February 26, 2008

Arctic SeedBank Online - Take That Monsanto

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In a blow to evil corporations that want to own the patents for the foods you eat, the Svalbard SeedBank is ready to go. So if anyone of us survives the self-destruction of our species they will be able to start society over like Noah with over 250,000 seed samples. The only problem - how the hell do you get to Svalbard after society collapses? And once you are there, how are you going to get past the armored polar bears?(sorry couldn't resist)

The article below has some examples of how genetic biodiversity in our seed stock is ebbing. But it does not mention the impact Genetically modified foods (GM) are having on seed diversity, the farmers forced to grow them or the public that has to eat them. GM Plants love to cross-pollinate, forcing farmers to eradicate their own seed stock or face Monsanto in court. At least in the icy wastelands of Svalbard the seeds are safe from these evil Monsanto mutant plants.

2 comments:

Ben said...

Who do you think is funding this projecT? LOL those evil coroprations...

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Global_Crop_Diversity_Trust

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7529

Angryjed said...

Just goes to show you, if you want anything done you have to dance with the devil. Who else has the money? Same with Greenpeace being sponsored by big oil.

Nice links and I encourage my readers to check them out to get more of the story!