Definitive Global Rejection of Genetically Modified Wheat

Definitive Global Rejection of Genetically Modified Wheat

Definitive Global Rejection of Genetically
Modified Wheat
Author: Lucy
Sharratt<[email protected]><p>February9,2010<br/></p><p>SummaryStatement:<br/></p><p>?
Inlightofourexistingexperiencewithgeneticengineering,andrecognizingtheglobalconsumerr
ejectionofgeneticallyengineeredwheat,werestateourdefinitiveoppositiontoGEwheatandourc
ommitmenttostoppingthecommercializationofGEtraitsinourwheatcrops.?</p><p>Signedby2
33groupsin26countries:</p><p>Groupsareinvitedtosignonat<ahref="/Resources/Topics/GE-Cropsand-Foods-Not-on-the-Market/Wheat/Join-the-Global-Rejection-of-GEWheat"target="_self">www.cban.ca/globalstopGMwheat</a></p><p>1)Argentina<br/>1.ReddeAc
ciónenPlaguicidasysusAlternativasdeAméricaLatinaRAPAL,Argentina</p><p>2)Australia<br/>2.A
ntiVivisectionUnionofSouthAustralia<br/>3.BellingenCommunityGardensAssociation,NSW,Australia<
br/>4.BiologicalFarmersofAustralia<br/>5.ColumbanMissionInstitute,Australia<br/>6.Consumersfo
rGMFreeFoodSouthPerth<br/>7.FriendsoftheEarthAustralia<br/>8.GMCropwatch<br/>9.GMfreeAustralia<br/>10.GeneEthics,Australia<br/>11.GMFreeConsumersNetwork,WesternAustralia<
br/>12.GreenpeaceAustraliaPacific<br/>13.MADGE,Australia<br/>14.MountPleasantNaturalReso
urceCentreInc.,SouthAustralia<br/>15.NambuccaValleyLocalFoodNetwork,Australia<br/>16.Natio
nalToxicsNetwork,Australia<br/>17.NetworkofConcernedFarmers,Australia<br/>18.NorthShoreCli
mateAction,NSW,Australia<br/>19.OrganicBDAlliance<br/>20.OrganicFederationofAustralia,Australia<br/>21.PermacultureEducationZone(PE
Z),SouthAustralia<br/>22.PermacultureSouthernHighlandsLocalSeedNetwork,NSW<br/>23.Prese
ntationCongregationLismore,Australia<br/>24.RainforestInformationCentre,Australia<br/>25.Slow
FoodAustralia,Australia<br/>26.SouthAustralianGeneticFoodInformationNetwork<br/>27.Transitio
nAdelaideWest,Australia</p><p>3)Bangladesh<br/>28.SocietyforSustainableAgricultureandRural
Advancement(SSARA),<br/>Bangladesh</p><p>4)Brazil<br/>29.ASPTA,Brazil<br/>30.AssociacaodosEngenhrirosAgronomosdaBahia,Brazil<br/>31.CentrodeDesenv
olvimentoSustentavelUniversidadedeBrasilia,Brazil<br/>32.CentroEcologico,Brazil<br/>33.GreenpeaceBrazil<br/>34.La
boratoriodeTraçadoresWCPfeiffer,Brazil</p><p>5)Canada<br/>35.L?ACEF(AssociationCoopérat
