8/12/2019 Help this farmer stop Monsanto's GM canola (Steve
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Help this farmerstop Monsanto's GM canolaHave you heard of Steve
Marsh?Steve is a farmer from Kojonup, 260km southeast oiPerth. ln
20'10, the Western Australian State Governmentiifted the moratorlum
on geneticaily modifled (Gl\l)cano a, a lowing cultivallon of th s
GM crop for the f rsttime. As a result of th s change in policy,
sonne farmers,irc Jd'rg Steve Varsh's re ghboJr, began
g.owingN.4onsanto's Gl\y' canola. Subsequently Steve's organicfarm
was contamlnated. As a result of th s contaminat onSteve lost
organlc cert fication on approximately 70% ofhls farm.
The lack of protection for farmersln Australla, unllke other
countries around the world,there is no protection or compensatlon
for farmerswhose properties are contaro nated by GN,lOs throughno
fault of their own. l\y'onsanto does not acceptresponslbility for
its products infrlnging on the rights ofothers, because the bioiech
giant requires Glvl farmersto s gn an agreernent that they will
accept llab lity whencontamlnation occurs.
The organic standards under threatSteve and his fam ly are no
longer able to sell theirproduce on the organic market and they
have lost agreat deal of their premium income. lronically,
WAAgriculture l\y'lnister at the time, Terry Redman statedthat
organic standards are to blame for Steve's financialoss because
GMos are not a lowed in organic foodl
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8/12/2019 Help this farmer stop Monsanto's GM canola (Steve
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Help this larmerstop Monsanto's GM canolaA landmark caselnstead
of accepting the adulteration of his farrn and,Steve has
courageously decided to stand up for his rightto grow GI\,4 free
food and to seek compensation for lossand damage from his
nelghbour. This is not somethingthat Steve wants to do but he has
no other option toprotect his r ght to grow organic crops, which is
ultimate your right to eat GIM free food.Steve's case is the iirst
of lis k nd in Australia and w I set aprecedent that could irnpact
organic farmers world-wlde
Stand with SteveThe trial js scheduled to staal on the 1oth of
February2014 at the WA Supreme Court. The Safe FoodFoundation is
coordinating the fundra sing for Steve's legalcosts in this trylng
iime and we need to ra se hundreds ofthousands of dollars. PLease
help us by donating to coverthese costs, which include barristers,
court costs andexpert witnesses and by spreading the word in any
wayyou can,Steve is standlng up for what he believes n
buthecannotdo t alone. He needs our suppotl.Donate nowsafefoodfou
ndation, orglhel pth isfarmerfacebook/heIpthisfarmer
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