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1. Genes are the basic functional unit of heredity, transferred from parent
organism to its offspring. Genes carry the blueprint of life
codified in the double helical structures called DNA.
Genes define the characteristics, structure, growth and behaviour of the
organism to a large extent.
Long limbs, Blue eyes, Red flowers, Blue wings, broad leaves, muscular body,
high IQ etc for example might be greatly impacted by GENES.
Nature perfects Genes
over millions of years.
How can it be wise to play
with them? Would this
not upset the delicate
balance of nature
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What are Genes?

2. 1. Genes, their structure and functioning are extremely complex.
2. Our know-how on the primary and secondary reactions that might be
caused due to the genetic modifications is very limited.
3. The mere act of modification can trigger imperceptible, unforeseen,
unrecognized and possibly detrimental changes.
Imprecise Insertion = Imprecise Changes
Super
Weed
Lets see
what this
does.
What if Icreate amonster?.
Up to now, living organisms have evolved very slowly and new forms have had plenty of
time to settle in. Now whole proteins will be transposed overnight into whole new
associations with consequences no one can foretell either for the host organism of the
neighbours. This direction may be unwise and potentially dangerous. Potentially it could
breed new animal and plant diseases, new sources of cancer, novel epidemics - Dr George
Wald, Nobel Laureate in Medicine 1967, Higgins Professor of Biology, Harvard University.
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Why is Genetic Engineering Risky?

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What are GMOs?

4. Combining unrelated
organisms together
forcefully seems
Very unnatural and
unethical!
Genes of one organisms are cut, spliced and forced into genes of another
related or unrelated organism in a laboratory to create an unnatural and new
organism or crop called Genetically Modified Organism.
What’s the need
for such a
dangerous,
irreversible and
irrevocable
technology?
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What are GMOs?

5. Most GMOs have Pesticide or herbicide tolerant genes inserted in
laboratories. Pesticides, herbicides and GMOs are similarly dangerous and
hazardous. Safer, ecological and affordable systems of pesticide and
weeds management like NPM and multi cropping are available.
.
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GM food is created by inserting genes from organisms like Bacteria, Scorpions
Spiders etc. into a food crop, to make it poisonous to a specific pest for example.
Imprecise techniques such as Gene Gun, Bacterial & Viral Carriers are
employed to infect /modify the genetic make-up of the target crop.
GM Technology is Negative!

6. I can scrub & wash the
vegetables to remove some
of the residue of the
pesticides BUT how do I
scrub the pesticide in the
Genes?
Earlier They said,
“Pesticides are safe”.
Now They are saying
“GMOs are safe”.
How can I trust them?
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If the pest eating GM
Crop dies on eating it once,
what would happen to me
if I eat it regularly?
GM Technology is Negative!

7. Process of creating GMOs is Risky
1.Experimental conditions are controlled where as environment cant becontrolled.
“ The experiment cannot tell what the role and behavior of donor DNA will be once
it's in the host cell may be very different from the experimental environment”
(Steinbrecher).
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8. Gene Insertion triggers unknown
cellular and acellular activities
2.The insertion of a foreign gene might trigger new cellular activities or interrupt
current ones. For example, The immune system serves to prevent invasion by
harmful foreign genes, viruses, and other substances, so that particular species is
able to maintain its characteristic traits and normal metabolism (Rubenstein).
“Genetic engineering, may, in turn, disrupt and weaken the immune systems by
introducing foreign substances into organisms that they won't be able to fight. No
one really knows the overall effect of this “(Levine).
3.Foreign genes trigger new cellular activities in the form of resistance etc.
The vectors used in the genetic engineering process are often resistant to many
drugs such as antibiotics. Injecting a drug-resisting vector into a new organism will
result in a drug-resistant host organism. The resistance may not necessarily be only
to drugs, as is the case with frost-resistant plants. Since genetic engineering is
irreversible, this method allows these altered organisms to become widespread in
nature (Steinbrecher).
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9. GM Crops destroy the bio-diversity
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10. Bio-diversity Destroyed
Creating such organisms disturbs the evolutionary process of
natural selection, or survival of the fittest. Putting such a desirable
gene into an organism may give them an edge over another. This
whole idea of meddling with nature raises a question of religion and
ethics (Rubenstein)
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11. Lies about the Safety Tests Done by Bio-tech companies
* Only insufficient short term feeding tests conducted on mice.
* Can one trust the safety tests and claims of the company developing the
GMOs and selling the patented seeds at huge profits? Especially when
companies like Monsanto have a long history of unethical practices.
* The changes in GMOs on storage, refrigeration, cooking etc. have not been
studied sufficiently.) 11
GM Crops are Safe – A Lie!

