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Stop GMO Apples! OCA Upsets the GMO Apple Cart

Inside, the biotech industry was handing out an award to a biotech company salivating at the thought of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approving its patented genetically engineered apple. Outside, the Organic Consumers Association's crowd

Long Overdue: Let’s Close Monsanto’s Revolving Door

TAKE ACTION: Demand Congress Investigate Monsanto's Takeover of the USDA (http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=7803&track=OCA&tag=OCA)   The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has never denied a single application from

A Heartbreaking Defeat. An Urgent Opportunity.

On the evening of November 7, 2012, I sat somberly in a press conference in San Francisco, surrounded by people I'd been working side-by-side with for nearly a year. We'd just narrowly lost (48.5% to 51.5%) a hard-fought, grassroots campaign to our

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I did a term paper on Genetically Modified Foods and the stuff I learned in my reseach was so frightening. The power that Monsanto holds over the well being of our lives is incredible. It has seeped into and is controling so many variables in our world/nation that most people picking an item off the grocery store shelf have no idea the choices have already been made for them. And we call ourselves a democracy!

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Tom Shanti

Yes! Governments run our countries and corporations run our governments. The time for voting at polling stations is long gone. It is time to vote with our purchasing habits. Take the time to understand which companies Monsanto own and boycott them from your shopping baskets.
Things are topsy turvy but they will only be put right but enough of us waking up and acting. And time is running out.

http://occupymonsanto360.org/2013/04/12/the-grocery-store-blacklist-12-food-companies-to-avoid-and-95-sneaky-aliases/

Gloria Burns Enoch Ofs

Get rid of congress as it is and start over with the kind of people who can and will help. Just say enough is enough and push restart. We in Canada will have to do the same other wise get used to it I guess. We need a BIG Global push on this and say NO.

The might of transnational companies should not be allowed to go on uncontested. Let us support the farmers and peasants who resist poisoning the fields.

Saatgut ist wie die Luft und das Wasser: für alle in Freiheit the.

Elisabeth Seiler-Gramm

....yes, I say "no" to Monsanto,....ever since....

Elisabeth Seiler-Gramm

...in meinem Bekanntenkreis hat es damals geheissen "du spinnst", wenn ich meine Bedenken geäussert habe.......

nn vorrei sbagliare. Se non ricordo male la monsanto produce e immette sul mercato sementi che producono un solo raccolto...son contenta di aver trovato questa pagina così the tenere a mente quanto sia un diritto e un dovere informarsi. Sicuro la monsanto è libera di operare in un mondo dominato dalla lgica del profitto x il profitto. Semi "usa e getta" sono un insulto x coloro che non hanno possibilità di accedere ai basilari mezzi di sussistenza (bisogni primari: fame...) e contro la...

nn vorrei sbagliare. Se non ricordo male la monsanto produce e immette sul mercato sementi che producono un solo raccolto...son contenta di aver trovato questa pagina così the tenere a mente quanto sia un diritto e un dovere informarsi. Sicuro la monsanto è libera di operare in un mondo dominato dalla lgica del profitto x il profitto. Semi "usa e getta" sono un insulto x coloro che non hanno possibilità di accedere ai basilari mezzi di sussistenza (bisogni primari: fame...) e contro la natura stessa. Come uscire dalla logica propria dell'antropocentrismo?

GMO apples! It had to happen sooner or later! Grow your own!

Judy Dodge Meives

Got no place for trees, and have to have the apples. medical need.

The last thing that I discovered about them is that the pesticide that is in the seeds on a genetic level has made the insects immune to pesticides (traditional and genetic). It is also making them bigger and stronger.

Terry Hawco

Angela, sorry about your friend...these foods have to effect us, and probably on a genetic level.

Terry Hawco

I have been trying to get people to listen about that for years. Most people won't even look at it. But it is insane what they have planned for us!
You may be interested in this link (better break out the popcorn though) ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwVHeHhiLfU

You have my attention with this one! Daddy Bush has been on the board of this company from its inception, and one of the first things he did when elected was have GMO seeds cleared to go to market. The problems that have bean caused by this company are legion!

Melody Park

Not that I don't beleave you at all... but can you please add or put in links to info sources for what you are claiming about Bush. ( I think he is definately capable of this degree of evil, just want to have facts so I can pass on to nae sayers if I find any) Thank you heaps for sharing :)melody

Tom Shanti

Melody. See link below. No proof that he was/is on the board but I wouldn't be surprised. The amount of incest between the FSA & the major players in GMO and agrichemicals is shocking, from what I've read, and how can that be right? Talk about conflict of interests!!
http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2010/03/18/bush-sr-to-monsanto-1987-call-me-were-in-the-dereg-business/

El proyecto de Monsanto tiene muchos años y al margen del interés comercial por producir "mas" a cualquier costo, hay un proyecto que pretende debilitar las estructuras culturales de nuestro país. ¿Por donde? por donde mas duele, desapareciendo las semillas que por generaciones nos han dado de comer y han mantenido un equilibrio en los suelos en las que se siembran. Las semillas de Monsanto no se pueden volver a sembrar, no se puede obtener una buena semilla para la siguiente siembra, se...

El proyecto de Monsanto tiene muchos años y al margen del interés comercial por producir "mas" a cualquier costo, hay un proyecto que pretende debilitar las estructuras culturales de nuestro país. ¿Por donde? por donde mas duele, desapareciendo las semillas que por generaciones nos han dado de comer y han mantenido un equilibrio en los suelos en las que se siembran. Las semillas de Monsanto no se pueden volver a sembrar, no se puede obtener una buena semilla para la siguiente siembra, se tiene que comprar cada año. Así o mas claro. Desaparecen nuestras semillas que SI producen semillas cada año, semillas que funcionan regionalmente, y nos venden una que tendremos que comprar de por vida. Por favor apoya esta causa, en MUY IMPORTANTE que la gente sepa que el espejismo de una super producción se acaba rápidamente junto a nuestros suelos que van quedando inservibles por las grandes cantidades de fertilizantes inorgánicos que se utilizan. DI NO A MONSANTO.

Planet earth and the life that breathes on it are a creation. This creation is beautiful and amazing but a very, very complex one. Its complexity is of such a nature that human beings do not understand it (yet). Breaking the rules of nature can have unpredictable negative results that might become impossible to reverse. Let's do our best to raise consciousness about Monsanto's criminal activities. Thanks for reading my post. God bless.

Melody Park

Thank you for your post. I agree wholey

Nancy Antia

Thanks, Melody. Let's do what we can to stop Monsanto.

NO a Monsanto!