Thanks to Stephen Cook at
the2012scenario.com
Stephen: Agricultural giant Monsanto hasn’t given up on it’s GM (genetically-modified) trail of destruction. But the tide is turning as people everywhere wake up to the company’s lack of ethics and environmental empathy.
Here are two stories – one, a local story from the US, and the other from Brazil, where Monsanto may lose billions of dollars – which show how people are refusing to succumb to Monsanto’s insidious threats and intimidation. Plus, the Brazil article includes information on France and India’s battle with the company as well as more information on the illnesses and contamination Monsanto is responsible for.
All this, as the company’s own website continues to claim: ” We apply innovation and technology to help farmers around the world produce more while conserving more. We help farmers grow yield sustainably so they can be successful, produce healthier foods, better animal feeds and more fiber, while also reducing agriculture’s impact on our environment.” I’ll let you judge for yourself.
Story 1: US – American Farmers Fight Monsanto’s Scorched Earth Legal Campaign of Threats and Intimidation
Thanks to Taylor
By Actvist Post – July 6, 2012
http://www.activistpost.com/2012/07/americas-farmers-fight-monsantos.html
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Seventy-five family farmers, seed businesses, and agricultural organizations representing over 300,000 individuals and 4,500 farms filed a brief Thursday, July 5 with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington D.C. asking the appellate court to reverse a lower court’s decision from February dismissing their protective legal action against agricultural giant Monsanto’s patents on genetically engineered seed.
