Percy Schmeiser is door zijn juridische strijd tegen Monsanto het internationale boegbeeld van boeren geworden die zich verzetten tegen de patentwetgeving in Noord-Amerika en Canada. Zijn bedrijf raakte besmet met GMO-koolzaad.
Monsanto daagde hem voor de rechter maar Schmeiser procedeerde jarenlang en hoefde uiteindelijk niet te betalen.
Hij is uitgenodigd door de Universiteit van Wageningen voor een lezing.
http://www.studiumgenerale.wur.nl/
Zie ook: http://www.biologica.nl/content/persbericht-programma-canadese-boer-percy-schmeiser-nederland-23-24-juni#comment-8)
De site van Percy: http://www.percyschmeiser.com/)
vrijdag 19 juni 2009
woensdag 29 april 2009
"Blijf van ons zaad af!" Internationale Dag van de Zaden
“Er is een samenzwering aan de gang tegen de boeren; tegen de vrijheid van landbouwers om de zaden te zaaien die zij generaties lang gebruikten.”
Dat meldt Indymedia. “Monsanto en andere transnationale bedrijven proberen de voedselproductie van de planeet te monopoliseren. Niets minder.”
http://www.indymedia.be/en/node/32849
International Seeds Day
Op 22 april werd de Internationale Zadendag gehouden. Een woordvoerder van de organisatie meldde: “Organizations, activists and people from various professional and linguistic backgrounds will observe April 22 as International Seeds Day (ISD) advocating for patent-free seeds, organic food and farmers' rights.
ISD will be an educational day for the public to learn about genetically modified food and its health hazardous effects and the agribusiness of major US and European companies and their monopoly over the agriculture in Africa and Asia with emphasis on India, Iraq and Afghanistan.
It will be a day of solidarity with farmers in countries devastated by war (Afghanistan, Iraq & others) and of resistance.”
http://www.ineas.org/events.htm
Het Brussel Tribunaal
http://www.brusselstribunal.org/
Dat meldt Indymedia. “Monsanto en andere transnationale bedrijven proberen de voedselproductie van de planeet te monopoliseren. Niets minder.”
http://www.indymedia.be/en/node/32849
International Seeds Day
Op 22 april werd de Internationale Zadendag gehouden. Een woordvoerder van de organisatie meldde: “Organizations, activists and people from various professional and linguistic backgrounds will observe April 22 as International Seeds Day (ISD) advocating for patent-free seeds, organic food and farmers' rights.
ISD will be an educational day for the public to learn about genetically modified food and its health hazardous effects and the agribusiness of major US and European companies and their monopoly over the agriculture in Africa and Asia with emphasis on India, Iraq and Afghanistan.
It will be a day of solidarity with farmers in countries devastated by war (Afghanistan, Iraq & others) and of resistance.”
http://www.ineas.org/events.htm
Het Brussel Tribunaal
http://www.brusselstribunal.org/
donderdag 23 april 2009
Gifsoja.nl voert Actie tegen steun WNF en Solidaridad voor RoundupReady soja van Monsanto
De actiegroep gifsoja.nl is samen met de internationale organisatie La Soja Mata een campagne gestart tegen het Wereld Natuur Fonds en Solidaridad.
Dat meldt het Agrarisch Dagblad. Aanleiding is de steun van de organisaties voor het opzetten van een verantwoord label voor RoundupReady soja van Monsanto. Dit misleidt de consument finaal.
http://www.agd.nl/1074830/Nieuws/Artikel/Actie-tegen-steun-WNF-en-Solidaridad-voor-soja.htm
Gifsoja
Een woordvoerder van Gifsoja meldt: “In mei 2009 stemt de internationale Ronde Tafel over criteria voor ‘verantwoorde’ soja. De criteria zijn zo zwak dat zij geen oplossing bieden voor de grote misstanden in de sojateelt. Erger nog, ze bieden legitimatie aan genetisch gemanipuleerde soja die is gemaakt om te telen met gebruik van veel landbouwgif. Ten koste van mens en natuur.”
