English Snowballs

On 18th Sept., injunctions from Monsanto were outrageously extended to include the genetiX snowball press liaison person and anyone doing an action in the name of genetiX snowball. with the six injuncted snowballers liable for any damages accrued.

The fourth English snowball action took place on the Sunday 20th Sept, following a training day in Cambridge. An unexpectedly early harvest of the sugar beet for disposal meant the activists missed their chance of disrupting the experiment. Nevertheless some 40 snowballers went to the AgroEvo HQ near Kings Lynn to plant trees, bulbs and biohazard signs to indicate the presence of genetically modified plants, One of the younger 'genetiX Harvest' participants - a six year old, planted a sapling sweet chestnut tree in the grounds of the testing station There was a police presence by the time they arrived, but no arrests were made and the event passed off peacefully.