BREAKING NEWS: Monsanto will halt production of genetically modified corn in all of Europe,
except Spain, Portugal and the Czech Republic. The agrichemical multinational states that it will not spend any more money on trials, development, marketing, court cases or anything else to get GM corn accepted in Europe. Read: http://www.ir-d.dk/gmo-lose-europe-victory-for-environmental-organisationsUpdate* The world's largest producer of seeds, Monsanto, has apparently given up on attempts to spread its genetically modified plant varieties in Europe. A German media report said the firm would end all lobbying for approval. The German newspaper "taz" reported Friday that US agriculture behemoth Monsanto had dropped any plans to have farmers grow its genetically modified (GM) plant varieties in Europe. Monsanto Europe spokesman Brandon Mitchener was quoted as saying the company would no longer engage in any lobbying fur such plants on the continent, adding that at the moment the firm was unwilling to apply for approval of any GM plants. source http://www.dw.de
hard to believe
ReplyDeleteWhy should I believe the company who's always tells lies!
DeleteThis is great. BUT... Monsanto should be stopped anywhere in the world !!! Back to natural food and free choice ! No industriel should have the right to rule nature and perfert it,
ReplyDeleteYour so right, I haven't seen any bees yet either, they are quickly dying. and without bees, nothing gets polinated, because of course monsanto poisons. Hopefully Canada will get rid of them, and soon
DeleteTotally agree, hopefully in Canada, our government will grow a brain, and stop it too. There are no bees seen here, and that means no pollination here, thanks to their poisons
DeleteJo-Anne-- no bees here in Charleston-- have to be away from where they are spraying apparently for mosquitoes and in subdivisions.
DeleteYou guys are rediculous! if there are no bees, then how do the flowers, and cherry blossoms get pollinated?
Deleteif there are no beez how do the cherry blossoms get polinated, to make cherries?
DeleteThere are other insects that pollinate as well. As soon as they destroy the natural insects they will have patented genetic insects that will be sold to do the job.
DeleteTwo American words: Fuck Monsanto!
Delete@ Chad Bling - - That is the Whole point - - If there aren't any bees, those cherry blossoms AREN'T going to get pollinated.
DeleteIt's a start. The U.S. drags behind because our officials are bought and paid for by companies like Monsanto.
ReplyDeleteUsa is being alone in the world day by day bcz of the monsanto gmo!
ReplyDeleteand many many other reasons.
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and for many many many other reasons they are alone today. but this is a fine victory for Europe. Hallaluia! (above is ref. to a comment by anwar husain)
DeleteNot so much a victory as you think. All UK supermarkets except Waitrose are now selling meat which was fed on GM animal feed. Unless you buy organic meat from them, you are buying GM. Their excuse is that it has become too difficult to source non GM feed, which is rubbish of course. They make more profits from GM. Waitrose will hold out as much as is possible. Marks and Spencers, you are a disgrace! Our government has now said it will go down the GM path alone. Please don't think that the European governments are against GM food, they are all for it! It is the people who are against it.
DeleteUsa is being alone in the world day by day bcz of the monsanto gmo!
ReplyDeleteFinally! Thank God someone somewhere with some real power decided to put their foot down about Monsanto and their corrupt ideas to take over our food. It's about time.
ReplyDeleteThey will no longer spend money to test the stuff, they will no longer allow people to take Monsanto to court. Not a win, a lose. Now Monsanto seed will be everywhere.
DeleteThis has given Monsanto all power, and taken all away from the people.
DeleteLet's wipe the need for monsanto off the planet!
ReplyDeleteYou are all a bunch of fools! They halt production, but not distribution. You'll eat Monsanto's products more than ever before. Celebrate that! Fools!
ReplyDeleteElaborate please.
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DeleteNope. You can't sell GM produce in Europe for human consumption. At. All.
DeleteNot true. EU legislation says you can't buy or sell GMo produce for human consumption here.
