Meet David Runyon…and understand Monsanto some more!
MEET DAVID RUNYON…AND UNDERSTAND MONSANTO SOME MORE !
Meet David Runyon, an “average-sized” farmer with 900 acres from Indiana, USA. He was in India recently and I had a chance to meet and discuss with him various issues related to American farming. He seemed nervous in the alien setting when I ... Continue Reading
Coalition’s Letter to GEAC about Gujarat Field Trials
Published By kavitha On Wednesday, February 29th 2012. Under Field Trials, States Tags: Field Trials, Gujarat, SBCC
February 28, 2012
To:
Shri M F Farooqui,
Chairperson,
Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee,
Ministry of Environment & Forests,
Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex,
Lodhi Road, New Delhi 3.
Dear Shri Farooqui,
Sub: Field Trials of GM Crops in Gujarat violative of EPA 1989 rules
It has come to light through responses to RTI queries that the GM crop field trials that ... Continue Reading
PM’s statement a purposive attempt to prevent a healthy debate on GM crops in India
Published By kavitha On Wednesday, February 29th 2012. Under News, Press Releases Tags: GM crops, Science & Democracy
Prime Ministers Statement – Is a purposive attempt to prevent a healthy debate on GM crops in India
It reeks of an inherent disrespect for science and democracy
27th February 2012: The Coalition for a GM-Free India is outraged by the statement made by the Prime Minister Sri.Manmohan Singh on foreign-funded NGOs ... Continue Reading
“GM FIELD TRIALS IN GUJARAT VIOLATIVE OF EPA RULES: RTI RESPONSES”
Sharing with media copies of information obtained through Right To Information Act, activists of Coalition for a GM-Free India pointed out that the open-air field trials of GM maize permitted in Gujarat are violative of EPA norms and demanded their immediate destruction. Apart from Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat is the only ... Continue Reading
Feb 9th is National Safe Food Day !!
Coalition for a GM-Free India celebrates Feb 9th as National Safe Food Day
New Delhi: February 9, 2012: On the second anniversary of the decision taken by the then Minister for Environment & Forests to declare a moratorium on Bt brinjal, the Coalition for a GM-Free India has decided to mark ... Continue Reading
Monsanto OFFICIALLY caught in illegal planting of GM maize in UAS Dharwad
Published By kavitha On Monday, February 6th 2012. Under Field Trials, News, Press Releases Tags: GEAC failure, Illegal planting, Monsanto
“BLACKLIST MONSANTO IMMEDIATELY : MNC CAUGHT VIOLATING BIOSAFETY NORMS YET AGAIN IN GM MAIZE TRIAL, THIS TIME OFFICIALLY”
New Delhi/Bengaluru, February 6th 2012: Ahead of a regulators’ meeting on February 8th 2012, and reacting to the confirmed reports of Monsanto’s illegal planting of Herbicide Tolerant (HT) maize in its GM maize ... Continue Reading
