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Mexico denies request for pilot plots of Monsanto BT corn

source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-26/mexico-denies-request-for-pilot-gm-corn-plots.html

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Authorities in Mexico have denied an application from seed giant Monsanto Co. to expand to pilot planting projects of genetically modified corn in northern Mexico, arguing that more experimental planting is needed to ensure the GM crops won't affect native corn varieties.

The head of Mexico's inter-agency commission on genetically modified crops says more small, strictly-controlled experimental plots are needed in order to decide on whether the crops can be grown in the birthplace of corn.

Reynaldo Alvarez Morales said Wednesday companies will have to plan at least another cycle of small plots of about 2 acres (1 hectare), before they can move on to "pilot" plots of as much as 50 hectares (124 acres).
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  • JanforGore
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    • Coming Soon: Eight Months of Millions Against Monsanto
      By Alexis Baden-Mayer
      Organic Consumers Association, Jan 27, 2011

      OCA is planning 8 months of Millions Against Monsanto actions and adventures that will only get more fun and be more effective the more supporters we draw into the campaign through the petition.

      February - Millions Against Monsanto Guerrilla Labeling - "Warning: This 'food' was likely produced on a factory farm and may contain genetically modified organisms."

      March - Month Without Monsanto - http://web.me.com/aprildavila/MWM/Blog/Blog.html

      April - Monsanto Ad Busters Part 1 - Monsanto ad modifications.

      May - Monsanto Ad Busters Part 2 - Create and distribute mock Monsanto ads.

      June - Millions Against Monsanto Personal Shoppers - "Ask Me How to Avoid GMOs and Factory Farmed 'Food'"

      July - Millions Against Monsanto Local Legislature Lobbying

      August - Millions Against Monsanto Congressional Lobbying

      September - Millions Against Monsanto State Legislative Lobbying

      Stay tuned for more details about "Eight Months of Millions Against Monsanto" by subscribing to OCA's email newsletter, Organic Bytes.

      What happens after we collect and deliver the 1,000,000-person petition?

      There aren't many causes that can boast 93% support in the polls and 1,000,000 organized supporters. Millions Against Monsanto is going to be powerful!

      The Millions Against Monsanto campaign will focus its power on:

      Politics: Pressing the politicians at the local, state and federal level to pass laws that protect consumers' right to know whether our food is contaminated with genetically modified organisms or comes from factory farms.

      Retailers: Pressing the country's top food retailers to adopt voluntarily truth-in-labeling.

      USDA: Pressing President Obama and the US Department of Agriculture to phase out factory farms and place a moratorium on the use of genetically modified organisms in agriculture and food. This means giving up the idea of "coexistence" between organic farms, the GMO crops that threaten to contaminate the organic seed supply, and the factory farms that pollute the land, air and water with animal waste, synthetic fertilizers, chemical pesticides, antibiotic resistant bacteria, food-borne illnesses, and greenhouse gases.

      Learn more and follow the campaign by checking out www.millionsagainstmonsanto.org!

    • 1 year ago
  • JanforGore
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    • It looks like we in America who care about this will have to count on other countries and their people to fight along with us against these environmental terrorists since the American business world and the politicians are too damned selfish and greedy to understand the implications of their actions.

      I was willing to settle for labelling as a start. Now after seeing this USDA simply ignoring hundreds of thousands of American consumers once again to continue to kiss the a** of a company that has done nothing these 100 plus years but poison this planet and its inhabitants, I am working to see GMOs BANNED globally. I will add a site here that gives information on the movement against Monsanto globally and also a link that will take you to Eight Months of Millions Against Monsanto.

      Monsanto, out of our food!

    • 1 year ago
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