DeleteIn Europe and elsewhere many people drink american sodas like Coca-cola for instance, containing high fructose corn syrup. 80% of american's corn is genetically modified, so you can conclude there is a big chance these sodas' core ingredients are derived from GMOs. It is not only the selling, growing, harvesting of GM seeds that has to be banned in Europe or elsewhere. As long as we cosume products derived from GMOs produced in countries such as the US /China /India /Argentina etc... there will be GMOs and Monsanto will keep its power over the world, the politics, the agrocultural industrie. So start by checking by what company you are giving money to when you go in the supermarket for your groceries. the power is in our wallets, Monsanto's existence and power relies on it.
Deletein Europe and elsewhere we consume sodas like Cocacola for instance. One core ingredient of these sodas is high fructose corn syrup. 80% of american's corn is actually genetically modified corn, so we can easily assume the corn syrup used in these sodas comes from this GM corn. It is not only that the growing, harvesting, using GMOs that has to be banned in Europe, we have to stop consuming products that contain ingredients derived from GMOs coming from countries where the exploitation of the GMOs are authorized ( US/china/India/Brazil/Argentina etc...). So we have to be very conscious and aware when we do our groceries. The power is in our wallets, Monsanto relies on this and only power in order to exist.
DeleteThis is what EU is doing with regards to GMO's
Deletehttp://www.food.gov.uk/policy-advice/gm/gm_labelling#anchor_1
Coke and Pepsi in many parts of the world, outside the US are not made with High Fructose corn syrup! I buy Coke occasionally that is made in Mexico and Sugar is the sweetener, not HFC. Same when I was in Europe. I'm totally against GMO's and Monsanto. Luckily we still have lots of bees here in Arizona:) I hope everyone wakes up and stands up to Monsanto!
DeleteNext the United States!
ReplyDeleteNote its only on corn>>>
ReplyDeletethey have struck a deal with the sugar companies [has all sugar manufacturing and side products there of in Europe] so they will grow GMO sugarbeets since its not cropos they will sell its the finished product [sugar in all forms] it is not illegal..
It should have never ever gotten this far. That we have to fight to keep our food safe .I am just praying that enough Americans are awake to stop this crap here...PLEASE EUROPE PRAY FOR US. AND HELP STOP THE HORSE SLAUGHTER IN AMERICAN TOO PLEASE ~ THANK YOU BONNIE
ReplyDeleteMitakuye Oyasin (TO ALL OUR RELATIONS, THE TWO LEG, THE 4 LEG, WING ONES, FIN'D ONES~)
Its a step in the right direction at the very least.
ReplyDeleteIts a step in the right direction at the very least.
ReplyDeleteMonsanto will not see itself as defeated! This is a strategic move, be sure of that. But at the same time, it is a move because people have stood up against the company, so they have been beaten in one battle, but the war for them is not over, they have invested too much for that: now is the time to 1) consolidate themselves in other parts of the world 2) buy off more politicians on the global scene and that also regionally and locally, to be able to return 3) wait and see how for instance in Sweden the national GMO industry is moving forward paving the way for GMO; 4) to sell the product but not produce it in Europe for the time being. These people are not to be trusted. They have a horrible record and wants to introduce a world monopoly on what they sell and what is produced, and that means in the final end complete control. Dictatorship!
ReplyDeleteYou are absolutely right, it is being pushed on us in Europe whether we want it or not. GM food is being fed to all the animals being sold in supermarkets, except Waitrose and organic of course.
DeleteThis may not be the end of it though - In the US, in Oregon, where Monsanto stopped trials and development of it's GMO corn, some GMO corn from the trial farms has found it's way to the market. The farmers who let their farms be used by Monsanto apparently were not compelled to destroy the resulting crops. Let's hope these European farmers are not either ignorant or greedy enough to do the same!
ReplyDeletethe real worry is the bees !!!
