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2005-04-16 | permalink
Schwarzböck new president of EU farmers organisation
The Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations in the European Union (COPA) today unanimously elected Rudolf Schwarzböck new Presidentfor the period 2005 - 2007. Schwarzböck has been the President of the Austrian Chambers of Agriculture, which expressed a distinctly critical position on GMO over the past years
COPA Press release in various languages: Rudolf Schwarzböck elected President
Letter of Austrian Chamber of Ag on GMO and Seed thresholds to the EU Commission (german olny)
2005-04-12 | permalink
Italy: Constitutional Court confirms GMO Free regional laws
The Italian Constitutional court confirmed the laws in Marche and Puglia, which declare these Regions GMO free AGI: Go ahead for gmo free produce
2005-04-05 | permalink
Poland: Lodskie goes GMO free
On March 31st 2005, the Province of Lodskie, in central southern Poland,declared itself a GMO Free Zone.Lodze has a population of 2.5 million and covers an area of 18,220 km2. Thecapitol city is Lodz
overview Poland
2005-04-02 | permalink
Spain: Success of NGOs and agricultural organisations on co-existence
At a meeting with the Spanish ministry for agriculture Spanish NGOs and agricultural organisations achieved a re-openig of the discussion about GM co-existence and the withdrawal of the ministry's initial proposal: "The document below was written by a large coalition of Spanish organizations. It describes minimum demands because it was very important to have a huge representation of the civil society. And... it worked! We managed to get the compromise from the minister of agriculture to stop the approval of the very bad Decree on coexistence that would have legalized general genetic contamination of all crops. In a meeting on 30. March the minister told us that the decree needs more time, that they will see how they can incorporate our demands and that there will be dialog with us in the next month for a new draft." Basic points to be included in the Spanish rules on coexistence between genetically modified, conventional and organic crops
2005-03-31 | permalink
USA: Concerted efforts to stop GMO free regions
At least nine US states have either passed or introduced legislation that would preempt local cities and countries from restricting the sale of genetically modified seeds. I'm sure that it is organized by big industry players who are fearful that the California strategy (GMO-free initiatives) may spread,â__ said Joseph Mendelson of the Center for Food Safety US States Passing Laws to Block Local GMO-Free Ordinances
