Login | Register

313 online

Most Popular Choices

75

General News 5/5/2013 at 11:54 PM EDT H1'ed 5/5/13

Hungary Destroys All Monsanto GMO Corn Fields

Quicklink Submitted By Meryl Ann Butler 11 comments

Author 1820

Managing Editor
Meryl Ann Butler

Become a Fan
(82 fans)

Hungary has taken a bold stand against biotech giant Monsanto and genetic modification by destroying 1000 acres of maize found to have been grown with genetically modified seeds, according to Hungary deputy state secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development Lajos Bognar. Unlike many European Union countries, Hungary is a nation where genetically modified (GM) seeds are banned. In a similar stance against GM ingredients, Peru has also passed a 10 year ban on GM foods.

Read the rest of the story HERE:

At www.trueactivist.com

5

4

4
Rate It | View Ratings

Meryl Ann Butler Social Media Pages:

Meryl Ann Butler is an artist, author, educator and OpedNews Managing Editor who has been actively engaged in utilizing the arts as stepping-stones toward joy-filled wellbeing since she was a hippie. She began writing for OpEdNews in Feb, 2004. She became a Senior Editor in August 2012 and Managing Editor in January, (more...)

Related Topic(s): Corn; Genetically Modified Food GMO; Monsanto; Monsanto; Seeds, Add Tags

Go To Commenting

The views expressed herein are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of this website or its editors.

Contact Author

Contact Editor

Author Page

View Authors' Articles

OpEdNews ~~depends upon~~ can't survive without your help.

If you value this article and the work of OpEdNews, please either Donate or Purchase a premium membership.

STAY IN THE KNOW
If you've enjoyed this, sign up for our daily or weekly newsletter to get lots of great progressive content.

To View Comments or Join the Conversation:

Congress Switchboard: 202-224-3121

To remove advertising from OpEd News, please become a premium member.

"We are in the midst of a profound change of paradigms: from seeing the world as a machine to understanding it as a network. Rob Kall has interviewed many of the leaders, both thinkers and activists, of this global cultural transformation. In this eminently readable book, he weaves their statements, values, and ideas into a coherent and inspiring whole. Bottom-Up is a joy to read!"

Fritjof Capra, author of The Web of Life and The Hidden Connections, coauthor of The Systems View of Life

Art Instruction for People
At All Skill Levels

Top Content
in the Last 2 Days
(by Page Views)

Thom Hartman Interviews Election Data Whistleblower by Meryl Ann Butler ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

What Can We Expect in Donald Trump's Second Term? (REVIEW ESSAY) by Thomas Farrell ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Travels, horror, analysis, action Posted by Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Big Pharma Wants to Get its Hands on Free Addiction Treatment by Martha Rosenberg ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

About that "Freedom" to Erase My Ancestor's Struggle for Freedom by Dr. Lenore Daniels ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Tomgram: Alfred McCoy, The Rise of Trump, the Fall of Imperial America by Tom Engelhardt ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Sanders, Colleagues Move to Block Arms Sales to Israel, Vote Likely Wed. by Meryl Ann Butler ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

A Collection of 2024 U.S. Presidential Election Comments, and a Prediction of Mine by Steven Jonas ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

One Final Set Of Answers, Part 2 by Carl Petersen ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Trump is an archetype folks and I am the freckle on a whale by Gary Lindorff ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The GOP's "Little Secret" to Steal the White House by Ted Millar ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Gaza Scorecard: Israel Fails in Every Level of Compliance by Meryl Ann Butler ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Sanders: No more arms sales to Netanyahu by Meryl Ann Butler ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Democracy: The Big Cash Give-Away by John Hawkins ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Before, during and after Election '24 by Katie Singer ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

It's Finally Time for the Justice Department to Take Off the Gloves! by allen finkelstein ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Let's play devil's advocate while the dust is still rising. by Gary Lindorff ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

3.) New Spiritual Order, 5-D Awareness by Domp Filanowski ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

I am not strong now, but I will be stronger: Open letter, day after. by Gary Lindorff ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Biden lifts restrictions now allowing missile strikes deep into Russian territory by Dave Lefcourt ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Introducing a fractal poetic by Gary Lindorff ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Book Review: Overshoot by Andreas Malm and Wim Carton by John Hawkins ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Speculation of Trump's second coming by Dave Lefcourt ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Surrendersurrender by Gary Lindorff ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Threw It All Away (sonnet) by John Hawkins ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Go To Top 50 Most Popular

Ad info: click here

Classics of Liberal Thinking

Progressive Radio Links