The largest petition in the history of the world. Over 2 million signatures and climbing fast.. But so far we are still being ignored...
The petition states:
To the governments of Germany, France and the Netherlands and all contracting states of the European Patent Convention: As concerned citizens, we urge you to take the lead to fix European patent law by calling on the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation to close the loopholes that allow corporations to patent plant varieties and conventional breeding methods. Clear and effective safeguards and prohibitions are needed to protect consumers, farmers and breeders from the corporate takeover of our food chain.
Posted: 9 April 2013:
"It’s unbelievable, but Monsanto and Co. are at it again. These profit-hungry biotech companies have found a way to gain exclusive control over the seeds of life – the source of our food. They’re trying to patent away varieties of our everyday vegetables and fruits like cucumber, broccoli and melons, virtually forcing growers to pay them for seed and risk being sued if they don’t. But we can stop them from buying up Mother Earth. Companies like Monsanto have found loopholes in European law to have exclusive rights over conventional seeds, so we just need to close them shut before they set a dangerous global precedent. And to do that, we need key countries like Germany, France and the Netherlands -- where opposition is already growing -- to call for a vote to stop Monsanto’s greedy plans. The Avaaz community has shifted governments before, and we can do it again. Many farmers and politicians are already against this -- we just need to bring in people power to pressure these countries to keep Monsanto’s hands off our food."
"It’s unbelievable, but Monsanto and Co. are at it again. These profit-hungry biotech companies have found a way to gain exclusive control over the seeds of life – the source of our food. They’re trying to patent away varieties of our everyday vegetables and fruits like cucumber, broccoli and melons, virtually forcing growers to pay them for seed and risk being sued if they don’t. But we can stop them from buying up Mother Earth. Companies like Monsanto have found loopholes in European law to have exclusive rights over conventional seeds, so we just need to close them shut before they set a dangerous global precedent. And to do that, we need key countries like Germany, France and the Netherlands -- where opposition is already growing -- to call for a vote to stop Monsanto’s greedy plans. The Avaaz community has shifted governments before, and we can do it again. Many farmers and politicians are already against this -- we just need to bring in people power to pressure these countries to keep Monsanto’s hands off our food."
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http://www.avaaz.org/en/monsanto_vs_mother_earth_loc/?fp
At the time of posting... 2,021,614 have signed.
monsanto sux!!
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ReplyDeleteI am marching against Monsanto on Saturday. Tsali
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ReplyDeleteThe general non-argument these companies always make: "it is what the consumer wants" ... let us consumers show them THIS is NOT what we want!
ReplyDeleteBut this is what i want ):
DeleteBut this is what i want ):
DeleteThe general argument companies like this use to justify their practises is: "it is what the consumer wants".
ReplyDeleteLet us show them THIS is NOT what we, the consumer, wants!!!
We should all voice against it.
ReplyDeleteMonsanto is evil in eyes and this is the truth - they will kill us if not stopped. I sign every petition and post every thing I can to promote against Monsanto. Its all about money and profit.
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DeleteWe will never stop fighting these criminals.
Monstrous Monsanto! Do you believe your own propaganda? Otherwise how do you live with what you do!
ReplyDeleteMonstrous Monsanto! Do you believe your own propaganda? Otherwise how do you live with what you do!
ReplyDeleteTruly evil agenda...
ReplyDeleteWhy in the world do we let a company have so much power,cut their legs out from under them,put more restrictions on them whatever it takes this is where our gov'mt needs to be more strict on them and others like them,,,GMO sucks,
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ReplyDeleteWE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL YOU ARE " NO MORE"
ReplyDeleteSTOP MONSANTO! Please understand that once all of our seeds and soil are poisoned and controlled by them there is no turning back! STOP THEM FROM MAKING US ALL SICK AND FROM CONTROLLING THE SUPPLY OF FOOD WORLD-WIDE!!!
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