xpost: Hungary Destroys All Monsanto GMO Maize Fields

[phantom power]

In an effort to rid the country of Monsanto's GMO products, Hungary has stepped up the pace. This looks like its going to be another slap in the face for Monsanto. A new regulation was introduced this March which stipulates that seeds are supposed to be checked for GMO before they are introduced to the market. Unfortunately, some GMO seeds made it to the farmers without them knowing it.

Almost 1000 acres of maize found to have been grown with genetically modified seeds have been destroyed throughout Hungary deputy state secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development Lajos Bognar said. The GMO maize has been ploughed under, said Lajos Bognar, but pollen has not spread from the maize, he added.

Unlike several EU members, GMO seeds are banned in Hungary. The checks will continue despite the fact that seed traders are obliged to make sure that their products are GMO free, Bognar said.

During their investigation, controllers have found Pioneer and Monsanto products among the seeds planted.

http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/20110722/hungary-destroys-all-monsanto-gmo-maize-fields.htm

xpost: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1568053&mesg_id=1568053

[GliderGuider]

1. My fiance is a Hungarian '56er, and she is implacably anti-GMO. So on her behalf...

:thumbsup: :fistbump: :bounce: :headbang: :thumbsup:
Hungary, :yourock:

[phantom power]

2. I know the main reason that I have it in for Monsanto is not exactly that they do GMO...

it's that they are evil greedhead assholes who do GMO.

[GliderGuider]

3. I'm a little skeptical about letting one (or two or three) corporations own the world's food supply

Somehow that just doesn't seem ... safe ...

[phantom power]

4. The catch with "non-greedhead" GMO is, there's no biz model.

Monsanto and friends do what they do because if they just invented GMO crops that bred true and really helped people, they would make no money. Certainly not the kind of money they make now, as our evil Calorie Company overlords.

[mwrguy]

5. too bad they can't destroy Monsanto

period.