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Getting corny: Environmentalists seek 'agricultural asylum'

2010-04-16T10:05:09Z

Environmentalists dressed as giant ears of corn Tuesday asked for "agricultural asylum" in the French embassy in Madrid in a protest over genetically modified crops.

The environmental organisation Friends of the Earth organised the symbolic act to protest Spain's "large-scale" production of genetically modified corn, which is ...

Spain's sweetcorn activists seek 'agricultural asylum'

2010-04-16T10:05:17Z

Environmentalists dressed as giant ears of corn on Tuesday asked for "agricultural asylum" in the French embassy in Madrid in a protest over genetically modified crops.

The environmental organisation Friends of the Earth organised the symbolic act to protest Spain's "large-scale" production of genetically modified corn, which ...

Biotech crops enjoying bumper growth: study

2010-04-16T14:35:10Z

Genetically modified crops enjoyed a bumper year in 2008, with an additional 10.7 million hectares (26.4 million acres) planted globally and growth prospects set to expand rapidly, a biotech group said Wednesday.

Some 13.3 million farmers in a record 25 countries planted 125 million hectares (309 million acres) of biotech crops last year, the Friends of the Earth, Wednesday 25 February 2009, at the European Commission in Brussels. Friends of the Earth criticise the European leaders' handling of the economic crisis and claim that they behave like cowboys