~Be there.~ Following the two-million-strong global March Against Monsanto in May, citizens worldwide are gearing up for the second stage showdown next Saturday, October 25, when some 3.5 million people in more than 350 cities are expected to turn out in opposition to the GMO giant. In Europe especially, the move to ban GMOs has accelerated quickly in recent months. There are more than a dozen countries, led by Poland and Italy that have now banned GMOs, with Europe being the way-shower for the rest of the world. Sadly, even with the defeat of the Monsanto Protection Act, there is much to be done in the US and elsewhere to ensure that genetically modified foods, the crops that are poisoning our bodies, our land and our agricultural bottom line, are soon nothing but a bad dream. There are currently bans on GMOs in four different regions in Italy, as well as 25 different provinces. Tuscany, Molise, Lazio, and Marche said no to GMO and cities like Rome, Milan and Genoa did as well. Italy was indeed a trailblazer, at the same time that the Indian government was saying no to GMO-patent requests. Earlier this year, Poland became the 8th member of the EU to ban the cultivation of GMO crops along with Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Greece and Bulgaria. Concerns that GMO crops would harm organic crops and untainted honey were part of the reasons sited by the Polish Agriculture Ministry. The reason why GMO still holds strong within governmental policies in the US, Mexico, Africa and elsewhere may very well have to do with the money that is poured into special interest coffers while the EU has more independent agencies overlooking government connections to Monsanto. - See more at: occupy/article/millions-mobilize-march-against-monsanto-again#sthash.gkwnTb3G.dpuf
Posted on: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 23:00:53 +0000
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