Companies such as Monsanto are at the forefront of pushing the destructive biofuels industry. Capitalizing on the fear of climate change, giant agribusiness companies are making big bucks on the biofuel craze. Unfortunately biofuels do nothing to reduce emissions, and in many cases actually increase emissions above those created by burning gasoline. To add insult to injury, massive biofuel plantations destroy native forests and undermine the food sovereignty of local communities.
Women Invade Monsanto Fields in Brazil
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Hundreds of Brazilian women activists from the group Via Campesina today raided a research unit of U.S. agricultural biotech company Monsanto destroying a tree nursery and an experimental field of genetically modified corn.
Just how much of those fields were destroyed, and how, was still unknown, a Monsanto press agent said Friday.
There were no immediate reports of injuries in the invasion of the Monsanto farm about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest city.
The women were angry over the Brazilian government’s decision last month to give clearance for two varieties of GMO corn for commercial use. Continue reading