March Against Monsanto Goes Mainstream

From the Organic Consumers Association's blog/newsletter

http://www.organicconsumers.org/bytes/ob381.html

The goal was numbers. The object was attention and education. By all measures, the March against Monsanto was a success.

On Saturday, May 25, an estimated two million protesters from 436 cities, 58 countries and six continents hit the streets in protest of the world’s most hated corporation. The message from seniors, Vietnam vets, mothers, grandmothers, farmers and consumer activists, from nearly every corner of the globe, was clear: Monsanto’s control of the global food system threatens food safety, biodiversity and food sovereignty.

The list of participating cities included: New York, Miami, Florida, Portland (on both coasts), Philadelphia, Detroit, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Des Moines, Tokyo, Japan, Barcelona, Spain, Cincinnati, Denver, San Francisco, Albuquerque, Brussels, Las Vegas, Vienna, Austria, Seattle, Cairo, Egypt, and hundreds of others, large and small, representing every region of the world.

It was enough to make mainstream media stand up and take note. Stories ran in major newspapers. The Associated Press reported on the march. CNN ran a full seven-minutesegment.

What’s next? On July 4th, Moms Across America (MAA) will march in Independence Day parades across the country in support of GMO labeling. And March against Monsanto 2.0 has already been scheduled for May 24, 2014. Congratulations to all the organizers and thanks to all of you who marched!

Check out OCA’s March against Monsanto video playlist

Watch OCA’s Zack Kaldveer at the San Francisco rally

Read more here, here and here.