12. The above image lists some of the hitherto unheard of diseases.
Its interesting that they all coincide with the introduction of GM
Crops into the international food systems
Numerous independent studies and scientific reports have shown that
GMOs are extremely unsafe.
VISIT Http://indiagminfo.org/?attachment_id=557 for a compilation of these reports) 12
GM Crops are Safe – A Lie!
Long term studies of impacts on human health, environment and other
organisms not conducted by the developers.

13. Monsanto’s patented Chemical Glyphosate is sprayed copiously on the
fields of Monsanto’s Herbicide Tolerant GM Crops (also called RR or
Round Up Ready), thus poisoning the whole plant and its surroundings.
Most of world’s Soya & Corn is becoming RR rapidly .
GM Crops Use Less Pesticides – A Lie
Weeds & Pests have multiplied The large-scale use of GM crops
and herbicide Glyphosate has resulted in massive natural selection
pressures that has lead to unmanageable Super-Weeds and Super-Pests.
Horseweed-one of over 20 weeds now resistant to the main herbicides
used with GM crops, has become a nightmare for American farmers.
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In America: Pesticide Glyphosate usage has increased from 5 million to
more than 50 million pounds per year in Herbicide Tolerant GM crops

14. GMOs and Diseases
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15. GM Food is very risky.
- Study by French Scientist
GM Crops linked to
Diabetes, Alzheimer's, Cohn’s Disease, Autism etc.
Similar to the US, India is fast becoming a country of
allergies and diseases with the introduction of GM Crops
and imports of processed foods containing GM Crops 15

16. Evidence: GM Crops are dangerous to lab animals
Dr. Oraby, Egyptian scientists a diet containing GM soy and maize fed to rats for
30, 60 and 90 days caused a wide range of toxic effects, including DNA damage,
abnormal sperm, blood changes, and damage to liver, kidney and testes.
European Scientist, Dr. Kruger’s experiment on pregnant piglet ( fed
Glyphosate range 0.25 -1.13 ppm) showed various abnormalities, including
ear & leg atrophy, spinal and cranial deformations & hole in the skull. One
piglet had only a single large eye . Piglets without a trunk, with an “elephant
tongue”, and a female piglet with testes etc. were seen.
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17. Evidence: GM Crops damage human health
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In 2002, two years after the first big harvests of RR soy (GM) in Argentina,
serious health effects including high rates of birth defects as well as
infertility, stillbirths, miscarriages, and cancers reported Source: Fr. Peter’s
Environmental Notes
GM Food is Not Served in Monsanto Factory Cafeteria,
because even Monsanto’s workers refuse to eat it !
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19. Most Processed Foods use Round up Ready Soya and Corn or their derivatives.
Herbicide Glyphosate required for RR crops has been linked with dangerous
health and environmental hazards.
Visitr http://www.shiftfrequency.com/comprehensive-list-of-gmo-products/
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Most imported oils, chips, cookies, cake mixes, drinks, chocolates, Soya Milk
etc. contain GMOs, yet the Indian government allows these to be sold. You are
paying premium price to buy these hazardous, unlabeled imports .
Ask Your Local Grocer/Super Market To Stop Selling These. Ask GOI To BAN
Them

20. GM Food is very risky.
- Study by French Scientist
“GE is good for humanity” – A Lie
All Scientific Research is not Altruistic and humanitarian; nor is much of the
medical/pharmaceutical business. Bio-tech industry is owned by powerful
men seeking profits from their investments in research labs.
Scientists against GM technology are known to loose jobs or not receiving
their funding/fellowships and promotions.
Fortis doctors recommending carcinogenic GM Canola Oil in
advertisements and collecting donations for cancer research is an example
of unethical practices by such mercenary organisations. 20
GM Crops created by the Bio-tech industry are the number one cause
behind deteriorating health of the people on this planet. The same
industry then creates patented medicines to manage the diseases they
have caused, perpetuated and even created in its laboratories.