“Deze site legt uit wat daar mis mee is en zet vraagtekens bij de rol van de Nederlandse regering. Via de organisatie Solidaridad steekt zij veel geld in de Ronde Tafel. Ook het Wereld Natuur Fonds steunt de Ronde Tafel, terwijl zij officieel tegen genetisch gemanipuleerde gewassen is. Deze site laat zien wat de meeste leden en donateurs waarschijnlijk niet weten.”
http://www.gifsoja.nl/Gifsoja/verantwoord.html
Internationaal nieuws over Monsanto
Monsanto seeks injunction against German ban - Forbes
The world's leading seed seller, Monsanto, is seeking a court injunction and suing the German government for banning its genetically engineered MON810 corn."
Dat meldt het Agrarisch Dagblad. Aanleiding is de steun van de organisaties voor het opzetten van een verantwoord label voor RoundupReady soja van Monsanto. Dit misleidt de consument finaal.
http://www.agd.nl/1074830/Nieuws/Artikel/Actie-tegen-steun-WNF-en-Solidaridad-voor-soja.htm
Gifsoja
Een woordvoerder van Gifsoja meldt: “In mei 2009 stemt de internationale Ronde Tafel over criteria voor ‘verantwoorde’ soja. De criteria zijn zo zwak dat zij geen oplossing bieden voor de grote misstanden in de sojateelt. Erger nog, ze bieden legitimatie aan genetisch gemanipuleerde soja die is gemaakt om te telen met gebruik van veel landbouwgif. Ten koste van mens en natuur.”
“Deze site legt uit wat daar mis mee is en zet vraagtekens bij de rol van de Nederlandse regering. Via de organisatie Solidaridad steekt zij veel geld in de Ronde Tafel. Ook het Wereld Natuur Fonds steunt de Ronde Tafel, terwijl zij officieel tegen genetisch gemanipuleerde gewassen is. Deze site laat zien wat de meeste leden en donateurs waarschijnlijk niet weten.”
http://www.gifsoja.nl/Gifsoja/verantwoord.html
Internationaal nieuws over Monsanto
Monsanto seeks injunction against German ban - Forbes
The world's leading seed seller, Monsanto, is seeking a court injunction and suing the German government for banning its genetically engineered MON810 corn."
maandag 20 april 2009
Explosie van “superonkruid” bedreigt het hartland van Monsanto
“Superweeds” are plaguing high-tech Monsanto crops in southern US states, driving farmers to use more herbicides, return to conventional crops or even abandon their farms, according to France 24.
Clea Caulcutt reports: “The gospel of high-tech genetically modified (GM) crops is not sounding quite so sweet in the land of the converted. A new pest, the evil pigweed, is hitting headlines and chomping its way across Sun Belt states, threatening to transform cotton and soybean plots into weed battlefields.”
Superweed' explosion threatens Monsanto heartlands - France24
Note: pigweed
Amaranthus, collectively known as amaranth or pigweed, is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs. Approximately 60 species are presently recognized, with inflorescences and foliage ranging from purple and red to gold. Members of this genus share many characteristics and uses with members of the closely related genus Celosia.
Although several species are often considered weeds, people around the world value amaranths as leaf vegetables, cereals, and ornamentals.
Related subjects on France 24
AGRICULTURE: Brazil is world's top pesticide consumer (18/04/2009)
AGRICULTURE: Europe will not force members to farm GM maize (02/03/2009)
Face-off: GMO: Can France still go solo? (13/02/2009)
FOOD SAFETY: Controversial Monsanto corn 'is safe' (12/02/2009)
EU Agriculture: EU parliament pushes for ban on toxic chemicals (13/01/2009)
AGRICULTURE: "Drought-tolerant" corn offers grain of hope (07/01/2009)
Clea Caulcutt reports: “The gospel of high-tech genetically modified (GM) crops is not sounding quite so sweet in the land of the converted. A new pest, the evil pigweed, is hitting headlines and chomping its way across Sun Belt states, threatening to transform cotton and soybean plots into weed battlefields.”
Superweed' explosion threatens Monsanto heartlands - France24
Note: pigweed
Amaranthus, collectively known as amaranth or pigweed, is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs. Approximately 60 species are presently recognized, with inflorescences and foliage ranging from purple and red to gold. Members of this genus share many characteristics and uses with members of the closely related genus Celosia.
