Hey Monsanto, Did You Hear That?

Dylan Charles

This past Saturday, May 25th, 2013, millions of people worldwide publicly protested against Monsanto, the corporation that has become the driving force and the figure head behind the effort to monopolize control of food and to genetically modify staple crops to become dependent on toxic chemicals. This may have been the largest ever unified protest against a single company, which is a monumental achievement for the movement against GMO’s, against seed patents and for the labeling of foods and products made with genetically modified ingredients.

Protesting against Monsanto is an important and symbolic act, and does wonders to energize the movement for food and farm freedom, however, Monsanto is only part of a larger problem plaguing the world today. In these times we are witnessing a worldwide assault against food sovereignty from many angles that goes far beyond the effects of a single corporation. Additionally, public awareness of this cause is still remarkably under realized, as the most people seem content to consume anything packaged and placed on a store shelf.