March Against Monsanto

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March Against Monsanto 2013 in Vancouver , Canada on May 25, 2013
March Against Monsanto 2015 in Toulouse , France
March Against Monsanto 2017 in Bregenz , Austria

March Against Monsanto (MAM, dt. : March Against Monsanto or demonstration against Monsanto) is an international political / social initiative , also known as grass-roots movement is called. The starting point and the means are protests against the Monsanto company and its business policy and the aim is to get this company to change its business policy.

In 2017 the protests took place on May 20th. These events are coordinated and carried out worldwide on the same day every year.

history

Tami Canal on the occasion of March Against Monsanto in Salt Lake City , Utah

The idea for the initiative was founded by Tami Canal in response to the failure of a legislative proposal (California Proposition 37, 2012), a voter initiative, which called for mandatory labeling of foods made from genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Tami Canal started a very successful social media campaign on February 28, 2013.

The first MAM took place on May 25, 2013. The number of demonstrators present at this first event is uncertain, in some cases numbers of hundreds of thousands up to two million (organizers estimate) were rumored. The first MAM took place in hundreds of cities around the world.

Monsanto was reluctant to respond and it was announced that people's rights to express their views on the matter were respected. However, Monsanto is helping to improve agriculture by enabling farmers to produce more on their land and conserving resources such as water and energy.

Background of the protests

Monsanto is the world's largest producer of genetically modified seeds and business policies in connection with lawsuits and active lobbying have repeatedly caused a stir. There is a suspicion that genetically modified foods can adversely affect human health and genetically modified products are subject to very different bans, restrictions and approval requirements in different countries.

Web links

Commons : Demonstrations and protests against Monsanto  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Worldwide protests against Monsanto , Der Spiegel , May 26, 2013, last accessed on May 18, 2017.
  2. ↑ Millions protest genetically modified food, Monsanto, organizers say , CNN , May 28, 2013, Protesters around the world march against Monsanto , USA Today , May 25, 2017. Millions march against GM crops , The Guardian , May 26, 2013. All last accessed on May 18, 2017.
  3. ↑ Seeds at root of protest march , The Post and Courier, May 25, 2013, last accessed May 18, 2017.
  4. ↑ Boulder residents participate in worldwide March Against Monsanto , Daily Camera News, May 25, 2013, last accessed on May 18, 2017.
  5. ↑ See the main article: Monsanto .
  6. ↑ Mission Statement from MAM , last accessed on May 18, 2017.
  7. ^ March against Monsanto - global protest against large seed corporation , Euronews , May 24, 2015, last accessed on May 19, 2017
  8. ↑ Over Half of EU Countries Are Opting Out of GMOs , Time , October 3, 2015, last accessed on May 18, 2017.