ReplyDeleteIf GMO sprayed seed kills off bee colonies, people around the world, regardless of their relationship to Monsanto seeds, wont be able to pollinate their non GMO crops !Albert Einstein speculated that,. "If the bees disappeared off the surface of the globe,. man would have left only four years of life.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/neonicotinoid-pesticides-ongoing-death-of-the-beas-epa-slapped-with-lawsuit/5334816
it's sad because in africa it probably won't happen or, at the very least, it will take much longer. there is famine, people are hungry, leaders are puppets for anyone with a deep pocket. so everybody comes here, to MY home, and does as they bloody wish.
ReplyDeleteI believe it has already been banned in Africa, they were one of the first to ban GMO.
DeleteI believe that Africa was one of the first countries to actually ban GMO's :)
DeleteWhat are you talking about? Africa is too smart to even allow it....lol americans could learn from your country
DeleteAfrica is not a country, it is a continent. South Africa is one African country witch is producing GMO maize, cotton and soybean. GMO maize is now being exported to Mexico, which is the global repository of genetic diversity for maize, among the world’s three most important staple foods. With South Africa’s export of GM maize and Mexico’s acceptance of it, both governments promote the contamination of peasant maize in its center of origin, threatening biodiversity and food sovereignty in all countries.
DeleteYes, this is a little battle we won, not war yet.
ReplyDelete? What's w/ the Whole Foods Ads >>>> since they also have GMO produce on sell there!?!
ReplyDelete? What's with the Whole Foods Ads >>>>> they carry GMO produce for sell there?
ReplyDeleteI was there recently and noted there was a lot more organic produce. Are the gmo products in their ads? If so, they should seriously step up.
DeleteThis is the beginning of a war we need to WIN!
ReplyDeletemore of a publicity for Monsanto than anything else, they are still lobbying europe, they are still authorised, they have just lobbyed europe to allow 66 new gmo even though they claimed (2 years ago as its not new) to have given up on europe, they are still killing bees, they are still patenting life, they are still selling roundup, I don't really see anything that has changed
ReplyDeletewhen you look closely at the article and listen to the video, I'd say it was more a "why can't we do it here if everyone else is allowed to" reaction seeking
more of a publicity for Monsanto than anything else, they are still lobbying europe, they are still authorised, they have just lobbyed europe to allow 66 new gmo even though they claimed (2 years ago as its not new) to have given up on europe, they are still killing bees, they are still patenting life, they are still selling roundup, they are still trying to get heritage seeds banned to prohibit our human seed heritage, I don't really see anything that has changed since they claimed they had "given up" on europe
ReplyDeletewhen you look closely at the article and listen to the video, I'd say it was more a "why can't we do it here if everyone else is allowed to" reaction seeking
Portugal & Spain are a big part of Europe,.. so
ReplyDeletePortugal and Spain are a pretty big part of Europe, So,....
ReplyDeleteGreat news, although I'm extremely disappointed with Spain, Portugal & Czech Republic. Come on guys, join the war against food poisoning!
ReplyDeleteI live in Germany, and I'm sure they will find a way to betreaten us. How can we prove if our food is GM or not? If Monsanto doesn't take over Europe, we have BASF, Syngenta, Bayer AG , DuPont..... and they will NOT stop poisoning us.
ReplyDeleteI live in Germany, and I'm sure they will find a way to betreaten us. How can we prove if our food is GM or not? If Monsanto doesn't take over Europe, we have BASF, Syngenta, Bayer AG , DuPont..... and they will NOT stop poisoning us.
ReplyDeleteI live in Germany, and I'm sure they will find a way to betreaten us. How can we prove if our food is GM or not? If Monsanto doesn't take over Europe, we have BASF, Syngenta, Bayer AG , DuPont..... and they will NOT stop poisoning us.
ReplyDeletein Europe and elsewhere we consume sodas like Cocacola for instance. One core ingredient of these sodas is high fructose corn syrup. 80% of american's corn is actually genetically modified corn, so we can easily assume the corn syrup used in these sodas comes from this GM corn. It is not only that the growing, harvesting, using GMOs that has to be banned in Europe, we have to stop consuming products that contain ingredients derived from GMOs coming from countries where the exploitation of the GMOs are authorized ( US/china/India/Brazil/Argentina etc...). So we have to be very conscious and aware when we do our groceries. The power is in our wallets, Monsanto relies on this and only power in order to exist.