21. GM Grains, GM
Fruits, GM
Vegetables, GM Fish
And Now GM
Mosquitoes. Where
will this Stop?
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GM Animals are here too.
Could Not
Make Me
Sterile..HE HE
Is it that universities are churning out
too many bio-technologists?
These poor sods are creating new
Creatures in labs because that’s all
They are trained to do for a living?
If only universities taught Pro-Nature
Courses instead!

22. “ Oh human!
Every creature has a role in the ecosystem
Including the pests”
If you kill unnaturally, you will
destroy my creation and nature’s delicate balance”
Its impossible to stop GMOs from reacting
Interacting and reproducing with existing life-forms
Don’t forget once out in the environment;
Its impossible to withdraw the organism.
Dear Wind, Water, Birds and Bees,
Please don’t enter my field and contaminate my crop with Monsanto’s
Genetically Engineered Varieties.
Yours Faithfully, Poor Farmer
”
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We too are poisoned

23. - Your Food, Air, Water & Soil become More Toxic
- Susceptibility to Common as well as Dangerous Diseases
Multiplies.
- Destruction of the Delicate Balance of Nature
- Deadly Impact on friendly Organisms like Bees
- Livestock diseases increase
Why GM Crops must be Banned
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24. Why GM Crops must be Banned
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25. Why switch to Organic Farming?
•
Demand for organic food is
growing .
•
Premium pricing for Organic
produce can result in higher
income.•
Many countries are rejecting GM
Crops and offer opportunities for
exports.
• Sustains the health of soils, ecosystems, live-stock, farmers and
consumers.
• Organic farming is ethical, natural and low-risk
• Relies on ecological processes, biodiversity and cycles adapted
to local conditions, rather than the use of chemical inputs ,
standardized laboratory seeds.
• Combines traditional know-how, innovative techniques and
natural science
• Promotes a good quality of life for all involved.
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26. -65% of India’s farmers have no assured irrigation
-GM Seeds cost 5 to 10 times more
-Seeds have to be repurchased each year.
-GM Crops use more chemical fertilizers.
-GM Crops handle extreme climate very poorly.
“Ecological Farming done by small farmers using a combination of
traditional and safe scientific practices like SRI (not genetic engineering) is
best for removing hunger, poverty and inequity”- 2008 study by
International Assessment of Agricultural Science & Technology for
Development, by over 400 scientists for World Bank & FAO. 26
GM Crops are high risk and expensive

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Famines and Corporation control of Food

28. Organic and GM Crops Cannot Co-exist.
Why Field Trials of GM Crops Must be Banned?
Physical barriers and
buffer zones cannot
confine Field Trials.
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29. •Yield is dependent on multiple factors like soil
fertility, seed quality, weather conditions ,
water etc.
•One single tweaked gene can not cause a
plant to produce more.
•The Union of Concerned Scientists, USA
studied 13 years of GM yields and found that
the GM crop yields were same or less than
NON GM.
•Crop protection is a complex process which
requires an understanding of the interactions
between the environment, methods of farming
and the predominant system of cultivation..
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30. In 2013, NON GM Farmer, Sumant Kumar
of Bihar used SRI techniques and broke the
world record by producing 22.4 tons of
Rice on 1 hectare of land.
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31. Total World Population = 7 Billon
Total World Produce = Enough for 12 Billion
Total Hungry Population= 1 Billion
WHAT’S AMISS?
GREED FOR MONEY AND POWER !
Wh should we be poisoning the world on pretext of feeding them? This is
genocide. Ending hunger will take political will and determination, not GM
crops.
Agriculture to feed the world must be universally accessible, low-input, safe, in
sync with nature and fully sustainable- organic farming is the answer
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32. India has enough food reserves to feed the entire population.
Instead of investing on Storage & Distribution systems,
Risky GM food is being forced upon us. WHY?
Rotting Food Grains in India
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Why is Chemical Farming subsidized?
Why does Organic Farming get negligible support?
Why must we be forced to eat poisoned food ?
ONLY THE RICH HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAFE FOOD? 32

33. About 3 million Indian farmers have committed
suicide in last 20 years and the numbers are going up.
Increasing
Debts
Expensive
Seeds
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Increased
Costs
Reducing
Yields
More
Water
Poorer
Soil

34. Bt Cotton in India
Bt cotton requires 15% more fertilizers , draws more nutrients and water
from soil thus depleting it. The crop is exhibiting nutrient deficiency
especially in rain-fed zones where wilt and leaf-reddening problems are also
getting more severe over the years.- Agricultural Almanac, ANGRAU 2009 .34
Cost of cultivation is lower for Organic Cotton

