Topic: Friends Of The Earth

Getting corny: Environmentalists seek 'agricultural asylum'

AFP Global Edition - 858 days ago
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 ...
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Spain's sweetcorn activists seek 'agricultural asylum'

AFP Global Edition - 858 days ago
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 ...
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Biotech crops enjoying bumper growth: study

AFP Global Edition - 1087 days ago
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 ...
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Food companies reject clones over consumer fears

New Scientist - 1233 days ago
NESTL? and Kraft don't care that cloned animals are safe to eat - they can't sell cloned products if consumers won't buy them. US pressure groups the Center for Food Safety and Friends of the Earth say that 20 food companies they ...