ReplyDeleteWELL ITS FUNNY , I LIVE IN UK , I PICKED UP SOME VEGETABLE OIL, PUT IT DOWN , IT WAS GM SOYA, SO YOU ARE WRONG GM IS ON SHELVES IN UK. KTC, ALL THEIR PRODUCTS ARE GM. AVAIL IN ALL SUPERMARKETS UK
ReplyDeleteAnd Portugal?? Why do we have such incompetent politicians??... So much ignorance... They had to destroy agriculture too...
ReplyDeleteMonsanto are still in Europe eg Spain etc. they are a powerful multinational so this is just strategic posturing. The war on GMO's goes on....
ReplyDeleteFirst of all Europe is not a county, but a continent. You all knew that, right? Next, does everyone hate Portugal and Spain now? Europe didn't win anything. Their governments operate in a more clandestine way than that of the US'. For example, my friend is Germany buys her produce just to find that it is from China. Why is that?
ReplyDeleteThink!
Does anyone ever question what they read or do they celebrate whatever confirmation bias they can find. It's always Europe vs America. You know, these aren't the only strips of land with humans on it on the earth, right?
Don't be naive. chemtrails piloted by Europeans are suffocating the crops over there right now to the point where, like the US, will have NO CHOICE AT ALL but to buy Monsanto's aluminum resistant seed.
Also chemtrails will dumb you down too.
Pay attention and wake up, people! Every government out there is going broke and wants a piece of the fat-cat pie. Some of your European friends even attend Bilderberg meetings.
Goodness sakes... pay attention, fellow comrades!
You know I think your wrong... Europe did win something! And I think it is a win for the people of the US too.
DeleteCountries are lining up banning US Wheat imports this week... The US wants to sell its produce around the Globe and the EU is a huge market it can sell to. How can you sell something that what someone does not want!
Make no mistake, Europeans do not want GMO, Monsanto are backing off because we have had GMO labelling here for years and demand is very very low!
This would be the same in the US too if you had labelling, but Monsanto's whole success relies on selling their product by hidden means, they need the US public not to know what is in their food for the whole GMO experiment to thrive. (I'm sure the guys at the top in Monsanto wish they did more to stop GMO labelling in Europe when they had the chance)
Anyhow, my point is this is big news! Monsanto want out of the EU before they were pushed out, now they claim the reason is they only want to sell their seeds in counties that appreciate them, get political support from and who have good regulation practices! Like the EU doesn't but somewhere like India/China does! Ha
Also nothing to do with the recent big march against them, or the fact the EU has banned pesticides for 2 years to give the Bee's a chance to recover. What next would they ban?
It is a victory, a Corporation whose only interest is profit, whose goal is Global domination, does not back out of the Worlds largest market and you say Europe didn't win anything!
My only hope now is the EU purchases no GMO products from the US... not to hurt the US farmer, but to send a clear message that these engineered crops are bad... very bad, and what can kill weed cells and also kill our cells!!!
When international demand for all US crops drops completely maybe finally the US Government will step in and realise GMO was not in the end good for the US economy, but only good for Agribusiness and the senators who took the brown envelopes.
This could in the end be the start of a victory for all of us...
Get THEM out of SPAIN, PORTUGAL and CZECH Republic, then will I PARTAY.. until then there is no reason to celebrate.
ReplyDeleteIn Romania which is a country in Europe , Monsanto is legal and are selling everything they have.Romania is a country destroyed by corruption and bureaucracy and will never stand against bribe or money made out of nothing like maybe Monsanto is giving to the government so they can sell they`re GMO poisoned food.Romania = Hell for humans and animals.I live here.
ReplyDeleteyep, unfortunately Spain, Portugal and Czech republic are huge enough to possibly contaminate the rest with the time :(...
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