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LauraK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 11:53 AM
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Spanish protesters invade GM corn fields (Europe's only GM crops)
ARANJUEZ, Spain (Reuters) -- Spanish farmers and ecologists invaded fields of genetically- modified corn to protest against cultivation of the crop in the only European country where it is grown on a commercial scale.

Around 80 protesters, some dressed in white suits that mimicked the protective outfits scientists wear to clear up biological hazards, picked corncobs, cordoned off GM plants, unfurled banners and spray-painted slogans on walls at three GM trial sites throughout Spain.

The weekend protests were timed to coincide with demonstrations at the World Trade Organization meeting in the Mexican resort of Cancun, where agriculture has been one of the main sticking points.

Organizers said this was the first time farmers have risked arrest by interfering with GM crops at a protest in Spain, where 20,000 hectares of genetically modified maize were cultivated in 2002, out of a total of 460,000 sown to all maize. ..

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Tinoire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 12:41 PM
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1. Go guys!
Keep sending those corporations that clear consistent message that you will NOT allow them to take over your food supply and destroy your environment.
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jamesinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-03 12:47 PM
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2. Good for them
They argued and fought about this earlier in the year. Bush has been pushing for Europe to open its markets to GM foods and Europe has been resisting this. Now they have actually getting to the root of the problem, the actual plants. I am willing to bet that this has some anti-American sentiment behind it. That sentiment is being fueld by the mere existance of Bush.
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