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Monsanto Closing Operations in Britain Due to Opposition to GMO Food � Earth First! Newswire

6.2.12

Monsanto Closing Operations in Britain Due to Opposition to GMO Food � Earth First! Newswire: Monsanto Co. said it’s leaving Britain due to opposition to genetically modified foods.

Officials at Monsanto — a multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation and leading producer of genetically engineered seed — said the company is closing its wheat growing operation, based in Cambridge, which employed 125 people, and selling off crop-breeding centers in France, Germany and the Czech Republic, the Daily Mail reported.

Monsanto made its decision public shortly before the British government’s final announcement on the prospects for GM food, and after research in Britain found GM farming would have long-term negative impacts.


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