT’S A WAR” OVER GMOS
Following US Department of Agriculture approvals of genetically modified alfalfa and sugar beets, leaders of the organic industry recently met to discuss strategies to address threats posed by GM crops and USDA’s failure to address those threats.
MEXICO DENIES REQUEST FOR PILOT GM CORN PLOTS
A Mexican regulatory body has denied an application from U.S. seed giant Monsanto Co. to expand to pilot planting projects of genetically modified corn in northern Mexico, officials said Wednesday.
Government experts say more experimental planting in very small, strictly controlled plots is needed to ensure the GM crops won’t affect native corn varieties. The first such permits were granted for 22 experimental plots in 2009.
