Posted by Annie in gardening, Organic on October 12, 2013
I attended the March Against Monsanto rally in Sonora today. It was disappointing at best. There were fewer people than turned out in May, but what really burns my biscuits is the movement seems to have been co-opted by the Green Party. This is not about parties!
Stop buying the genetically modified produce!
We saw a bunch of people playing bongo drums wearing dread locks, just looking dirty. Then some guy spewing stuff about the Green Party and how they were they only party that cares.
I was turned off by the entire thing, so I left. If they want to exclude other parties and make it about the Green Party, so be it — but I can tell you that a lot of people are going to be turned off by it. We need to keep the focus on getting GMO’s out of our food supply, not on party affiliation.
I was really disappointed to find that the only other Monsanto Marches in California were being held in San Jose, Sacramento and San Francisco. I expected to find one in Angels Camp or at least Modesto. What’s wrong with you people in Modesto? Don’t you care about what you eat?
We have really got to get serious about stopping Monsanto before it’s too late.
I’m a libertarian and I care. You don’t have to be a Green Party member to care about what you eat, but if you want to get the GMO’s out of our food it’s going to take all of us working together, regardless of party affiliation.
Please call or write your legislators today. We have a right to know what’s in our food.
Posted by Annie in Organic, Political on April 13, 2013
On May 25, activists around the world will unite to March Against Monsanto. We will be joining them at Courthouse Park, Washington Street, Sonora, CA at 12:00 noon.
Why do we march? Research studies have shown that Monsanto’s genetically-modified foods can lead to serious health conditions such as the development of cancer tumors, infertility and birth defects.
In the United States, the FDA, the agency tasked with ensuring food safety for the population, is steered by ex-Monsanto executives, and we feel that’s a questionable conflict of interests and explains the lack of government-lead research on the long-term effects of GMO products.
Recently, the U.S. Congress and president collectively passed the nicknamed “Monsanto Protection Act” that, among other things, bans courts from halting the sale of Monsanto’s genetically-modified seeds.
For too long, Monsanto has been the benefactor of corporate subsidies and political favoritism. Organic and small farmers suffer losses while Monsanto continues to forge its monopoly over the world’s food supply, including exclusive patenting rights over seeds and genetic makeup.
Monsanto’s GMO seeds are harmful to the environment; for example, scientists have indicated they have caused colony collapse among the world’s bee population.
What are solutions we advocate?
- Voting with your dollar by buying organic and boycotting Monsanto-owned companies that use GMOs in their products.
- Labeling of GMOs so that consumers can make those informed decisions easier.
- Repealing relevant provisions of the US’s “Monsanto Protection Act.”
- Calling for further scientific research on the health effects of GMOs.
- Holding Monsanto executives and Monsanto-supporting politicians accountable through direct communication, grassroots journalism, social media, etc.
- Continuing to inform the public about Monsanto’s secrets.
- Taking to the streets to show the world and Monsanto that we won’t take these injustices quietly.
We will not stand for cronyism. We will not stand for poison. That’s why we March Against Monsanto.
Please join us in taking a stand against Monsanto and the FDA. May 25, 2013 at Noon.
