Oppose all Genetically Modified Foods

  • Reject GM Food. We reject the idea that GM foods/crops are necessary to feed growing populations here or in the developing world. There is a huge push to force acceptance of GM foods onto consumers. Objections are dismissed as unscientific and irrational. But the reasons advanced for GM foods are false. GM foods will not solve world hunger or vitamin deficiency of the world’s poorest people. Social and economic inequality are the root causes of these problems, not a lack of food production. There is at present an abundance of food globally, but the poorest have no access to it. Control of the food industry by global corporations and profit-driven production ensures that the adoption of any new technology will simply see the continuation of these injustices.
  • Oppose GM Crops in Developing World. GM crops are being imposed on populations and are forcing more peasants to switch to cash crop production instead of food for local consumption. This is also part of the cause of the world-wide exodus from farming by the poorest as larger commercialised farms drive the world’s peasants off the land. The drive towards GM crops is about allowing corporations to have patentable commodities that will enhance their control of all aspects of food production and consumption from “the seed to the plate.” We will campaign to ensure all such food research is publicly controlled and funded and that the rights of corporations to patent seeds or crops that may be vital for a sustainable agriculture is ended.