Topic: Friends Of The Earth

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 ...
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 ...

Biotech crops enjoying bumper growth: study

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 ...