Great stuff Poland

solo

Hope more countries follow.

http://worldtruth.tv/poland-announces-complete-ban-on-monsantos-genetically-modified-maize/

Gaieus

"Following the anti-Monsanto activism launched by nations like France and Hungary, Poland has announced that it will launch a complete ban on growing Monsanto’s genetically modified strain MON810..."

It's not just this kind but here any kind of genetically modified stuff is banned. Which of course causes all sorts of problems for Hungary - but the more nations follow the better it is.

Aerilius

or at least labeled (I think that is reason enough why I didn't see gene stuff sold in shops).

tomasz

I am glad that Polish government decided to ban it.

The quality of food has greatly decreased in Poland in last 20 years (ca. since we are free from communism). Free market and a greed makes food companies make worse and worse products for a still similar price. GM would make it even worse. In the past everything was organic in Poland. Most of products was coming from small farmers that produced it also for their families. Now when "leaders" of the market are big companies, the quality suffers.

I am glad that the organic farming is still alive in Poland and this healthy food is being promoted in some shopping centres. It is an alternative, although more expensive, to the supermarkets' low quality food.

o2bwln

I've got a few questions about organic farming:

What makes the farming organic, if the soil they are planting in draws its water from the ground aren't all the pollutants that have seeped into the groundwater affecting the soil? If most farms draw their water from aquifers, how does one make sure they can still call their food organic.
The fertilizer that they use, how is it organic. My understanding is that calling anything organic fertilizer is basically a fancy term for animal feces.
How does one propose to feed a country of more than 100 million people with organic food if they don't have the land to grow the food.
Produce by its very nature is a product of stable and predictable weather. How will they compensate for the global warming that is affecting all aspects of this planet. (now before we start a discussion on whether global warming is real or not, let's just assume we all agree that it's real for this question).
What does one replace engineered pesticides with?
Is there a universal consensus as to what can be labeled organic.

Now that we have a 18 month old baby, my wife wants us to feed her organic food. I have no problem with it but still can't get a solid answer as to what constitutes organic. I'm not familiar enough with this concept other than what I hear from various people so I'd love to get some education on this topic.