While GMO shills such as former Greenpeace co-founder Dr. Patrick Moore and Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates continue to applaud the use of chemicals and technology to alter food, farmers in many areas refuse to accept the so-called benefits that these items offer. While GMO advocates are bent on forcing the technology on mass populations, choosing to instill health fears in people's minds rather than engage in common sense debates on the matter, many farmers are putting their foot down.
In other words, farmers aren't accepting the "my way or the highway" view that is so common among many GMO shills.
One particular hot topic where this is perhaps most evident is the issue of Golden Rice.
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MASIPAG, which is a farmer-led network that opposes Golden Rice, is successfully voicing their concerns. They've even taken to social media to make their feelings known. On Facebook, for example, MASIIPAG says in a March 11, 2015, post, "The rabid Golden Rice lobby group, Allow Golden Rice Now! has left the Philippines with their tails behind their legs, and cowed by the intense
resistance showed by the farmers opposing the unsafe and unwanted Golden Rice." Below the post is a picture of farmers lining the streets with an assortment of anti-Golden Rice signs.(2)
The group is also focused on standing up to Bill Gates, known to have financial ties to the International Rice Research Institute. "While the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is a
philanthropic organization, its focus is on high technological solutions like chemical farming and GMOs," says Dr. Chito Medina, National Coordinator of MASIPAG. "Thus we believe that the projects that they are funding will only cause further trouble among the poor farmers and consumers. Full story...
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In other words, farmers aren't accepting the "my way or the highway" view that is so common among many GMO shills.
One particular hot topic where this is perhaps most evident is the issue of Golden Rice.
(...)
MASIPAG, which is a farmer-led network that opposes Golden Rice, is successfully voicing their concerns. They've even taken to social media to make their feelings known. On Facebook, for example, MASIIPAG says in a March 11, 2015, post, "The rabid Golden Rice lobby group, Allow Golden Rice Now! has left the Philippines with their tails behind their legs, and cowed by the intense
resistance showed by the farmers opposing the unsafe and unwanted Golden Rice." Below the post is a picture of farmers lining the streets with an assortment of anti-Golden Rice signs.(2)
The group is also focused on standing up to Bill Gates, known to have financial ties to the International Rice Research Institute. "While the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is a
philanthropic organization, its focus is on high technological solutions like chemical farming and GMOs," says Dr. Chito Medina, National Coordinator of MASIPAG. "Thus we believe that the projects that they are funding will only cause further trouble among the poor farmers and consumers. Full story...
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