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> Wed, 7 Jul 2004 19:10:12 +0100

 

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> 1.GM WHEAT DESTROYED IN SPAIN

> 2.SAINSBURY'S MISLEADING MEDIA OVER GM MILK BLOCKADE

> 3.Essential Contacts and Reading for Sainsbury's

> Milk Campaign

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> 1.GM WHEAT DESTROYED IN SPAIN

>

> For pictures and a description in Spanish of an

> action last Saturday morning, 3 July, in which a

> field of GM wheat was destroyed by La Plataforma

> Transgenics Fora! see:

> http://www.biotechimc.org/or/2004/07/3147.shtml

>

> La Plataforma Transgenics Fora! is made up of a

> large number of groups and people from all over

> Catalonia who use direct action in order to stop the

> imposition of GM technologies.

>

> They are calling for:

> - an end to GM research;

> - the location of GM fields to be made public;

> - Catalonia to be declared a GMO-free area.

>

> More info: www.agrariamanresa.org/transgenics

> or www.barcelonaindymedia.org or www.canmasdeu.net

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> 2.SAINSBURY'S MISLEADING MEDIA OVER GM MILK BLOCKADE

> http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/07/294268.html

>

> Sainsbury's can't face truth about the depot

> blockades!!

> 07.07.2004 17:18

>

> In 1999 the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation

> (FAO) reps from every African nation jointly

> condemned Monsanto's efforts to force GM on Africa.

> Monsanto urgently called on PR company Burston

> Marsteller to tackle the crisis. The advice to the

> whole industry was never to admit that African

> farmers and leaders opposed GM and to pretend that

> all the opposition originated from white, middle

> class Europeans - specifically Greenpeace - who were

> happy for African babies to die in the interest of

> their extremist ideology. The biotech industry and

> their allies have since then blamed every anti-GM

> protest in Africa and every protest by peasant

> farmers on Greenpeace. Sainsbury's are now

> pretending that the joint farmer and activist

> blockade of their depots was arranged by Greenpeace

> - see emailed statement below. Greenpeace seem

> impressed by the action but have had to tell dozens

> of journalists who called them that this was

> completely independent from them....

>

> > Parveen Johal [

> Parveen.Johal]

> > Monday, July 05, 2004 2:06 PM

> > Statement

> >

> > We're disappointed that Greenpeace has chosen to

> target us when this is

> > clearly an industry issue. Overall all of our

> depots have responded very

> > well in ensuring minimum disruption to service.

> Our milk does not contain

> > GM ingredients. Milk is highly regulated and like

> all supermarkets, we are

> > subject to stringent food safety controls. Our

> milk is sourced from

> > British dairy farms that supply other UK

> supermarkets, like Tesco and Asda

> > - as well as hotels, schools and hospitals. The

> Food Standards Agency has

> > categorically stated that there is no evidence

> that milk from animals fed

> > on GM crops contains any GM material.

> >

> > To offer choice to our customers, we have launched

> a new milk from cows

> > fed on non-GM feed which is now in over 100

> stores.

>

> A Mole

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> re: Sainsbury's can't face truth about the depot

> blockades!!

> 07.07.2004 17:34

>

> They also can't face the truth that Fair Farmgate

> Price protestors / farmers have got together with GM

> protestors as they failed to even admit that the

> blockades were also about the exploitation of

> farmers. Looks like they can't admit to the breadth

> of support for this campaign!

