One of the more interesting groups to follow, no matter where you are in the world, is Greenpeace.

Their history of confronting issues is well known, and while some of their tactics might be considered extreme for some, in china their efforts have been targeted, measured, and are done in a manner that I think will help push the environmental agenda in the right direction.

The latest successful exercise was last week in Beijing as members of Greenpeace showed up at the Monsanto offices to express their opinion on Monsanto’s role in producing GE crops:

Big multi-national companies such as Monsanto are among several overseas organisations or institutions which hold patent rights on GE rice lines being developed in China.

We want them to come clean about their patent plot.

The commerical GE seed business has driven seed prices up and in some cases has elbowed non-GE seeds out of the market.

Agrochemical giants have shown how they love to squeeze profits out of struggling farmers by charging technology fees.

They have even sued farmers over patent rights.

It comes on the heels of their recently released, and highly covered, food report that looked at the use of chemicals and pesticides in China’s food system… and this recent action shows that Greenpeace has clearly sunk their teeth into this issue