GM22 October 2007
Eat up
In the 1990s biotechnology companies tried sneaking genetically modified (GM) crops into Britain. Friends of the Earth saw them coming.
Since then some of the world's richest corporations have failed to persuade the British public or courts to accept a technology that most people don't want and no one needs.
GM poses a threat to:
- wildlife
- health and
- farmers' livelihoods
Advice from our Cymru office saw the Assembly vote in 2000 to keep GM out of Wales.
And with our guidance, people across Europe have been persuading their authorities to keep GM out.
Today more than 18 million people in the UK live in self-declared GM-free areas. Supermarkets don't sell it, and the biotech industry has resorted to action through the World Trade Organisation.
How did this happen? People demanding a say. It's the most effective way of getting the kind of world we want.
Big business is still trying to force-feed GM on Europe. We know the system; it's our job to put it on a plate for you. We hope you'll be there with us.
