On 24th of May in Rome, Navdanya launched the report “Poisons in our Plate – Glyphosate and other poisons from field to table”, in collaboration with A Sud and CDCA.
The report describes how the whole agriculture industrialization process is based on the myth that it is through this system alone of production intensification that we will be able to feed the increasing world population and get rid of the hunger in the world. Studies have shown though that the industrial agriculture model is, instead, only producing a small fraction of the global food supply.
The press conference underlined the imperative that citizens everywhere should become aware not only of the very negative and disturbing effects of glyphosate on our health and environment, but also of the system which supports and promotes the distribution and commercialization of this product, as well as of the countless other poison-based products widely used in industrial agriculture, which ends up in the food on our plates.
The report points the finger at the Poison Cartel, the group of six poison producing seed and agro-giants intent on controlling our food systems. It has been produced in the context of both the imminent decision in the European Parliament on glyphosate license renewal and as part of the Navdanya global campaign against the Poison Cartel which will see a new series of actions from 22 May – World Biodiversity day, to 5 June, World Environment Day, within the framework of a global mobilization to end a century of ecocide and genocide.
This is also the subject of the analysis described in the report which also makes evident the lack of national and international regulations necessary for the protection of our health and our environment.
The real producers are the pollinators, soil organisms, and the vibrant biodiversity they create together with small farmers, the co-creators and co-producers with nature, which produce the majority of food globally and which are the de facto solution to the crises of agriculture, malnutrition and our health and environment.
The report in Italian: “Il Veleno e’ servito: glifosato e altri veleni dai campi alla tavola” can be downloaded here.
Dowload the Press Release here.
Related Campaigns
Navdanya Call to Action against the Corporate Takeover of our Food and Health
European Citizens’ Initiative to #StopGlyphosate
Round Up RoundUp
Also Read:
World Biodiversity Day 2017 — Pact for Diversity
22 May 2017
The Monsanto Tribunal’s Legal Opinion reinforces movements’ struggle for basic human rights
By Ruchi Shroff, 19 April 2017
Ending a Century of Ecocide and Genocide, Seeding Earth Democracy
By Dr Vandana Shiva – Common Dreams, 12 October 2016
The poisonous cartel of GMOs
By Dr Vandana Shiva – The Asian Age, 8 September 2016
Free people from ‘dictatorship’ of 0.01%
By Dr Vandana Shiva – The Asian Age, 10 August 2016
The Corporate War Against The Planet, People and Democracy
Seed Freedom, July 2016
Poison Cartel – Toxic Capital
Related Events and Actions:
Navdanya Book Launch: Annam Food as Health
May 2017
Resistance to GM Mustard in India
May 2017
International Meetings of Resistances to GMOs
France, April 2017
Satyagraha Yatra 2017, a pilgrimage for Seed Freedom and Food Freedom
India, April 2017
“Stop BAYER / MONSANTO” days of action
Germany, April 2017
Olympic Seed Freedom Festival
Greece, April 2017
Monsanto Tribunal and People’s Assembly
The Hague, Netherlands, October 2016
Kelly says:
May 26, 2017 at 3:30 pm -
I pray this gets the exposure this article deserves. Very well written. Full of positive information -positive steps towards a safer and healthier future for our children and our planet. God bless this scientific work and may it circulate the globe and be well received by all.
marita says:
May 28, 2017 at 10:05 am -
would love the report in English! My Italian is limited! to say the least!
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