MARCH AGAINST MONSANTO

I am proud to announce that I was one of the 2 million people world wide that marched on the 24th of May against the corporation Monsanto. Whilst I knew a fair bit about this company's activities prior to the rally, I've been doing a lot more reading about the company I like to call MONSATAN or MONsanSTER. As part of this extensive reading I've looked at their facebook page and read some of their PR literature. What infuriates me the most is their claim that they and GMO's are the only way we can feed a growing population.

Is it just me, or can you too name a 101 other ways we can truly feed the world? Is it just me, or do you too see the simple flaw in this argument, that feeding the world is not about producing more food but rather people being about to PAY for that food? I can't tell you how much my head hurts trying to comprehend such plain rubbish, such 'do-gooder' coverup bullshit that corporations like Monsanto try to sell us.

I'm sure you have all heard the saying 'Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.' Well I think this applies here. If you continue to have humanity rely on a small portion of the population to produce their food i.e. farmers, then you will only feed them for that period of time where these farmers are having successful harvests and can provide for them. It also requires that these people be able to PAY the farmers/supermarkets so they only eat when they can somehow afford the food.

If you teach all of humanity how to produce their own food (small plot gardens, container gardening on balconies etc) give them the initial tools to set up, then they will feed themselves for a lifetime. If you want to feed the world, everybody must take responsibility for the production of their own food.Organic methods, especially permaculture methods need to be employed and taught to every person. Law and government practice needs to allow people to do this freely. Food needs to be seen as something everyone is responsible for producing and not something that is bought and sold, the property of companies, corporations used to create profit.

We talk about going to work to make money to 'provide' for our families. Think about that, ' work to provide for your family' If I think about this from a westerners point of view and what one is saying when they say 'work to provide for my family' 'work to put food on the table' well actually there is nothing in the 'work' you do that is about putting food on the table. The way I see it you are working to allow 'food companies to make large profits by selling you food you should be working to make yourself. you are working to make richer companies that have convinced you that 'they' can provide for you. and the greatest insult is that what they sell you as food is not providing in most instances anything to your family but illness and empty promises. 'work to put food on the table' involves dirt, seeds and water.

Generally speaking, none of us work to provide for our families, we work to provide profits for those who offer us poor quality products that provide what they tell us our families need.