[Ngo-sanrm] Latvia and Greece Kick Monsanto Out, Opt to Ban GM Crops

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NATION OF CHANGE
<http://www.nationofchange.org/2015/09/06/latvia-and-greece-kick-monsanto-out-opt-to-ban-gm-crops/>

Latvia and Greece Kick Monsanto Out, Opt to Ban GM Crops
*September 6, 2015 | Authors: Amanda Froelich
<http://www.nationofchange.org/2015/author/amanda-froelich/> | True
Activist
<http://www.trueactivist.com/latvia-and-greece-kick-monsanto-out-opt-to-ban-gm-crops/>
|
News Analysis*



First Scotland opted to ban GM crops from its country
<http://www.trueactivist.com/scotland-completely-bans-gmo-crops/>, citing
fear of GMO crops contaminating its food supply, then Germany followed suit
<http://www.trueactivist.com/breaking-germany-follows-scotlands-lead-and-opts-to-ban-gmos/>.
Now, both Latvia and Greece have booted Monsanto
<http://www.trueactivist.com/one-of-monsantos-top-rivals-just-turned-down-a-47-billion-buy-out/>from
their countries and banned the only GM crop presently allowed to be grown
in EU countries, Monsanto’s
<http://www.trueactivist.com/watch-neil-young-releases-mini-documentary-exposing-monsanto-and-the-dark-act/>
MON810
GM Maize.



If it wasn’t clear before, it seems *quite *evident that the tide is
turning. Big biotech companies are losing influence by the day, and the
addition of two more European countries in favor of banning GMOs
<http://www.trueactivist.com/congress-could-soon-pass-a-ban-on-gmo-labeling-introduced-by-monsanto/>
is
evidence of that.

Under the EU law signed in March, individual countries can seek geographical
exclusion
<http://www.trueactivist.com/this-mycologist-holds-the-patent-that-could-destroy-monsanto/>
from
any approval request for GM cultivation across the EU. Every request to
‘opt out’ of GM cultivation has to be approved by not only the European
Commission but also the company making the application, Monsanto.
<http://www.trueactivist.com/monsanto-invests-billions-in-new-carcinogenic-herbicide-to-replace-roundup/>

As *Sustainable Pulse *shares,
<http://sustainablepulse.com/2015/08/27/latvia-and-greece-start-green-wave-of-gm-crop-bans-across-europe#.Ver4srTgLzL>
Greece
and Latvia are the *first *countries in the EU to have had their geographic
opt-out’s from growing GM crops
<http://www.trueactivist.com/monsanto-invests-billions-in-new-carcinogenic-herbicide-to-replace-roundup/>
 accepted by Monsanto. Germany and France are only a few of the countries
expected to follow suit and ban the cultivation of GM Maize
<http://www.trueactivist.com/monsanto-invests-billions-in-new-carcinogenic-herbicide-to-replace-roundup/>within
the month.

Just last week, German Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt informed
German states
<http://www.trueactivist.com/breaking-germany-follows-scotlands-lead-and-opts-to-ban-gmos/>
of
his intention to ban the use of GM crops. His announcement came shortly
after the Scottish government announced it would ban GM crops
<http://www.trueactivist.com/scotland-completely-bans-gmo-crops/> to
protect that country’s clean, green status.

According to Professor Carlo Leifert, Professor of Ecological Agriculture
at Newcastle University, the Scottish Government’s decision to ban GM crops
<http://www.trueactivist.com/new-lawsuit-accuses-chipotle-of-lying-about-not-having-any-gmo-ingredients/>
 is right and that “*there are likely to be significant commercial benefits
from Scotland being clearly recognised as a GM-free region
<http://www.trueactivist.com/breaking-germany-follows-scotlands-lead-and-opts-to-ban-gmos/>”.*

Will we see more countries boot Monsanto from their borders in the near
future?


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