WEEKLY WATCH number 245
from Claire Robinson, WEEKLY WATCH editor
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Dear all:
Monsanto's GM hormone, Posilac (rBGH), takes another massive body blow with Wal-Mart the latest to reject it (THE TIPPING POINT).
Don't miss some important articles explaining the top 12 hunger myths and giving 10 reasons why organic agriculture can feed the world, and another 10 why GM won't (HUNGER BY NUMBERS).
And there's an important action you can take to support Euro commissioner Dimas in his commendable stance over GMOs (ACTION OF THE WEEK).
Claire [email protected]
http://www.gmwatch.org / http://www.lobbywatch.org
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CONTENTS
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THE TIPPING POINT
MONSANTO MOVIE LATEST
EUROPE
AFRICA
HUNGER BY NUMBERS
THE AMERICAS
ASIA
LOBBYWATCH
AUSTRALASIA
MONSANTO MOVIE
ACTION OF THE WEEK
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
AGROFUELS
GENETIC CROSSROADS
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THE TIPPING POINT
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+ WAL-MART GOES GM-HORMONE FREE
Canada's Globe and Mail reports that last Thursday was 'the day the ground shifted'. Giant food retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced that its store brand milk in the United States will now come exclusively from cows not treated with Monsanto's genetically engineered bovine growth hormones (rBGH). The move, says the Globe and Mail, sends a powerful signal to food manufacturers about what consumers want. 'It's reached the tipping point,' says Ronnie Cummins, director of the Organic Consumers Association in the U.S., 'Even Wal-Mart's customers are demanding milk free from genetically engineered hormones.'
http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=8915
+ FILMS ON YOUTUBE
Check out this short film 'You and your milk (MONSANTO)'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67z6s3V8M4g
And the excellent 'Fox News Kills Monsanto Milk Story'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axU9ngbTxKw&NR=1
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MONSANTO MOVIE LATEST
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+ A DOCUMENTARY AMERICANS WON'T EVER SEE
Siv O'Neall comments on the powerful new film about Monsanto by French journalist and film maker Marie-Monique Robin, entitled 'The World According to Monsanto' (Le Monde selon Monsanto).
http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=8905
+ HOW TO BUY THE FILM AS AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE DVD
The only way to buy the film Le Monde Salon Monsanto at the moment seems to be to dowload this form, which is in English, as a pdf at:
http://www.arteboutique.com/media/pdf/bon_commande_en.pdf
You'll need to print the form, fill it in and post it to Arte in France, it requires payment by debit/credit card and the reference no. is K8188 (English Edition) at a cost of Euros 14.99 each, plus postage as listed on the form.
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EUROPE
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+ FRENCH COUNCIL UPHOLDS DECISION ON GM CROP BAN
France's highest legal authority has upheld a government decision to ban the commercial use of the only GM crop grown in the country.
http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=8904
+ WALES SET TO BAN GM CROPS
Proposals by the Welsh Assembly government will effectively ban GM crops from Wales. New regulations, if adopted, will set Wales apart from England in applying a strict 'polluter pays' principle that will put an end even to trial plantings.
http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=8896
+ SCOTLAND MUST FOLLOW WALES ON GM
The Scottish Greens are calling on Scottish ministers to follow the approach of the Welsh Assembly government to GM crops, which would bring in full liability for all GM crop producers.
http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=8902
+ SCIENTISTS DRAW UP LIST OF THREATS
Scientists have drawn up a list of 25 technological advances and environmental changes which pose a potential threat to the UK. They include the use of artificially created life, the building of microscopic robots through nanotechnology, the use of biofuels and the arrival of invasive species. Prof Bill Sutherland of Cambridge University, who led the new study, said, 'I was involved in the GM crops issue and although we did some science it struck me that we were doing it too late and that we should have identified it as a possible problem before the products came on the market.'
http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=8910
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AFRICA
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+ BENIN RENEWS MORATORIUM ON GMOs
http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=8897
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HUNGER BY NUMBERS
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+ 10 REASONS WHY ORGANIC CAN FEED THE WORLD
An excellent article in the latest issue of The Ecologist explains why organic farming can feed the world and solve the energy crisis. The article points out that far from being simply 'energy-lite', organic farms have the potential to become self-sufficient in energy - or even to become energy exporters. The 'Dream Farm
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