Thursday

october 2, 2014

Mayan women took on agricultural giant Monsanto, and won!

Last month, a movement lead primarily by indigenous people was successful in repealing the Monsanto Law, which would have granted patents to the transnational company for several hybrid varieties of seeds. In effect, small farmers could have been severely punished if any of these seeds commingled with their crops, through pollination or wind.


Read more of this underdog story here.

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