X Marks The Spot

To highlight the risk of genetic pollution protestors visited an AgrEvo oilseed rape test site in Scotland this month. The group, a bunch of gnomes called The Human GeneGnome Project, painted a large red X across the field before signing the nearby road with placards declaring the area a 'biohazard'.

"It's time you humans woke up to the dangers of this technology," said a spokesgnome. "AgrEvo have been reluctant to divulge the location of this dangerous experiment. If they won't let the human people know, then we will do it for them. The inhabitants of Fife, human and gnome alike, have a right to know that this crop will pollute the environment while the long-term results are unknown."

Gnome Chomsky added, "The only people who can possibly benefit from GM crops are the multinational biotech companies like AgrEvo and Monsanto - they wish to commodify and control the means of production of food simply in the interests of profit."

The Human GeneGnome Project is hoping that while letters to MPs and polite phone calls don't work, a bunch of gnomes may be taken seriously. Contact the gnomes c/o Fife EF! or direct through any fairy ring.