Resistance Is Fertile
Huge numbers of different events are planned all over the world in the 'Resistance is Fertile' week of action from 1st - 10th April . Events are happening in Canada, France, New Zealand, Netherlands, Russia, Belarus, USA and even the UK. Website http://www.resistanceisfertile.com.
If you would like to join in the international resistance, perhaps you could stage a protest at one of the sites listed below.
Despite the attempts of some local councils to stop their tenant farmers from growing GM crops, the next round of GM farm scale trials are going into the ground now. Here are the grid references...
Forage maize
| Name | Location | Grid Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Harpenden | Hertfordshire | TL 118 130 |
| Winfarthing | Norfolk | TM 100 879 |
| Boothby Graffoe | Lincolnshire | SK 971 586 |
| Spital-in-the-street | Lincolnshire | SK 979 907 |
| East Newton | Humberside | TA 263 382 |
Oil seed rape
| Name | Location | Grid Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Kempley | Gloucestershire | S0 675 313 |
| Laverton | Worcestershire | SP 069 360 |
| Chipping Campden | Gloucestershire | SP 154 403 |
| Alderminster | Warwickshire | SP 241 486 |
| Upper Tysoe | Warwickshire | SP 327 437 |
| Piccots End | Hertfordshire | TL 068 115 |
| St Osyth/Seawick | Essex | TM 119 138 |
| Brockford Green | Suffolk | TM 125 650 |
| Horningtoft | Norfolk | TF 932 243 |
| Boothby Graffoe | Lincolnshire | SK 959 592 |
| North Kelsey | Lincolnshire | TA 012 006 |
| East Newton | Humberside | TA 265 382 |
| Hutton Magna | North Yorkshire | NZ 137 115 |
Sugar Beet
| Name | Location | Grid Reference |
|---|---|---|
| East Bradenham | Norfolk | TF 946 087 |
| Ramsey Mereside | Cambridgeshire | TL 308 902 |
| Abbots Ripton | Cambridgeshire | TL 221 773 |
| Coney Weston | Suffolk | TL 964 785 |
| Horningtoft | Norfolk | TF 932 238 |
| Tittleshall | Norfolk | TF 896 208 |
| Stow Bedon | Norfolk | TL 964 965 |
| Friskney Tofts | Lincolnshire | TF 506 542 |
| Burston | Norfolk | TM 128 828 |
Fodder Beet
| Name | Location | Grid Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Kersey | Suffolk | TL 986 424 |
| Ulleskelf | Yorkshire | SE 522 389 |
| Nawton | Yorkshire | SE 649 841 |
Already, at least two farmers have pulled out of the Farm Scale Trials - one at Ulleskelf in Yorkshire and another at Friskney Tofts in Lincolnshire.