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19 July 2010: No Patents on Seeds Conference |
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Friday, 16 July 2010 |
On Monday July 19th the international Conference  "Patents on Seeds - The Turning Point" will take place in Munich, Germany [1]. Researchers and representatives from farmers and civil organisations will discuss current trends regarding patents on seeds and animals, highlighting the negative impacts of the current system, the changes that would be needed and possibilities for effecting those changes. The conference is initiated by the European coalition No Patents on Seeds, which consists of NGO's that have united to call a halt to the ever expanding privatisation of life. On Tuesday July 20th No Patents on Seeds ha organised a large manifestation at the European Patent Office. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 16 July 2010 )
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Burning patent issues - protest at the European Patent Office in München |
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Friday, 16 July 2010 |
 On Tuesday the 20th of July patents and patent applications on sunflowers, melons, broccoli, cows and pigs went up in smoke as demonstrators outside the European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich used their truly innovative Patent Burner. Several hundred individuals and representatives of farmers organisations and NGO's from around the world gathered to protest against the EPO and against the patents the EPO are issuing on plants and animals. That day was the start of the hearing by the highest EPO Board of Appeal. Subject of the hearing are controversial patents on conventionally bred broccoli and wrinkled tomatoes. |
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19-27 June: Bike Caravan against GMOs |
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 |
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The Bike Caravan against GMOs and for an autonomous, local and ecological agriculture will travel in Switzerland between 19th and 27th of June 2010 from Pully to Reckenholz. Check out their website Www.caravane-anti-ogm.ch and click to continue to their call.... |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 22 June 2010 )
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Picture report Monsanto blockade |
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Sunday, 30 May 2010 |
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Here you find some pictures from the blockade of the Monsanto plant in Bergschenhoek (NL) on May 17, 2010. |
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Successful blockade of Monsanto in The Netherlands |
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Thursday, 20 May 2010 |
 On May 17 2010 about 40 persons of the action group 'Roundup Monsanto' blocked both gates of the Monsanto seed company in Bergschenhoek (near Rotterdam). 'Roundup Monsanto' wants Monsanto to back out of the seed market, and demand an end to patents on seeds and living organisms. Monsanto and other agro-chemical multinationals are lobbying the Dutch government and the EU for legislative changes that would make it easier for large companies to take control of the seed market and food production.[1] The blockade took place at the former De Ruiter Seeds, acquired by Monsanto in 2008, where research laboratories, offices, greenhouses, and a central storage for seeds and seedlings are to be found. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 30 May 2010 )
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UPDATE - Seed Business infotour |
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Wednesday, 31 March 2010 |
..everything you ever wanted to know..
The whole months of April A SEED toured through the Netherlands and Belgium with info activities about the gobbling practices of seed multinationals and the growing counter movement of protest groups and alternative food and seed projects. We will continue into May. Towns we will visit (again): Wapserveen (May 1), Amsterdam (May 3), The Hague (May 11) and Zwolle (May 12) & Nijmegen (June 2 - TBC).
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 20 May 2010 )
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Monsanto looking for trouble |
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Saturday, 27 March 2010 |
 Patent inspection at 'Come into the Greenhouse' event'
Flevoland, March 27, 2010 – Today a CSI Crime Seed Investigation unit visited several greenhouses at the national event Come into the Greenhouse visualising what the future may look like: world's largest seed company Monsanto will check growers for the presence of suspicious crops and prevent them from using patented seeds or accuse them of patent breach. With this action A SEED wants to draw attention to the international campaign 'No Patents On Seeds' against applying patent law on seeds and animals. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 14 April 2010 )
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GMO 
2010 will be a decisive year for the future of GMOs in Europe. New approvals for the cultivation of GMOs and new legislative proposals by the European Commission are pending. With his approval of the first GMO for cultivation since 1998 the new Commissioner in charge, John Dalli, sent out a clear message about his intentions. GMO-Free Europe 2010 will send back an equally clear message and prepare for further action. 