>

> A Farmer

> ------

> 3.Essential Contacts and Reading for Sainsbury's

> Milk Campaign

> http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/07/294268.html

> 05.07.2004 18:49

>

> Members of the alliance challenging Sainsbury's milk

> policies include the following farming, science and

> activist groups:

>

> FARM: The Independent Voice of Farmers

> www.farm.org.uk

> FFA: Farmers For Action www.farmersforaction.org

> FUW: Farmers Union of Wales www.fuw.org.uk

> GEN: Genetic Engineering Network

> www.geneticsaction.org.uk

> GFA: Genetic Food Alert rjvint

> I-SiS: Institute of Science in Society

> www.i-sis.org.uk

> SFA: Small Farms Association

> www.small-farms-association.co.uk

> SFFA: Small and Family Farms Alliance

> michael

> WFA: Wholesome Food Association

> www.domainomania.com/wfa

>

> KEY REPORTS AND PAGES FROM THESE AND OTHER

> ORGANISATIONS:

>

> Joint Sainsbury's Milk Campaign leaflet:

>

www.geneticsaction.org.uk/resources/alliancesainsburys.pdf

>

> A Rough Guide to the UK Farming Crisis:

> www.corporatewatch.org.uk/agriculture/farmreport.pdf

>

> What's wrong with supermarkets?

>

www.corporatewatch.org.uk/pages/whats_wrong_suprmkts.htm

>

www.corporatewatch.org.uk/profiles/food_supermarkets/supermarkets.pdf

>

www.corporatewatch.org.uk/profiles/food_supermarkets/supermarkets_leaflet.pdf

>

> Breaking the Armlock: alliance of 14 farming,

> environmental and consumer organisations fighting

> supermarket exploitation:

> www.breakingthearmlock.com

>

> Genetically Modified Animal Feed:

> www.togg.org.uk/resources/animal%20feed.pdf

>

> Nine reasons why UK farmers should say NO to GM

> maize

> www.farm.org.uk/FM_Content.aspx?ID=175

>

> GM Crops: Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff:

> www.farm.org.uk/documents/GMBrief.execsumm.pdf

>

> Tackling the farming crisis - together:

>

www.corporatewatch.org.uk/newsletter/issue2/nl2ed.html

>

> The National Farmers' Union: friend to big business,

> not to small farmers:

> www.corporatewatch.org.uk/profiles/nfu/nfu.htm

>

> GM Milk Can Be Ditched Overnight

> www.farm.org.uk/FM_PopNews.aspx?id=97

> Steps to a GM-Free Future for the UK Dairy Industry

> www.small-farms-association.co.uk/htm/news.htm

>

> Off Your Trolley?: The Politics of Shopping:

> www.domainomania.com/wfa/trolley.html

>

> Milk Prices:

> www.milkprices.com

>

> Small Farms Association calls for Moratorium on GM

> Crops

> www.small-farms-association.co.uk/htm/news.htm

>

> 29.3.04 Environmentalists and FFA Work Together

> www.farmersforaction.org/press_releases.htm

> " Leading environmentalists and farmers

> representative bodies met on Saturday 27 March 2004

> in Bristol to discuss the current situation

> surrounding the growing of GM crops in the UK and

> also the current serious situation regarding falling

> milk prices. It was decided at this meeting that a

> series of direct action campaigns would begin in

> early summer, the message to be sent being very

> clear - No to GM, the consumer does not want it and

> fair prices for farmers "

>

> Farmers For Action: Dairy Industry News:

> www.farmersforaction.org/dairy.htm

>

> FARM backs Farmers for Action

> www.farm.org.uk/FM_Content.aspx?ID=106

> " Congratulations to Farmers for Action (FFA) for

> forcing discount supermarket, Lidl, to drop its

> plans to cut farmgate milk prices by 1.3p per litre.

> Farmers for Action's tried and tested tactic of

> blockading supermarket distribution depots paid off.

> farm members - and anyone else - can back up FFA's

> action and help ram home the message that farmers

> and consumers won't stand for farmgate prices below

> the cost of production by using farm's 'Fair Prices

> for Farmers & Consumers' stickers inside Lidl - and

> other supermarket - stores. FFA are also asking

> consumers to check up on the rumour that Lidl are

> importing milk from Poland to undercut UK dairy

> farmers. Please forward any evidence of such to:

> secretary For more information

> on Farmers for Action, visit their website

> www.farmersforaction.org "

>

> Daisy the Cow

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