ived'ÉconomieFamiliale)deQuébec<br/>36.L'Agorarecherchesetcommunications,Québec<br/>37
.AvenueBiodel'Est,St-Mathieu-de-Rioux,Canada<br/>38.L?avisbio/magazineBiobulle,Québec<br/>39.BeyondFactoryFarming,Canada<br/>40.BurinPeninsulaEnvironmentalRefor
mCommittee,Canada<br/>41.CanadianBiotechnologyActionNetwork,Canada<br/>42.CanadianOr
ganicGrowers,Canada<br/>43.Centreinterdisciplinairederecherchesurlabiologie,lasanté,lasociété
et<br/>l'environnement(CINBIOSE),Québec<br/>44.ClubPleinChamps,Québec<br/>45.ClubVolksmarcheLaFoulée,Québec<br/>46.CoalitiondescitoyensdeMé
kinac,Trois-Rives,Québec<br/>47.Comitéd'environnementUnivertduCégepdeLévisLauzon,Québec<br/>48.Coopérativedesolidartitéd'alimentationsaineLaManne,Victoriaville,Québ
ec<br/>49.EcoCellatSt.John's,Canada<br/>50.ÉnergieCitoyenne,Québec<br/>51.Équiterre,Canada<br/>52.FEA
St(FoodEducationActionSt.John's),NFLD,Canada<br/>53.FoodActionCommitte,EcologyActionCen
tre,Halifax<br/>54.FurbyStreetUrbanFarmers,Canada<br/>55.(GRAME)Groupederechercheappliq
uéeenmacroécologie,Québec<br/>56.GreenpeaceCanada<br/>57.GuidingHandsRecreationSoci
ety,BC<br/>58.HobrumTeamWestCoast,BC<br/>59.LesEnsachagesBioOrg,Québec<br/>60.LesJardinsdelaMingaie,Québec<br/>61.LocalOrganicFairTradeCooperative(Cambridge,ON),Canada<br/>62.MaketheDesertBlossom,Alberta,Canada<br/>63.Nation
alFarmersUnion,Canada<br/>64.NationalFarmersUnion,Local1,Ontario,Canada<br/>65.NationalU
nionofPublicandGeneralEmployees,Canada<br/>66.NatureQuébec,Canada<br/>67.NewWestmin
sterEnvironmentalPartners,BC,Canada<br/>68.OJM(OrganismeJeunéthiquementModifié),Canad
a<br/>69.OneStrawSociety,Canada,www.onestraw.ca<br/>70.Ordrecanadiendespraticiensdenatur
opathieetdesnaturothérapies,Canada<br/>71.PartivertduQuébec,Canada<br/>72.Regroupement
desconseilsrégionauxdel'environnementduQuébec,Canada<br/>73.RéseauQuébécoiscontreles
OGM,Canada<br/>74.SaskatchewanNetworkforAlternativestoPesticides,Canada<br/>75.Saskatch
ewanOrganicDirectorate,Canada<br/>76.St.John'sUnitedChurch,Chesley,Ontario<br/>77.Syndicat
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CanadiendesTélécommunicationsTransmarines<br/>78.UnionBiologiquePaysanne,Canada<br/>
79.UnionPaysanne,Canada<br/>80.VieuxPalaisdeJusticedeL'Assomption,Québec<br/>81.Wasca
naFederalGreenPartyElectoralDistrictAssociation,Regina,SK,<br/>Canada</p><p>6)Chile<br/>82.
