{"id":173,"date":"2008-09-30T23:43:43","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T23:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rightoncanada.ouderkirk.ca\/?p=173"},"modified":"2008-09-30T23:44:15","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T23:44:15","slug":"ban-terminator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/?p=173","title":{"rendered":"Ban Terminator"},"content":{"rendered":"

1.4 billion people around the world depend on farmer-saved seeds for their survival. The right to save seeds is a crucial part of the human right to food.<\/span><\/p>\n

But this basic right is threatened by Terminator technology which genetically engineers plants to produce sterile seeds after first harvest and, if introduced, would force farmers to purchase seeds every year from transnational seed corporations.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>If allowed to proceed, Terminator technology, would transfer control over the world\u2019s seed supply from the hands of farmers to the monopoly control of large corporations. It would also threaten the biodiversity of agriculture and the health of the planet\u2019s food supply.
\n\u201cTerminator is a direct assault on farmers and indigenous cultures and on food sovereignty. It threatens the well-being of all rural people, primarily the very poorest,\u201d says Rafael Alegr\u00eda of Via Campesina, an organization representing over 10 million peasant farmers worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c Preventing farmers from re-planting saved seed will increase economic injustice all over the world,\u201d says the World Council of Churches, which has called for action to stop Terminator technology.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Tell the Canadian Government to Ban Terminator Technology<\/span><\/h3>\n

Recognizing its inherent dangers, governments attending meetings of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity created an international moratorium on Terminator technology in 2000.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Canadian Government, however, with the help of Australia, New Zealand and some major biotechnology companies, tried in February 2005 and again in January 2006 to overthrow the moratorium.<\/span><\/p>\n

We want our Government to put the well-being of people and the environment ahead of corporate profits.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tell our Government to support the ban on Terminator technology.<\/span><\/p>\n

Click here to send a letter to Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl, Prime Minister Harper, the Opposition Agriculture Critics and your MP<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Click here for more on Terminator Seed Technology and its implications<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

R E S O U R C E S<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

To learn more about
\nTerminator and
\ninternational farmer protest,
\nwe encourage you to visit<\/span> <\/span> www.banterminator.org<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

To learn more about the Canadian and the International campaigns to ban Terminator technology and to promote food security, we encourage you to contact the following organizations:<\/span><\/p>\n

Canadian Biotechnology Action Network<\/a> <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Inter Pares<\/a> <\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

National Farmers Union<\/a> <\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

USC Canada<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Seeds of Survival
\n(USC Canada)<\/span><\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/span>
\nARTICLE: Deconstructing Dinner “The Colonization of the Canadian Farmer: Saskatchewan Organic Farmers vs. Monsanto\/Bayer”<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

ARTICLE: Food Fight- Canada vs. Europe: We\u2019re Forcing GMOs on People Who Fear Them<\/span>
\n<\/a><\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/strong>Food First<\/a>:<\/span> See especially Food First\u2019s 4-page backgrounder 12 Myths about Hunger as well as their book \u2013 World Hunger: 12 Myths by Frances Moore Lappe, Joseph Collins & Peter Rosset (2006).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Canadian Council for International Co-operation<\/a>:
\nClick on \u2018Campaigns\u2019 and \u2018Canadian Food Security
\nPolicy Group\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

FIAN International<\/a>, Defending the Right to Food Worldwide: It provides information on campaigns around the world to achieve the right to food.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rights & Democracy<\/a>.On the \u2018search\u2019 tab, enter \u2018food\u2019 to see publications, etc on the right to food.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1.4 billion people around the world depend on farmer-saved seeds for their survival. The right to save seeds is a crucial part of the human right to food. But this basic right is threatened by Terminator technology which genetically engineers plants to produce sterile seeds after first harvest and, if introduced, would force farmers to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177,"href":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions\/177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}