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  1. Guy Rocky says:

    This is interesting as in their newsletter, “The Warsaw Voice” does not mention GMO – it does mention that Framers do not want foreigners buying up land but no mention of Big Farmer companies. Also I know a few Polish Framers and they are happy to use “Round Up” on their crops. In fact I am growing bamboo to protect my farm from the neighboring round up spraying. Many farmers buy illegal pesticides from the Ukraine to save money, there is also a huge stockpile of old DDT and other out of date pesticides in dilapidated barns (stodola) all over Poland :

    Here is one of their articles:
    Farmers protest against difficult situation in agricultural sector
    February 12, 2015
    Several thousand Polish farmers who say they are struggling to make ends meet Wednesday used their tractors to block roads towards Warsaw demanding help from government for losses due to Russian embargo on EU agricultural products as well as by a ban on the ritual slaughter of meat.

    Protesting farmers demand, among other postulates, the dismissal of Farming Minister Marek Sawicki, compensations for damages caused by wild boars, reinstation of milk quotas and an intervention on the livestock market.

    1. Guy Rocky says:

      I think a lot of stuff on this site is useful and I am against GMO but I don’t believe 90% of farmers (including Polish) have the interest of people or animals at their heart. They are pretty ignorant about anything “green” and just care about profit. The Polish farmers are even protesting the ban on the ritual slaughter of meat – not for religious reasons but purely ‘cos Halal slaughtered meat was a good income. No one is protesting how pigs are raised in the Smithfields owned factory farms in Missouri Poland and most Catholic Poles don’t seem to care.
      It always surprises me how the Poles happily get their Factory farm pork sausages and battery hen laid eggs blessed by the priest at Easter. What would Saint Francis of Assisi think?

      1. lady_di1959 says:

        I think you misconstrue the article, their protest is about big agribusiness buying up the farm land to grow GMO crops, and pushing out the small farm business.

        1. Guy Rocky says:

          POssibly: But this is not top of reasons in the Polish press. However the Polish Gov will do anything to be loved by the west.
          Anyway the Polski farmers needn’t worry, with the 17 Billion IMF loan agreement, GMO has all the new land it needs in Ukraine. Once they join the EU, its GMO thru the backdoor.

          1. this protest wasn’t about gmo

      2. This protest was had everything to do with government policies and nothing to do with GMO. The author shouldn’t write about something she had no idea about/ lie

  2. Jimmy Johnson says:

    All across America, this should be happening. If our elected reps weren’t so corrupt and bought out, none of this would be taking place!!!!! This isn’t a Dems vs Reps thing, this is a corrupt thing!!!!!!!!!!! Wake the hell up Americans!!!!!! or continue to feed your kids the poison that Monsanto is forcing on everyone!!!!!!!

    1. Alfredo Sanchez says:

      GMO’s has been around for centuries, only difference is back then they used grafting instead 🙂

  3. That
    is not true what is written in this article at all! It had just nothing
    to do with GMO. Farmere in January/ February 2015 in Poland were
    protesting due to russian embargo so they couldn’t sell their products
    and they were expecting governament to help them somehow for example by
    compensation. GMO is of course an important issue, but this time –
    really – it had nothing to do with it. Simply saying – the journalist has told untruth.

  4. yeah, let someone else do it.

  5. stop lying! this protest had nothing to do with GMO!!

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