I am a member of GIY Clonakilty. My husband has come across 3 shocking videos. See links below. As you may be aware there is a process going on to make raw milk illegal here in Ireland. But that seems only to be the beginning of what may come down the line. The videos below ...
http://vimeo.com/32869298 is a snappy video (2 minutes only) that presents the rationale for the proposed moratorium on GM crops in Ireland. Do take a look! New to the moratorium website - read the interesting comments from international players (not the soccer or rugby types, but farmers, scientists, campaigners . . .) at
Monsanto Co. (MON)’s insect-killing corn is falling over in northwestern Illinois fields, a sign that rootworms outside of Iowa may have developed resistance to the genetically modified crop, according to one scientist. Michael Gray, an agricultural entomologist at the University of Illinois in Urbana, said he’s studying whether western corn rootworms collected last month in Henry and Whiteside counties are resistant ...
{Agrofuels EU} 15 years of GM Soybeans in Argentina: The true cost of monoculture
Date: 16 June 2011
15 years of GM Soybeans in Argentina: The true cost of monoculture Intoxication, massive clearing, loss of biodiversity, forced evictions, land concentration and murder. The dark sides of 15 years of soy monoculture, a model driven by businesses and governments. By Dario Aranda and Nina Holland The only scientific evidence to support the approval of GM soy in Argentina ...
Please lobby your MEP to support Ireland’s right to ban GMO crops! IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS RE. NATIONAL BANS ON CULTIVATION OF GM CROPS IN THE EU
Date: 15 April 2011
Better legal protection needed on the use of GMOs on environmental groundsEuroalert.net, 14 April 2011:http://euroalert.net/en/news.aspx?idn=12289National bans on GMOs: debate launched in the European Parliament• The Parliament’s Environment Committee voted yesterday to give Member States the possibility to ban GMOs on the grounds of their agro-economic and socio-economic impacts. It reinforces the proposal from ...
We don’t want to see Frankenfoods by the back door • ‘Single biggest threat to farming’
Date: 15 April 2011
Yvonne TarletonIrish Daily Mail, 11 April 2011Farmers and doctors are increasingly alarmed over the new government’s ‘confused’ stance on GM food.Representatives from farming, food, health and environmental bodies met yesterday to discuss the uncertainty surrounding Ireland’s future with GM foods.The meeting, which was hosted by the lobby group GM-free Ireland, voiced concerns that the Fine ...
GMO is “biggest threat” to island’s farmersScientists accuse European Food Safety Authority of corruption and fraudDoctors invoke the Precautionary PrincipleConsumers want GM-free Irish label to support responsible farmerswww.gmfreeireland.org/press/GMFI53.pdf
Sunday 10 April 2011, 10:00 - 17:00Dublin Food Coop12 New Market Square, Dublin 8Event info: www.gmfreeireland.org/gathering-momentum/Registration form: www.gmfreeireland.org/gathering-momentum/GMFI-DFC-registration.docEvent poster: www.gmfreeireland.org/gathering-momentum/GMFI-DFC-poster.jpgContact: stopgm@riseup.net • tel 085 729 6088 The GM-free Ireland Network and Food Action invite all stakeholders north and south of the border to participate in this important ...
• Zero tolerance approach to GM contamination in animal feed dropped Greenpeace press release, 22 February 2011:http://www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/press-centre/press-releases2/untested-gm-crops-in-food-chain-22-02-11BRUSSELS, International — A vote by EU member state representatives today has ended Europe’s zero tolerance approach to untested GM crops in animal feed and opened the door to contamination of the food chain, said Greenpeace. ...
By Evelyn RingIrish Examiner, 22 February 2011:http://www.irishexaminer.com/election/analysis/fears-gm-move-will-damage-our-food-reputation-146064.htmlLEADING chef and television presenter Clodagh McKenna has warned that the Government’s U-turn on genetically modified (GM) foods will damage Ireland’s reputation. Agriculture Minister Brendan Smith will travel to Brussels today to support EU Commission proposals to introduce a tolerance for the low-level presence of, as yet, ...