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Argentina: Sofia Gatica threatened, anti-Monsanto camp attacked
Sofia Gatica, activist from Cordoba, Argentina, who appears in the film on this website testifying on the impact of RoundupReady soy crops grown around her community, was recently threatened and beaten up. These events followed a two month blockading action that started on September 19 in the city of Malvinas, on the site where Monsanto wants to build the largest GM maize seed producing plant in South America.
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Protect people and planet, #stopthecrop: reject toxic GM maize #GMO
Protect Europe’s #nature + butterflies by rejecting new toxic GM maize! #stopthecrop #GMO
Will you stand up for the good of European citizens, consumers & environment? Reject toxic maize! #stopthecrop #GMO
Would you really give green light to a GM maize that your safety experts say will harm nature? #stopthecrop #GMO
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Sin Maíz, No Hay Paíz [Without Corn, There Is No Country]
The lawsuit undertaken by citizen groups seeks to protect the “human right to save and use the agrobiodiversity of native landraces from the threats posed by GMO maize”, said one of its initiators. Since 2001, evidence of contamination of Mexico's native corn varieties by GM maize varieties (principally Monsanto's RoundupReady maize) has been documented.
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About the Stop the Crop campaign
This website and film present some of the dangers of GM-crops, and call for people across Europe and beyond to take action to stop them. We need a future of food and farming that benefits people and planet, and not the pockets of big business. We need to stop GM-crops from spreading across Europe. You can sign up for updates and alerts opposite.