March Against Monsanto! ~ Mariella

This week it's all about Monsanto! If you feel like your news feed has been hijacked along with dinner conversation, chats at the market, interactions in the supermarket, then rest assured it'll all be over soon! 
March against Monsanto happens tomorrow, Saturday 25th, everywhere!

March Against Monsanto hit the webwaves in April 2013 and they haven't stopped since, with over 470 events in over 50 countries and over 200 000 participants, they aim to change the World.And who are they marching against?

 

Monsanto is a Multinational Biotechnology company which opened its doors in 1901. They are not all bad, being the first to mass produce LED's, but they are also the same people who brought us polystyrene  and other synthetics, DDT,saccharin, PCB's, Agent Orange, Recombinant Bovine Somitotropin otherwise known as rBST, the growth hormone used in cattle production. Not a fantastic legacy to pass down to your children, or the rest of the children on the planet for that matter. 

The cherry on this multi billion dollar cake must be GMO's, having been linked to tumors, growths, allergies, infertility, did I mention tumors? Their business ethics alone are worth protesting against. In recent years over 120 000 Indian farmers have committed suicide as result of being promised a 'magic cotton seed' at exorbitant prices which not only still required pesticides but much more water than traditional seed. Official Monsanto response to this went something along the lines of how suicide is part of rural life in India and that the rains were low that year. The crops failed twice. They said nothing of the 1000% price difference between their seed and traditionally used seed, or that some government seed banks banned traditional seed so that farmers had little choice, all of this resulting in mountains of debt. 

All in all there is much to question about Monsanto.So what can you do about it? I, along with fellow upstarts shall be hosting a Peaceful protest tomorrow in Plettenberg Bay. But with so many events all over the world, you can easily find the one closest to you. 

http://www.march-against-monsanto.com/p/blog-page.html

So to take the absolutely wonderful Jo Austin to heart, 'Get up, dress up and show up!' The plants, animals, birds, bees, farmers, children, earth beneath your feet need you! 
Time: Tomorrow 
Place: Everywhere!