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Haitian Farmers Commit to Burning Monsanto Hybrid Seeds. By Beverly BellThe Wip In an open letter sent of May 14, Chavannes Jean-Baptiste, the Executive Director of MPP (Peasant Movement of Papay) and the spokesperson for the National Peasant Movement of the Congress of Papay (MPNKP), called the entry of Monsanto seeds into Haiti “a very strong attack on small agriculture, on farmers, on biodiversity, on Creole seeds…, and on what is left our environment in Haiti.”[1] Haitian social movements have been vocal in their opposition to agribusiness imports of seeds and food, which undermines local production with local seed stocks.

They have expressed special concern about the import of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). For now, without a law regulating the use of GMOs in Haiti, the Ministry of Agriculture rejected Monsanto’s offer of Roundup Ready GMO seeds. In an email exchange, a Monsanto representative assured the Ministry of Agriculture that the seeds being donated are not GMO. Read full post at The Wip. Hungary Destroys All Monsanto GMO Maize Fields. Food Published on July 21st, 2011 | by Shellee Tyler In an effort to rid the country of Monsanto’s GMO products, Hungary has stepped up the pace.

This looks like its going to be another slap in the face for Monsanto and other large scale agribusiness. A new regulation was introduced this March which stipulates that seeds are supposed to be checked for GMO before they are introduced to the market. Unfortunately, some GMO seeds made it to the farmers without them knowing it. Almost 1000 acres of maize found to have been grown with genetically modified seeds have been destroyed throughout Hungary deputy state secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development Lajos Bognar said. During their investigation, controllers have found Pioneer and Monsanto products among the seeds planted. The free movement of goods within the EU means that authorities will not investigate how the seeds arrived in Hungary but they will check where the goods can be found, Bognar said.

H/t AllAboutFeed Related Articles: Anonymous Message To Monsanto; We fight for farmers! Anonymous Activists Shut Down Monsanto Website [Video] Under the guise of “increased crop yields” and “a sustainable food system,” biotech giant Monsanto has been pumping dangerous genetically modified crops into the global agricultural industry for decades.

Many consumers feel that unless they scrutinize the supply chain and growing practices of every farmer or manufacturer, they can’t be sure whether or not they’re eating GMOs. Politicians and leaders in the organic food industry have already shown that they’re not willing or able to fight Monsanto’s contamination of the global food supply, so now it’s up to the people to fight back. To show solidarity with farmers, real food organizations and all free-thinking humans, activist group Anonymous recently issued Monsanto a list of demands in the following video: MSNBC reports that the “Hacking group Anonymous has posted information on 2,500 Monsanto employees and associates.” Anonymous then published this video, showing just how easily they accomplished this sabotage: Related Reading: Monsanto Official Beaten by Farmers over Failed GMO Cotton Seeds in India. Activism Published on July 28th, 2011 | by Shellee Tyler In India, Bt Cotton has become one of India’s biggest cash crops, accounting for over 90% of its cotton production.

If you are not familiar with Bt cotton, it stands for bacillus thuringiensis cotton. Basically, Bt is a GMO gene that is placed in the cotton plant to act as a pesticide. The problem is: it damages the soil over time and usually farmers are left fighting another insect that Bt doesn’t repel. One company managed to corner the market on these GMO Cotton seeds in India and, you guessed it, that company is Monsanto.

Seed Companies Safe from Monsanto Ties. Maybe we can post here what we like about the above mentioned companies.

My favorites are Heirloom Seeds, Seed Savers, groworganic.com (because they are local), and Baker Creek (aka rareseeds.com). Heirloom Seeds has really good organic butternut squash seeds. Very hardy. Good all around company that I've never had problems with. Baker Creek has lots of variety and always something new each year and fun. Seed Savers is always got lots to choose from as well. Groworganic.com (Peaceful Valley Farm Supply) sells seeds from renee's garden, seeds of change and several others. 300,000 Organic Farmers Sue Monsanto in Federal Court: Decision on March 31st to Go to Trial. Little did Willie Nelson know when he recorded “Crazy” years ago just how crazy it would become for our cherished family farmers in America.

Nelson, President of Farm Aid, has recently called for the national Occupy movement to declare an “Occupy the Food System” action. Nelson states, “Corporate control of our food system has led to the loss of millions of family farmers, destruction of our soil…” Hundreds of citizens, (even including NYC chefs in their white chef hats) joined Occupy the Food System groups, ie Food Democracy Now, gathered outside the Federal Courts in Manhattan on January 31st, to support organic family farmers in their landmark lawsuit against Big Agribusiness giant Monsanto.

(Organic Seed Growers & Trade Association v. Monsanto) Oral arguments were heard that day concerning the lawsuit by 83 plaintiffs representing over 300,000 organic farmers, organic seed growers, and organic seed businesses. Monsanto 3. Global Class-Action vs Monsanto.