Studie "The GMO-emperor has no clothes" (engl.) - Nabu

VII. Actions for Democracy
GMOs have become the testing site for our freedoms and democracy.
They are defining the entire system of control of our food, based on an illusion.
Over the last two decades movements have grown around the world with creative
actions and creative ideas that have helped people resist GMOs.
This report is a distillation of the movement for building the food democracy
that has become vital for our survival.
Below are actions that will contribute towards achieving this goal.
Join the chorus in exposing the GMO Emperor and help build Food Democracy for all.
!"Campaign to Disinvest from Monsanto: get your money out of Monsanto – at the personal
level and at the institutional level. Don’t invest in financial institutions that invest in Monsanto.
Start a campaign of disinvestment from Monsanto and lobby governments, banks, foundations and
organizations to divest from Monsanto.
The youth of Norway have already started the process to get Norway’s Oil Fund out of Monsanto.
http://www.combat-monsanto.co.uk, www.monsanto.no
!"Boycott GMOs - Eat organic. Stop buying GMO products. One of the illusions created by the
GMO Emperor is that organic cannot feed the world. This is scientifically not the case as pointed out in
the IAASTD report and UN Special Rapporteur report on the right to food. www.gene-watch.org.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/action.cfm
!"Demand Labeling of GMOs. Uphold your right to know what you eat. In a food democracy you
have the right to know what you eat. On July 5, 2011, Codex Alimentarius, the international food safety
body recognized the right of countries to label GMO foods. Thus (after 20 years of battle) the consumer
right to be informed has been secured. www.consumersinternational.org
!"Put your money to support local ecological/organic food projects and invest in the future.
Become partners with farmers who are producing organic food, join Community Supported Agriculture
(CSAs), support a farmer’s market, and support organic farming in your region to build local food
systems through creative innovative local financing. Start Gardens of Hope in your community, your
backyard and in your schools. http://www.organicgardeninfo.com
!"Campaign to get your village/town/region/country GMO-free. Become part of the world wide
GMO-free movement. Write to your municipality, your town council, your regional government and
your national government that you want your region to be GMO-free. Join the True Food Network to
sign on to letters to Congress, governmental agencies, and other campaigns as well as receive action alerts
for events across the U.S. http://truefoodnow.org
!"Help save seeds. Support groups that save seeds and are reclaiming seed as a commons. Create
community seed banks, to save and exchange open pollinated varieties of seeds. Seed freedom is the first
step in food freedom. Saving Our Seeds provides information, resources, and publications for gardeners,
farmers, seed savers, and seed growers. http://www.savingourseeds.org
And finally:
!"Join the chorus in exposing the GMO Emperor and help build real Food Democracy for all – sign on
at: www.navdanyainternational.it
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