35. Insecticide usage doubled since 2002 in 9 years.
Bt Cotton in India
Bt cotton requires 15% more fertilizers , draws more nutrients and water
from soil thus depleting it. The crop is exhibiting nutrient deficiency
especially in rain-fed zones where wilt and leaf-reddening problems are also
getting more severe over the years.- Agricultural Almanac, ANGRAU 2009 .
Bollworm decreased but other pests increased
Farmer suicides higher in BT Cotton cultivated areas
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36. Golden Rice – Is It Really Golden?
What Causes Vitamin A Deficiency
Vitamin A deficiency can result from inadequate intake, fat mal-
absorption, or liver disorders.
Secondary vitamin A deficiency may be due to decreased
bioavailability of Provitamin A carotenoids, interference with
absorption, storage, or transport of Vitamin A, Interference with
absorption or storage is likely in celiac disease, cystic fibrosis,
pancreatic insufficiency, duodenal bypass, chronic diarrhea, bile duct
obstruction, giardiasis, and cirrhosis. - According to Merck Manuals,
Medical Text Book
IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT MANY OF THE
ABOVE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN LINKED TO
CONSUMPTION OF GM FOOD. HOW CAN EATING
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37. Golden Rice – Is It Really Golden?
What the Promoters are not telling you.
Nature has abundant natural sources of Vitamin A. A diverse and balanced
died is the sane solution.
Why do we need a laboratory created potentially hazardous Rice?
One will have to eat 150 grams Rice regularly (and little else) for about 60%
Vitamin A requirements.
What will the Genetically Modified Rice do to the body’s ability to absorb
other nutrients?
No long term safety tests have been conducted
$100 Million has been spent on developing this Rice. Could this money have
been spent of safer food?
The Bill & Melinda Gates foundation has contributed an additional $10.3
million to promote it.
In 2012, Feeding Trials on humans were conducted secretly and slyly by U.S.
research team onChinese school children without the consent of the teachers or the
parents of the children. The media later exposed the secret trials.
The tests recommend at least 150 grams of GE Rice to be fed to 6-8 year olds,
every Day for meeting approximately 60% Vitamin A requirement.
Golden Rice is being actively promoted in India, Indonesia and China – Big Markets!
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38. I have been lobbying for GE Food since 1985. I have fudged facts to portray
that I was a founder member of Greenpeace. I have sold my past Greenpeace
affiliation to some of the most predatory companies in the last 25 years &
ignored to mention my current business interests.
When Greenpeace wanted to disassociate with Greenpeace Foundation, I sued them.
Later, I left Greenpeace to set up a Salmon-Farm. I am the President of Aquabounty
Technologies, the Pioneers in Genetically Engineered Salmon.
Now I am promoting G.E. Golden Rice as the panacea for Vitamin A deficiency.
What, cheaper and safer sources of Vitamin A are available in nature?
Oh, you got me there!
GE Salmon is about double
the size and almost triple
the weight of normal
Salmon. That’s not normal
but you get more to eat.
Nah! Nothing abnormal will
happen to you. You are not
Salmon.
I am Patrick Moore - In 1977, Co-Founder Bob Hunter stepped down and
I became president Greenpeace Foundation, Canada. The Same year
Candle, the first B. Rape Canola variety was released. ;)
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39. Monsanto started BT Cotton cultivation in India illegally in 1998
and contaminated local farms.
In 2003 got a patent granted in Europe developed from an Indian
wheat variety for using the wheat and also making roti from it. A
legal battle with Greenpeace caused patent to be revoked.
2011- Caught violating all bio-safety norms in Karnataka GM
Maize plot in Bijapur district.
Caught in illegal planting of GM Corn in UAS Dharwad in Feb 2012.
Monsanto asked to withdraw its unsubstantiated advertisements
and paid news-stories in the year 2012 that appeared in Times of
India.
Its Indian partner, Mahyco was sued for appropriating 16 local
varieties of Brinjal without requisite permissions to develop
genetically modified Brinjal.
Monsanto has filed 145 lawsuits since 1997, against farmers
who have “improperly reused their patented seeds.
Bio-tech GIANTS Like
Monsanto, Syngenta, Du-pont, DOW and Bayer
Monsanto Has Been Votes As The World’s Most Evil Corporation
Who is behind GMOs?