Although several species are often considered weeds, people around the world value amaranths as leaf vegetables, cereals, and ornamentals.
Related subjects on France 24
AGRICULTURE: Brazil is world's top pesticide consumer (18/04/2009)
AGRICULTURE: Europe will not force members to farm GM maize (02/03/2009)
Face-off: GMO: Can France still go solo? (13/02/2009)
FOOD SAFETY: Controversial Monsanto corn 'is safe' (12/02/2009)
EU Agriculture: EU parliament pushes for ban on toxic chemicals (13/01/2009)
AGRICULTURE: "Drought-tolerant" corn offers grain of hope (07/01/2009)
zaterdag 18 april 2009
Wat zit er in het eten: melk
Currently Monsanto, is the company that markets rbST, under the name Hygetropin. Many groups remain concerned. The European Union has recommended against Monsanto milk. On June 9, 2006 the largest milk processor in the world.
What's In Your Food : Volume 1 : Milk - Greene County Daily World
One way to examine this phenomenon is to look at the world's largest seed producer, Monsanto, which is Molokai's biggest employer. Monsanto reported an $11.365 billion in revenue for 2008. These record profits helped solidify Monsanto's position as the ...
Fifth in a six-part story - Molokai Dispatch
What's In Your Food : Volume 1 : Milk - Greene County Daily World
One way to examine this phenomenon is to look at the world's largest seed producer, Monsanto, which is Molokai's biggest employer. Monsanto reported an $11.365 billion in revenue for 2008. These record profits helped solidify Monsanto's position as the ...
Fifth in a six-part story - Molokai Dispatch
1500 boeren in India plegen zelfmoord vanwege misoogst
By staff writers DEBT related to crop failures has driven more than 1500 farmers in the Indian state of Chattisgarh to commit suicide. The Press Association reports that the farmers committed suicide because they had no way to pay crippling debts.
Chattisgarh farmers suicide en masse over debts, drought - Melbourne Herald Sun
Chattisgarh farmers suicide en masse over debts, drought - Melbourne Herald Sun
Monsanto en valse reclamecampagnes
Monsanto verstrekte valse informatie bij advertentiecampagnes over de herbicide Roundup. In Frankrijk zijn ze daar ook voor veroordeeld.
In 1996 Monsanto was accused of false and misleading advertising of glyphosate products, prompting a law suit by the New York State attorney general.
http://74.125.77.132/search?q=cache:http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Monsanto-v-AGNYnov96.htm
On Fri Jan 20, 2007, Monsanto was convicted of false advertising of Roundup for presenting Roundup as biodegradable and claiming that it left the soil clean after use. Environmental and consumer rights campaigners brought the case in 2001 on the basis that glyphosate, Roundup's main ingredient, is classed as "dangerous for the environment" and "toxic for aquatic organisms" by the European Union. Monsanto France planned to appeal the verdict at the time.
Monsanto Fined in France for 'False' Herbicide Ads
(Agence France Presse, Jan 26, 2007) The US agrochemical giant Monsanto was fined 15,000 euros (19,000 dollars) in a French court Friday for misleading the public about the environmental impact of its flagship herbicide Roundup.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_4114.cfm
In 1996 Monsanto was accused of false and misleading advertising of glyphosate products, prompting a law suit by the New York State attorney general.
http://74.125.77.132/search?q=cache:http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Monsanto-v-AGNYnov96.htm
On Fri Jan 20, 2007, Monsanto was convicted of false advertising of Roundup for presenting Roundup as biodegradable and claiming that it left the soil clean after use. Environmental and consumer rights campaigners brought the case in 2001 on the basis that glyphosate, Roundup's main ingredient, is classed as "dangerous for the environment" and "toxic for aquatic organisms" by the European Union. Monsanto France planned to appeal the verdict at the time.
Monsanto Fined in France for 'False' Herbicide Ads
(Agence France Presse, Jan 26, 2007) The US agrochemical giant Monsanto was fined 15,000 euros (19,000 dollars) in a French court Friday for misleading the public about the environmental impact of its flagship herbicide Roundup.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_4114.cfm
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