Neutralisation of GM vines by the Faucheurs Volontaires

15th August 2010
False solu­tions for false prob­lems — GM vines scythed at INRA (Nation­al Insti­tute of the Agri­cul­tur­al Research), Col­mar, France by the Faucheurs Volon­taires (vol­un­teer GM scythers).

15th August 2010
False solu­tions for false prob­lems — GM vines scythed at INRA (Nation­al Insti­tute of the Agri­cul­tur­al Research), Col­mar, France by the Faucheurs Volon­taires (vol­un­teer GM scythers).

The neu­tral­i­sa­tion of this crop re-plant­ed in June of this year fol­lows last year’s decon­t­a­m­i­na­tion of the same tri­al in Sep­tem­ber. GM field tri­als are the first step towards com­mer­cial­i­sa­tion, and are use­less and unneed­ed. In 2009 the Stras­bourg admin­is­tra­tive court banned it.

64 Faucheurs dug up the 70 vines, after cut­ting their way through the 2m high barbed wire-topped fence, ignor­ing the motion detec­tors and CCTV. They then cut the GM plants into pieces with tools, at 5am on Sun­day morn­ing. They then held a press con­fer­ence and wait­ed for the police to arrive. 70 police and gen­darmes turned up and encir­cled them. Once bussed to the cop-shop, oth­er Alsa­t­ian farm­ers held a pic­nic by the police sta­tion in sup­port of those inside, who were released by noon. The police are talk­ing about 1 mil­lion Euros worth of dam­age.

80% of the French pub­lic are still opposed to GM, in the fields or on their plates.

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