40. •MMB or Monsanto Mahyco India
controls 35% of the 5000 Crore
Indian Seed market.
•Monsanto owns 92% of Indian
Cotton Seed Market. From zero to
92% in 15 years!
•Monsanto owns 38% of Hybrid
Maize Seeds in India.
•Monsanto has PPPs with several
Indian state governments, worth
more than 200 Crores.
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MONSANTO

41. Bribe, Force,Cajole
Sue theFarmersApprovals – By
hook or crook
Fake Data
Field Trials without
permissions
Steal
Germplasm
GMO
Herbicide
Agent
Orange
PCB
Monsanto owns 23% of the world’s proprietary seed business market.
World's largest supplier of vegetable seeds, selling $800m of seed – In 2012.
Uses patents, IPR regimes , unfair and unethical practices
Chased farmers of South American at processing factories and even import points in
Europe!
Lawsuits in USA, Argentina, Brazil, China and India.
Monsanto’s Objective:
“By 2020, no food shall be grown that we do not own”.
No Labels
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42. Monsanto holds 88% of GM patents.
Other Bio-tech Companies Promoting
GM Seeds : Dupont, Bayer, Syngenta
Terminator Technology ensures that farmers
have to buy expensive seeds every season. 42

43. GM Industry - Stooping Lower
1. Targeting Farmers and Suing them
2. Stealing Natural Resources and Patenting them for Gains.
3. Spending Billions on PR and Marketing
4. Targeting Scientists and Reports against GMOs
5. Singling out Activists and NGOs like Greenpeace, Gene
Campaign and ASHA.
6. Employing Political Lobbying and Corrupt means to
promote GMOs .
7. Promoting Dangerous Crops under lies of Drought
Resistance, Crop Fortification, Soil Management etc.
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44. Food as Weapons of Power
“IF THEY CONTROL SEED, THEY CONTROL
FOOD. THEY KNOW IT, IT’S STRATEGIC. IT’S
MORE POWERFUL THAN BOMBS. ITS MORE
POWERFUL THAN GUNS, THIS IS THE BEST WAY
TO CONTROL THE POPULATIONS OF THE
Targeting the most
populated countries of
the World
China India Indonesia
Big Market = Big Profit
Bio Weapons
GMO Crops
Ethanol Crops
Man Made Diseases
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45. Owns
500000
Monsanto
Shares =
$23Million
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GMO, Pharma and Processed food industries are
Central to the reviving American economy.
American government is arm twisting countries like
India to promote interests of the bio-tech industry.
Politics of Power and Greed

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Is the BJP government in
favour of GM Crops?
Field Trials Approved.
Commercialization to
follow, Mr. Prakash
Javadekar?
Who is Promoting GM Crops in India?
DESPITE THE PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO GM CROPS AND THE AVAILABILITY OF
SAFER AND BETTER SYSTEMS OF FARMING;
WILL THE BJP DECIDE IN FAVOUR OF THE BIO-TECH INDUSTRY OR WILL IT
TAKE A PRO-PEOPLE AND PRO ENVIRONMENT STANCE? 46

47. Opposition to GMOS
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48. Indians join the global opposition of gm crops.
Farmers and Consumers all over the world are rejecting GM .
Demand for non-GM seed in USA has increased by 80% in 2013.
American consumers are demanding labelling laws and safer food choices.
Consumer opposition to GMOs is on the rise in India too.
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49. There are some who will look the other way, there are some
who are comfortable in denial. But YOU are the chosen one.
Educate every one you meet about the dangers, your Sabzi -waalah,
your grocer, super market management, the shop assistant , the
restaurant you eat at, your colleagues and your neighbours .
Write to your local RWA, your MLA, concerned Ministers and
even the Prime Minister.
Question them about their inaction.
Take the baton forward!
But, what can I do?
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50. Find us on the Web at the following links
www.indiaforsafefood.in
www.kisanswaraj.in
www.indiagminfo.org
India for Safe Food
www.facebook.com/India4safefood
Public Awareness on GM Food
www.facebook.com/groups/NoGMOs
Our Food, Health, Seeds, Farmer Livelihood And
Country are Under GMO Attack
Consumer Demand for Safe Food is Important to Galvanize
Government Action and Pro-Organic Policies
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