Sarson Satyagraha – Civil Disobedience against GMO Mustard

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On 31st July 2015—we continued the Sarson Satyagraha that we had started in 1998.

We gathered in Rajghat to take a pledge that we will protect our mustard. We invite every citizen who cares about their food, their health, their nation, the biodiversity of this country, their farmers, to join the Sarson Satyagraha. Our Seed Freedom, our Food Freedom depends on staying free of GMO mustard.

«In 1998 India’s indigenous edible oils made from mustard, coconut, sesame, linseed and groundnut processed in artisanal cold-press mills were banned, using «food safety» as an excuse. The restrictions on import of soya oil were simultaneously removed. Ten million farmers’ livelihoods were threatened. One million oil mills in villages were closed. And millions of tons of artificially cheap GMO soya oil continue to be dumped on India. Women from the slums of Delhi came out in a movement to reject soya and bring back mustard oil. «Sarson bachao, soyabean bhagao» (save the mustard, drive away the soyabean) was the women’s call from the streets of Delhi. We did succeed in bringing back mustard through our «sarson satyagraha» (non-cooperation with the ban on mustard oil).»

Source: Resurgence No. 242 May/June 2007 From the speech delivered at the Terra Madre conference, Turin, Italy – Fall 2006 http://www.swamahiman.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Food-Freedom-6-Resurgence.pdf

Learn more: BOOK – Stolen Harvest, by Vandana Shiva Chapter 2 Soy Imperialism and the Destruction of Local Food Cultures 2000 – South End Press http://www.amazon.com/Stolen-Harvest-Hijacking-Global-Supply/dp/0896086070

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Peddling Poisons, & Selling Seeds Of Suicide

By Dr Vandana Shiva, 24 November 2017

Enough! Don’t allow GMO mustard

By Dr Vandana Shiva – The Asian Age, 9 August 2017

The fight against GM mustard in India is crucial for the global war on GMOs

By Ruchi Shroff – LifeGate, 1 August 2017

Resistance to GM Mustard in India

By Ruchi Shroff, 29 June 2017

Why Sarson Satyagraha is still needed

By Dr Vandana Shiva – Deccan Chronicle, 30 May 2017

Navdanya condemns GEAC decision on GM Mustard – writes to Environment Minister

Press Release, 12 May 2017

Dr Vandana Shiva submits critique of GM Biosafety report

Press Release, 4 October 2016

Monsanto Quit India- Dr Vandana Shiva writes to members of Parliament of India seeking a a ban on Monsanto and GMOs

By Indra Shekhar Singh. 21st September 2016

GMO-Mustard Bio-safety Assessment: A Scientific Fraud on the Nation

by Dr Vandana Shiva, 17 September 2016

[…] GMO mustard — being pushed on India through a mega scientific fraud, only to open the doors for Bayer-Monsanto (MOBAY during the WorldWars) — is set to invade our ecosystems and farms, destroy our bio-diversity and food cultures, and undermine our Bio-safety & food sovereignty. […]

Anna Swaraj (Food Freedom)

By Dr Vandana Shiva – The Asian Age, 30 December 2015

“Instead of regulating those selling unhealthy oils, the government is trying to close Gandhi’s ghani — producing pure oil in front of the eyes of consumers — because it does not have a lab attached to it”

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