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This cute Japanese graphic of peas in a pod is part of the Greenpeace's successful GE campaign in Japan.
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Greenpeace Japan's GE-free shoppers' guide has been a runaway succcess.
The entire print run of 25,000 copies was snapped up in a week.
Consumer activism against GE is rising in Japan. A recent scandal over rice that was GE-contaminated has led to mandatory testing of US rice imports. With Japan our largest canola export market, we need to protect Australian farmers and their markets with continued bans on GE crops.
Says Greenpeace GE campaigner, Louise Sales, "Calls by Federal Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Peter McGauran, to lift the state moratoria on GE food crops are ill-considered in the face of overwhelming consumer rejection of GE food in our key export markets."
Japanese concern about GE food is good news for Aussie farmers who already receive a premium of $65 a tonne for supplying non-GE canola to Europe.
Greenpeace Japan and Japanese consumer groups have askedAustralian agriculture officials for assurances that Australia will be able to supply the expected increase in demand for GE-free canola from Japanese consumers.
State governments should continue to protect our export markets, and farmers' livelihoods, by turning the current moratoria on GE food crops into permanent bans.
Consumer activism against GE is rising in Japan. A recent scandal over rice that was GE-contaminated has led to mandatory testing of US rice imports. With Japan our largest canola export market, we need to protect Australian farmers and their markets with continued bans on GE crops.
Says Greenpeace GE campaigner, Louise Sales, "Calls by Federal Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Peter McGauran, to lift the state moratoria on GE food crops are ill-considered in the face of overwhelming consumer rejection of GE food in our key export markets."
Good news for Aussie farmers
Japanese concern about GE food is good news for Aussie farmers who already receive a premium of $65 a tonne for supplying non-GE canola to Europe.
Greenpeace Japan and Japanese consumer groups have askedAustralian agriculture officials for assurances that Australia will be able to supply the expected increase in demand for GE-free canola from Japanese consumers.
State governments should continue to protect our export markets, and farmers' livelihoods, by turning the current moratoria on GE food crops into permanent bans.
