http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany
Germany has banned the cultivation of GM corn, claiming that MON 810 is dangerous for the environment. But that argument might not stand up in court and Berlin could face fines totalling millions of euros if American multinational Monsanto decides to challenge the prohibition on its seed.
The sowing season may be just around the corner, but this year German farmers will not be planting gentically modified crops: German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner announced Tuesday she was banning the cultivation of GM corn in Germany.
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via Monsanto Uprooted: Germany Bans Cultivation of GM Corn – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International.
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Vandana Shiva: The Future of Food and Seed
A Farm for the Future (must-see)
The World According to Monsanto – A documentary that Americans won’t ever see (video)
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (must-see)
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I see Germany enjoys holding back progress in traditional fear of science.
My suggestion is to learn more about GM foods/seeds. Watch the film: https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/the-world-according-to-monsanto-a-documentary-that-americans-wont-ever-see-full-video/
Monsanto is also behind the “right to lie” in news broadcasting versus the public’s right to truthful information as was the case of the Florida reporters over the health risks of bovine growth hormones. Monsanto is also behind “termination seeds”, genetically modified seeds that produce a crop but the seeds from those crops are sterile and must be bought again from Monsanto. To increase profits of course, they bribe politicians to make the collecting of seeds illegal:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-criminalization-of-see-by-Linn-Cohen-Cole-090301-82.html
That’s not the progress of science, that’s the perversion of science with greed. That corporation is so profoundly evil I find it hard to fathom how they can live with themselves.
Thank you, Erik for the additional info, link and your comment.