National Food Plan leaflet & rally call for new approach
31 October 2011 Gene Ethics, Mothers Are Demystifying Genetic Engineering (MADGE) and supporters rallied outside a Rural Press Club briefing by Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig, calling for the National Food Plan to be democratised. Their leaflet reveals business links, such as the fact that the Australian Food and Grocery Council has listed Monsanto as an associate member.
Among other things, the leaflet reveals:
Cargill, the world’s largest trader of farm commodities, has bought the
Australian Wheat Board’s commodity business and is set to become
Australia’s largest wheat exporter. Argentina accuses Cargill of largescale
tax evasion and a company part-owned by Cargill has bought all the
available wheat feed in the UK.
Australian State Governments, universities and research organizations
like CSIRO are partnered with or linked to Monsanto, Dow Agrosciences,
Bayer and many other foreign corporations who set their priorities.