[Bah-smv-gt] [Bah-smv-general] [OT] Monsanto vs. Mother Earth

[nicola nicola]

hola!
el domingo, despues de la huerta pasé por la escuela popular de la prospe
donde echaban el documental "el mundo segun monsanto"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdIkq6ecQGw

dramatico!
pero estar en el BAH me ha dado mas esperanza que al resto de los
asistentes que me parecieron bastante afectados.

y hoy me llega esto de Avaaz sobre Monsanto!
así que ya estais firmandolo tod en s!
muaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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From: Jeremy Waiser - Avaaz.org <avaaz en avaaz.org>
Date: 2013/4/9
Subject: Monsanto vs. Mother Earth
To: "nicolatwit en gmail.com" <nicolatwit en gmail.com>


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Dear Avaazers,

  <http://www.avaaz.org/en/monsanto_vs_mother_earth_tes/?bJlrCdb&v=23892>

*It’s unbelievable, but Monsanto and Co. are at it again.* These greedy
biotech companies have found a way to exclusively *‘own’ something that
freely belongs to us all -- our food!* But if we can pressure key European
countries to slam the patent door shut on their greedy plans, we can stop
this corporate food attack. *Help build the biggest food defense call ever
by clicking here:*

[image: Sign the
petition]<http://www.avaaz.org/en/monsanto_vs_mother_earth_tes/?bJlrCdb&v=23892>
*It’s unbelievable, but Monsanto and Co. are at it again.* These greedy
biotech companies have found a way to exclusively ‘own’ something that
freely belongs to us all -- our food! *They’re trying to patent away our
everyday vegetables and fruits like cucumber, broccoli and melons*, forcing
growers to pay them 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 the EU law to get away with this, so we just need
to close them shut.* 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. When we reach 1 million, Avaaz will push politicians to call
for this vote, and deliver our message in a giant media stunt. *Sign now
and help build the biggest food defense call ever:*

http://www.avaaz.org/en/monsanto_vs_mother_earth_tes/?bJlrCdb&v=23892

*These patents change everything about how our food chain works:* for
thousands of years, farmers could choose which seeds they’d use without
worrying about getting sued for violating intellectual property rights. But
now, companies launch expensive legal campaigns to buy patents on
conventional plants and force farmers to pay exorbitant royalty fees. *Monsanto
and Co. claim that patents drive innovation -- but in fact they create a
corporate monopoly of our food.*

But luckily, the European Patent Office is controlled by *38 member states
who, with one vote, can end dangerous patents on food that is bred using
conventional methods. *Even the European Parliament has issued a statement
objecting to these kinds of destructive patents. Only a massive wave of
public outcry could push them to ban the patenting of our everyday food for
good.

The situation is dire already -- *Monsanto alone owns 36% of all tomato,
32% of sweet pepper and 49% of cauliflower *varieties registered in the EU.
With a simple regulatory change, we could protect our food, our farmers and
our planet from corporate control -- *and it's up to us to make it happen:*

http://www.avaaz.org/en/monsanto_vs_mother_earth_tes/?bJlrCdb&v=23892

The Avaaz community has never been afraid to stand up to corporate capture
of our institutions, from beating the Rupert Murdoch mafia, to ensuring
that telecoms keep their hands off our Internet, to pushing to put bankers
behind bars. Now it’s time to defend our food supply from this corporate
takeover.

With hope and determination,

Jeremy, Michelle, Oli, Dalia, Pascal, Ricken, Diego and the whole Avaaz team


SOURCES:

Conventionally-bred plants or animals should be exempt from patents, say
MEPs (EU Parliament)
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20120509IPR44733/html/Conventionally-bred-plants-or-animals-should-be-exempt-from-patents-say-MEPs

President of the European Patent Office gives green light for patents on
plants and animals (No Patents on Seeds)
http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/information/background/green-light-for-patents-on-plants-and-animals

Monsanto: All Your Seeds Belong to Us (Mother Jones)
http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/02/scotus-hears-monsanto-soybean-case

Plant Patentability Questions Deepen In EPO Tomato Patent Case (IP Watch)
http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/06/13/plant-patentability-questions-deepen-in-epo-tomato-patent-case/

Tomato patent back before EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal (Europolitics)
http://europolitics.eis-vt-prod-web01.cyberadm.net/business-competitiveness/tomato-patent-back-before-epo-s-enlarged-board-of-appeal-art336003-7.html


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