It's a call to action: assemble peacefully, join over 3.5 Million People in over 600 cities worldwide. Plant the seed, grow local and eat sustainable food!

Speakers: 

Liz O'Neill, GM Freeze

Pete Dean, Biofuelwatch

Lawrence Woodward, Beyond GM

Elizabeth Bragg speaking about Small Farmers and Community Food

Mizan The Poet

Research studies have shown that Monsanto’s genetically-modified foods can lead to serious health conditions such as the development of cancer tumours, infertility and birth defects. In the United States, the FDA, the agency tasked with ensuring food safety for the population, is steered by ex-Monsanto executives: that’s a questionable conflict of interests and explains the lack of government-lead research on the long-term effects of GMO products. Recently, the U.S. Congress and president collectively passed the nicknamed “Monsanto Protection Act” that, among other things, bans courts from halting the sale of Monsanto’s genetically-modified seeds.

For too long, Monsanto has been the benefactor of corporate subsidies and political favoritism. Organic and small farmers suffer losses while Monsanto continues to forge its monopoly over the world’s food supply, including exclusive patenting rights over seeds and genetic makeup. Monsanto’s GMO seeds are harmful to the environment; for example, scientists have indicated they have caused colony collapse among the world’s bee population.