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Larry Leptin – Invasion of the GMO Frankenfood

Please watch and learn from this video, maybe GM isn’t all it’s cracked up to be? There’s no way we should have it rammed down our throats, and perhaps this island of Ireland would be the ideal place [...]

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES REJECT GM FOOD AND FARMING

Scientists and others tell President of Mexico, NO A LOS TRANSGENICOS!

Unión de Científicos Comprometidos con la Sociedad
(Union of Socially Engaged Scientists) [Mexico], 29 October 2009

New Agribusiness Colonialism Threatens Africa

Nasir Imam
AllAfrica.com, 27 October 2009

Pressure [...]

JIM McCARTHY’S GM COVER-UP

A Genetically Modified Proposal

An Irish farmer’s plea for access to technology in agriculture.
Jim McCarthy
Forbes [USA], 26 October 2009

Comment from GM-free Ireland

27 October 2009

A Genetically Modified Proposal
• An Irish farmer’s plea for access to [...]

New report on risks of GM plants in the EU

Risk Reloaded:
• Risk analysis of genetically engineered plants within the European Union

Download: http://bit.ly/49mSxC
A report by Testbiotech e.V.
Institute for Independent Impact Assessment in Biotechnology www.testbiotech.org
October 2009
Christoph Then, Christof Potthof
Editing: Andrea Reiche

GLOBAL ALERT AGAINST ‘MONSANTOSIZING’ OUR FOOD

•UN General Assembly to discuss patents on seeds and right to food No Patents on Seeds, 21 October 2009:
http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org
Today a global alert is being filed by farmers and development and environmental organisations warning about a [...]

VOTE FOR GM-FREE IRELAND: A BIOSAFETY RESERVE FOR EUROPE

Please vote online today for Ireland to be designated as a GMO-free biosafety reserve for Europe (follow guidelines below). The deadline is 11pm GMT, Wednesday 28 October.
Launched at the Food and Democracy conference in Switzerland [...]

Mice reveal benefits of grass-raised Irish beef, forum hears

Seán Mac Connell
Irish Times, 26 October 2009:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1026/1224257457439.html
MICE ARE coming to the rescue of the beef industry which has been hit hard by falling consumption across Europe because of the recession, young farmers meeting in Cork [...]

“Irish farmers should stay in their hole”

Comment by GM-free Ireland:
Declan O’Brien’s article “Farmers need a clearer plan for GM crops” in today’s Independent (see below) dumbs down its subject and frames it negatively: “here is a problem rather than an opportunity, [...]

EU URGED TO IMPOSE GMO LIMITS ON ‘CLEAN SEEDS’

Note: see comments below from GM Watch and GM-free Ireland
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http://tiny.cc/pL2im
The European seed industry yesterday (2 March) called on the European Commission to come up with a “long-awaited” proposal for thresholds to label the accidental presence [...]

NORTHERN IRELAND ANIMAL FEED CARTEL PUSHING GMOS

Comment from GM-free Watch

Comment from GM-free Ireland

Anger at lack of progress on GM

Grain chief says issue puts livestock sector at risk
Richard Halleron
Farming Life [UK], 19 October 2009
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Comment from GM-free Watch:
Although the article being [...]

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