Posted 25th hJuly 2001

Now orNever GE

12 NOON, FRIDAY JULY 27. AT YOUR TOWN HALL GE-FREE NATION.' IT'S NOW OR NEVER

On Friday July 27, the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification will deliver its report to the Government. The Government will then have just one month to decide whether we become a GE-Free (environment) nation or whether Genetically engineered organisms are released into our environment and their introduction into the food chain continues. IT REALLY IS NOW OR NEVER ‚

Many of you have been involved in the petition to get a Royal Commission, in writing submissions, in organising the Green MP Tour and in sending off postcards. We need to keep the pressure up for the next few weeks, as the Government makes a decision on the place of GE.

12 NOON JULY 27, NATIONWIDE -

- At 12 noon, July 27, New Zealanders across the country will congregate at their town halls to usher in our GE-Free future. Let's make it nationwide. The Auckland Greens have set this in motion. A number of environmental and organic agriculture organisations, among them Soil and Health, Bio-Gro, Greenpeace, GE Free NZ, ECO are supporting a nationwide rally for a GE-Free nation. Presence, no matter how small, is important Of course, it's good to get as many people along as possible, but even if you have 6 people outside YOUR town hall at that hour, that counts. It's just as much the fact that across the country, in as many towns and cities as possible, people went to their town hall to show the Government they want a GE-Free enviromnent and food chain.

What does GE-Free mean?

GE-Free means that no genetically engineered organisms are released into our environment or the food chain, and that any experimentation or product development of genetically engineered organisms is confined to the laboratory..

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