Large foundations pay Greenpeace directly to create anti-GM propaganda, stir up fear and destroy test crops in order to keep genetically improved foods off supermarket shelves. Their objective is to promote "organic" farming -- with all its fascist history and neo-Nazi philosophy. By doing the work of these far-right foundations Greenpeace puts at risk the lives of millions in the developing world who stand to benefit from improved seeds.
Just over ten years ago, two dozen middle-class Greenpeace employees and activists destroyed the livelihoods of two brothers who ran a small (27 acre) farm in East Anglia near the large 850 acre estate of Lord Melchett, (then) Greenpeace Executive Director.
The excuse for this act of violence - which left one of the elderly brothers in hospital with a heart attack - was a small trial of GM crops on the brothers' land. In his subsequent trial for criminal damage, Lord Melchett used the excuse that his "organic" farm dozens of miles away might be contaminated by GM seeds or pollen. Only later did we discover that, despite his boasts, Melchett had not actually converted his land to organic and was still spraying his crops and using artificial fertilisers. In fact, even 10 years later that conversion has still not been completed - according to the financial statements of Melchett's charitable trust.
Further, in their defence, Melchett and his co-accused claimed their actions were a matter of principle.
Now, however, we discover from financial statements in the United States, that Greenpeace has been paid large sums of money to conduct its anti-GM campaign.
The website Activist Cash reveals large payments to Greenpeace USA (connected to Greenpeace UK through Greenpeace International in Amsterdam - which all exchange monies) specifically to trash GM crops:
Turner Foundation ................$ 1,390,000 "To encourage schools to use organic food"
Rockefeller Foundation .........$ 780,000 "To encourage use of organic food"
John Merck Foundation .........$ 80,000 "To force GM food off supermarket shelves"
Clarence Heller Foundation ...$ 75,000 "To promote organic over GM food"
Holborn Foundation ...............$ 10,000 "To campaign against GM food"
These are just the most obvious and easy to find donations in the US -- British charity laws make it much harder to find sources and reasons behind individual donations.
But this certainly shows that Greenpeace's anti-GM campaign is not on "principle" alone -- it is a direct result of cash donations that are dependent on Greenpeace trashing GM crops and promoting "organic" foods.
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