Dear List, I thought some might find this interesting, spread the
word if you feel you can, ian
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From: avocados <[log in to unmask]>
To: gsn <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: GE -GENETIX HARVEST
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 10:30:44 +0100
Reply-to: [log in to unmask]
Hello there ,
here's a message about the genetiX harvest, please can it go out on the GSN
email,
cheers
>
>GENETIX HARVEST
>- come harvest the genetically modified crop
>19th & 20th September
>CAMBRIDGE
>
>For information and leaflets for distribution contact genetix snowball on
>0161 834 0295 and see below...
>
>
>"There are moments and issues in history where parliament is inadequate and
>it falls to the people themselves to act. With the case of genetic
>engineering and the granting of patents on life, I believe we have reached
>one of those historic moments" Alan Simpson, MP
>
>77% of the British public opposed genetically modified food in a recent
MORI
>poll.....Iceland, the high street food chain, has banned genetically
>modified organisms (GMOs) from its own brand products.....Kent Council's
>Education Committee has banned GMOs from its school dinners.....even the
>House of Commons has banned GMOs from its own catering outlets.....
>
>...yet still, in the face of this unprecedented opposition, genetically
>modified (GM) crops are being grown in around 300 sites all over the UK.
>
>The Genetix Harvest is an opportunity to get together with others
interested
>in actively opposing GM food. It is a chance to support each other in
>taking nonviolent direct action by openly digging up these GM crops
ourselves.
>
>Genetix Harvest will feature:
>Saturday 19th - meet in Cambridge for training for the action, legal
>briefing (meeting place details available on the information line from
>September 1st)
>Sunday 20th - visit a GM site in the Cambridgeshire / E.Anglia area,
harvest
>the crops, and bag them up for the Environment Agency to dispose of safely.
>
>This action is happening as part of genetix snowball - a campaign of
>nonviolent civil responsibility which aims to build active resistance to
>this new gene technology.
>
>All are welcome and many are needed!!
>
>Please bring: Your friends, family, neighbours; ordinary gardening tools
>(spades, trowels, etc); protective clothing for the action (white suit*,
>gloves, headscarf, foot coverings); a personal statement outlining why you
>are taking part; banners, placards; sleeping bag, mat (limited sleeping
>space available on Saturday)
>
>For the Genetix Harvest information line contact 0161 834 0295
>
>For further info on genetic engineering contact Friends of the Earth 0171
>490 1555 / Greenpeace 0171 865 8214 / Genetic Engineering Network 0181 374
9516
>
>**To see the genetix snowball handbook in advance contact 0161 834 0295**
>
>*some white suits will be available at the weekend for a small donation
>
>Hope to see you there!!!
>
>
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