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2009-05-28 | permalink
New ’Responsible’ soy standards will destroy forests and livelihoods, warn 80+ organisations
A new initiative that will re-brand intensive GM soy and soy grown on deforested land as ”responsible” will cause deforestation and sneak GM crops into the food system, Friends of the Earth said today [...]. Predominantly made up of the businesses driving the soy expansion such as Monsanto and Cargill, the Round Table on Responsible Soy will meet tomorrow in Campinas, Brazil to agree new voluntary standards on its cultivation. Over 80 organisations from around the world have signed up to a letter of opposition to the proposal.
- Farming, UK: New ’Responsible’ soy standards will destroy forests and livelihoods, warns Friends of the Earth
- Friends of the Earth International, The Netherlands: public warned over ’green soy’ scam
- Friends of the Earth International, The Netherlands: ahold: stop the soy greenwash!
- La Soja Mata, The Netherlands: GM soy is toxic soy
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2009-05-28 | permalink
New ’Responsible’ soy standards will destroy forests and livelihoods, warn 80+ organisations
A new initiative that will re-brand intensive GM soy and soy grown on deforested land as ”responsible” will cause deforestation and sneak GM crops into the food system, Friends of the Earth said today [...]. Predominantly made up of the businesses driving the soy expansion such as Monsanto and Cargill, the Round Table on Responsible Soy will meet tomorrow in Campinas, Brazil to agree new voluntary standards on its cultivation. Over 80 organisations from around the world have signed up to a letter of opposition to the proposal.
- Farming, UK: New ’Responsible’ soy standards will destroy forests and livelihoods, warns Friends of the Earth
- Friends of the Earth International, The Netherlands: public warned over ’green soy’ scam
- Friends of the Earth International, The Netherlands: ahold: stop the soy greenwash!
- La Soja Mata, The Netherlands: GM soy is toxic soy
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