Monsanto mouthpieces are using copyright claims “to hide their trail of industry deceit". Check out the latest censorship tactic being deployed against GMWatch, blogger Vixen Valentino and others. GMWatch

 

 

In the process of talking up gene editing, Klaus Berend, the European Commission’s head of unit for pesticides and biocides, admitted that apart from herbicide tolerance, “not much has come out of the classical GMO techniques”. Berend also said, “It should be possible to have freedom of choice for those who want or don’t want to use GMOs." Euractiv

 

 

Acting on the call given by the safe food organisation, the Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture, the representatives of like-minded organisations held various protests against the approval of GM mustard, marking the day as National Safe Food Day. Now as the GM mustard has been cleared for environmental release and has been planted at six locations in three states, the representatives are opposing the approval of the crop for commercial cultivation. The Times of India

 

 

In Madhya Pradesh, farmers gave a memorandum to a local official, addressed to the Prime Minister Modi of India and the chief minister of the Government of Madhya Pradesh, asking for withdrawal of the GM mustard approval. Kavitha Kuruganti on Twitter @kkuruganti

 

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