France Bans GMO Maize Despite EU Commission Pressure

Paul Fassa naturalsociety.com It’s a boost to anti-GMO activists to know when other regions of the world are successfully banning GMO seeds and cultivation and resisting the rush to finish off the world’s agricultural food chain. No, labeling alone won’t do it. The latest; France’s agriculture ministry banned the sale, use, and cultivation of Monsanto’s MON 810 genetically modified maize, currently authorized in the EU. By the time labeling laws are enacted and if enough people are educated on GMO dangers, the game may be over when all crops are contaminated by GMOs from other fields. Labeling implies co-existence, but when it truly comes down to it, co-existence is not an option. Banning is the only solution, one county, state, or country at a time. Of course, banning GMOs in the USA on a federal level is impossible as long as Monsanto has it’s man Michael Taylor, former Monsanto attorney, lobbyist, and vice-president as well as high ranking FDA official who is currently the “Food Czar” in Obama’s executive branch. Yes, Obama selected him. That’s why in America, banning has to occur on local levels. And that’s what has begun recently, here and elsewhere. The French Ministry of Agriculture issued an emergency decree this March, 2014 just in time to prevent Mon 810 from being planted in France. to read more: naturalsociety.com