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Free Thailand's papaya activists!

Feature story | April 28, 2005 at 5:30

BANGKOK, Thailand — Why are two activists facing 5 years of prison for exposing an environmental crime?

Risky potato plan mashed by activists

Feature story | May 19, 2011 at 22:15

It’s potato planting time again in the north of Sweden where activists are occupying BASF’s potato warehouse and are blocking the exit in order to hinder the German chemical company from planting the risky GMO potato “Amflora.”

Bangalore join hands with the global movement against Monsanto and GMO’s

Feature story | October 15, 2013 at 19:57

On the eve of the World Food Day on October 15, Bangaloreans joined the global march against Monsanto for the cause of food safety and seed sovereignty in India. Almost 200 people including farmers, scientists, students and activists gathered in...

How we said NO to GMO!

Blog entry by Veera Chavan | December 24, 2014

It started about a month ago with a tiny idea of opposing the genetic modification of crops. The idea came from the trip to Rahuri, a small affected village on the Pune-Mumbai highway. Two members from Hou de Green, the Pune volunteer...

2013: a year for bio-safety of our food

Blog entry by Neha Saigal and Rajesh Krishnan | December 24, 2012

It has been a long and eventful year of environmental struggles but we can surely be proud of the achievements we have made as citizens to keep our country GM Free. The year 2012 marked a decade of introduction of Genetically Modified...

What's in there? They won't tell us

Blog entry by Shivani Shah | February 2, 2011

“I am not the right person to talk about the subject. I am not competent to speak on the subject,” insisted a core member of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) when I questioned him on his stance on labelling...

Secret GM rice field busted. Is our food safe?

Blog entry by Jai Krishna | November 19, 2010

Dr. Venkata Reddy is a physician and serves in a hospital in Doddaballapur near Bangalore. He is also proud to practice his family profession, agriculture.  Being a farmer and physician he probably knows the culprit behind the endless...

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