Monsanto Concedes Defeat in the Face of Europe's Fierce Opposition to GMOs

Monsanto Concedes Defeat in the Face of Europe's Fierce Opposition to GMOs







Daisy Luther
Activist Post

North America needs to take note: Europe has defeated the biotech giant
by refusing to be contaminated with Monsanto’s GMO offerings and toxic
farming methods.

Monsanto announced that they will no longer continue to lobby for
approval of its genetically modified seeds in Europe due to “low farmer
demand.”

Monsanto Germany’s spokeswoman, Ursula Luttmer-Ouazane, said, “We’ve
understood that such plants don’t have any broad acceptance in European
societies. It is counterproductive to fight against windmills.”

So why, despite massive protests from anti-GMO activists in the US and
Canada, has Monsanto been able to keep a foothold in North America?

One big difference: the government here allows Monsanto to do anything they want,
right up to composing their own protection acts. There is a well-known
revolving door between Monsanto, the judicial branch, the legislative
branch, and Obama’s various nominees.

Poland, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, and
Luxembourg, on the other hand, placed an outright ban called the
“Safeguard Clause” on banned Monsanto’s MON810 maize and other forms of
GMO cultivation.





Fierce opposition in Europe has also caused other biotech companies like
Bayer CropScience, BASF and Syngenta, to take their toxic products and
leave, too.

Over 2 million protesters worldwide joined in the March Against Monsanto last Saturday. It’s clear that some governments are listening to those who elected them.

Perhaps
some of the pressure here needs to be diverted to the elected officials
and the agencies that are allowing Monsanto to go about their toxic
business unchecked. Maybe the next marches need to take place against
agencies like the USDA and the FDA – those who have been charged with
the responsibility of consumer safety and have blatantly sold out to Big
Agri and the biotech industries.

While organic growers, small farms, and heritage seed companies are
being regulated right out of business, Monsanto and their ilk have free
reign to lay siege to our fields with chemical warfare.

Let’s follow in the footsteps of Europe – it is not reasonable to expect
the creators of Roundup and Agent Orange to do the right thing. We
must insist that those entrusted with food and environmental safety do
their jobs and begin making things less hospitable for the greedy
corporations, and if they do not, we must hold them personally
accountable.

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