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GE works by manipulating the genes and DNA of living things. Chemical companies use the new technology to develop new varieties of staple crops, like corn that produces its own insecticide and soybeans that are immune to toxic sprays.
Yet history and recent science have shown that the promised benefits of these GE crops to farmers have not been fulfilled. GE food offers no benefits to the consumer, either.
The industry's claims that high-yield GE crops will help feed the world are ridiculous and offensive. The world currently produces more than enough food to supply all humans. It is politics and economics that create mass starvation, not a lack of food.
GE represents a lucrative business for a handful of multinational chemical companies and a significant risk to the environment, human health and farming communities. The technology is largely untested and in Australia, GE food products are often unlabelled.
The solution is to keep corporations out of the food chain and embrace GE-free farming and food.
We campaign to stop the release of GE into the environment and to promote ecologically sustainable food production and real food security.
Yet history and recent science have shown that the promised benefits of these GE crops to farmers have not been fulfilled. GE food offers no benefits to the consumer, either.
The industry's claims that high-yield GE crops will help feed the world are ridiculous and offensive. The world currently produces more than enough food to supply all humans. It is politics and economics that create mass starvation, not a lack of food.
GE represents a lucrative business for a handful of multinational chemical companies and a significant risk to the environment, human health and farming communities. The technology is largely untested and in Australia, GE food products are often unlabelled.
The solution is to keep corporations out of the food chain and embrace GE-free farming and food.
We campaign to stop the release of GE into the environment and to promote ecologically sustainable food production and real food security.
