Earth First! Action Update
Archive of the Earth First! Action Update – the newsletter of the UK EF! network 1991-2012
EFAU 54 - December 1998Back to list of articles in this issue
Indian Farmers Burn Genetics Test Sites
Genetix Fireball?! Indian farmers do away with Monsanto's illegal genetix cotton crop. Let the sites burn!

Indian Farmers Burn Genetics Test Sites

Let the test sites burn! Farmers in Karnataka, India, on finding that there were genetic test sites in the state, have pledged to burn them. Also the first test site since 1987 was destroyed in the USA, an encouraging sign that GE resistance is taking off in the country where it all comes from. The burning of Indian test sites has now commenced.