Take action : GM Food, get the facts first
The EC has just allowed GM crops into Europe, ignoring the concerns of the public. We’ve signed an important new Avaaz petition for independent research and a moratorium on GM crop development. With 1 million citizens’ signatures, we can make an official legal request to the European Commission.
Phantoms in the machine: GM corn spreads to Mexico
I LANDED in Oaxaca, Mexico, in October 2006. Nestled in the heart of a lush landscape of green mountains, the city is considered one of the jewels of the country’s tourist industry. I was here, however, to investigate contaminated corn.
GM Wheat rejected by 233 Consumer, Farmer Groups in 26 Countries
OTTAWA, MONTREAL, WASHINGTON, TOKYO and SYDNEY - 233 consumer and farmer groups in 26 countries have joined the "Definitive Global Rejection of GM Wheat"
Why I Still Oppose Genetically Modified Crops
Introduced more than a decade ago, genetically modified crops are now planted on millions of acres throughout the world. But the fundamental questions about them remain — both about their safety and their long-term impact on global food security and the environment.
By Verlyn Klinkenborg
Peasants Worldwide Rise up Against Monsanto, GMOs
Mexico, 16 October 2009) Today, International World Food Day, as declared by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, La Via Campesina is mobilizing globally along with allies in an overwhelming expression of outright rejection of Monsanto and Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), in the name of food sovereignty.
Monsanto a Focus of US Antitrust Investigation
The Justice Department is investigating whether Monsanto Co. violated antitrust rules in trying to expand its dominance of the market for genetically engineered crops.
Cyberaction : Dutch government finances irresponsible soya
Write to the Dutch government and ask them to scrap all support for the dubious soya greenwashing initiative.
Pesticides action network : Take cyberaction and tell Obama to investigate Monsanto
Tell Obama’s Antitrust Czar: Investigate Monsanto
President Obama’s antitrust chief Christine Varney has promised rigorous enforcement of antitrust law with a special focus on the agricultural sector. She should start with the worst of the worst, Monsanto. Sign the petition to demand that Varney immediately open an investigation into Monsanto and its abusive business practices.
GMWatch launches new myth-busting website
The new site has been designed to be user-friendly, making it easy to navigate what George Monbiot has called "the world’s most comprehensive database on the impacts and the politics of genetically engineered crops."[2] This includes GMWatch’s archive of nearly a decade of news and analysis from GMWatch’s daily, weekly and monthly lists, including material translated into several other languages.
Fighting GMO contamination around the world
Ever since GMOs were first introduced in the mid-1990s, farmers’ groups and NGOs have warned that they would contaminate other crops. This has happened, just as predicted. In this article we look at how communities in different parts of the world that have experienced contamination are developing strategies to fight against it.
Action Alert - Petition to Obama for MEANINGFUL GMO labeling!
Friends of the Earth: who benefits from gm crops? monsanto and the corporate-driven genetically modified crop revolution.
In 1994, a genetically modified (GM) crop was commercialized by Monsanto
in the United States for the first time. Two years later, the first
significant areas of land devoted to GM crops were sown, over 1
million hectares, the vast majority of which were in the United
States. Ten years later, there are 80 million hectares of GM crops
around the world, primarily in the United States, followed by
Argentina and Canada.
France and Europe: SUMMIT OF THE GENE, 27&28 October.
WE CALL UPON THE PEOPLE OF CITIES AND THE COUNTRYSIDE
TO GATHER ON OCTOBER 27 IN PARIS
AND ON OCTOBER 28 AT THE SUMMIT OF THE GENE
MM Robin gives evidence at the trial of “José and the 40 volunteer reapers”