OficinadeJusticiaPazeIntegridaddelaCreaciónSanColumbano,Chile<br/>83.ReddeAcciónenPlagui
cidas-Chile(RAPChile)</p><p>7)Ecuador<br/>84.RALLT,Ecuador</p><p>8)France<br/>85.LesAmisdelaTerreNord,France<br/>86.associationKaledoïkdecouverte,France<br/>87.Associationterresacrée,France<br/>88.AtelierdeLaGaude,France<br/>
89.collectifmeuh(MouvementElémentairepourl'Unitédel'Homme),France<br/>90.CombatMonsant
o,France<br/>91.CRIIGENComitédeRechercheetd'InformationIndépendantessurlegénie<br/>GE
Nétique,France<br/>92.ERABLES31,(EnsemblepourReprésenterl'AgricultureBiologiqueLocale<b
r/>EcologiqueetSolidaire),France<br/>93.GroupedeRechercheenAgricultureBiologique,France<br/
>94.GroupeInternationald'EtudesTransdisciplinaires(GIET),France<br/>95.L?InstitutFrançaisdesH
uilesVégétalesPures,France<br/>96.MouvementdeCultureBioDynamique,France<br/>97.NatureetProgres,France<br/>98.OperationSRIMadagascar,France<br/
>99.RESEDARéseauEuroméditerranéenSocialEcologiqueDémocratiqueet<br/>Altermondialiste,
France<br/>100.Syndicatd'AgricultureBioDynamique,Colmar,France<br/>101.VigilanceOGM81,France</p><p>9)Germany<br/>102.Demet
er,Germany</p><p>10)India<br/>103.CentreforSustainableAgriculture,AndhraPradesh,India<br/>
104.ForumforBiotechnology&FoodSecurity,NewDelhi.<br/>105.InternationalPresentationAsso
ciationIndiaNetwork<br/>106.KhetiVirasatMission,Punjab,India<br/>107.Prakruti,Maharahstra,India<br/>
108.SouthAgainstGeneticEngineering,India<br/>109.SustainableAgricultureNetwork,AndhraPrade
sh,India</p><p>11)Ireland<br/>110.GMfreeIrelandNetwork<br/>111.PresentationJusticeNetwork,Ireland</p><p>12)Italy<br/>112.VAS?Bi
odiversità,Italy</p><p>13)Japan<br/>113.ConsumersUnionofJapan<br/>114.NO!GMOCampaign
<br/>115.FoodAction21<br/>116.YokohamaKita(YokohamaNorth)SeikatsuClubCooperative<br/>1
17.YotsubaHomeDeliveryKeijiCo.LTD<br/>118.SeikatsuClubConsumerCooperativecoopYamanashi<br/>119.SeikatsuClubConsumers'CooperativeTochigi<br/>120.KenminSeikatsukyodokumiaiYamayuri<br/>121.Ehimeyuukinousanseik
atsukyodokumiai<br/>122.KitaTokyo(NorthTokyo)SeikatsuClubConsumers'Cooperative<br/>123.SOCIETYOFSTCOLUMBAN<br/>124.TamaKitaSeikatsuClubConsumers'Coop
erativeJointpurchase<br/>Committee<br/>125.TamaKita(TamaNorth)SeikatsuClubConsumers'Co
operative<br/>126.TamaKitaSeikatsuClubConsumers'CooperativeCityplanning<br/>Committee<br
/>127.GMOInformationSarviceJapan<br/>128.ShokutoKankyonoMirainet<br/>129.AssociationofGMOconcerns,Chubu-district,Japan<br/>130.anshintabemonokurashinetworkASHINOKAI<br/>131.SeikatsuClubConsumers'CooperativeChiba<br/>132.ConsumersUnionOfJapanKansaigroup<br/>133.SafetyFoodNetwork<br/>
134.GreenCo-opOSAKAConsumers'Cooperation<br/>135.GreenCoopHYOGO<br/>136.GreenCo-opTOTTORIConsumers'Cooperation<br/>137.GreenCoopSHIMANEConsumers'Cooperation<br/>138.GreenCoopOKAYAMAConsumers'Cooperation<br/>139.GreenCoopHIROSHIMAConsumers'Cooperation<br/>140.GreenCo-opYamaguchi<br/>141.GreenCoopFUKUOKAConsumers'Cooperation<br/>142.GreenCoopSAGAConsumers'Cooperation<br/>143.GreenCoopNAGASAKIConsumers'Cooperation<br/>144.GreenCoopKUMAMOTOConsumers'Cooperation<br/>145.GreenCoopOITAConsumers'Cooperation<br/>146.GreenCoopKAGOSHIMAConsumers'Cooperation<br/>147.GreenCoopMIYAZAKIConsumers'Cooperation<br/>148.KAWASAKISEIKATSUCLUBConsumers'Cooperati
ve<br/>149.SeikatsuClubConsumers'CooperativeHokkaido<br/>150.23KuMinami(23WardsSouth)SeikatsuClubConsumers'Cooperative<br
/>151.SeikatsuClubFukushimaConsumers'Cooperative<br/>152.SeikatsuClubAichiConsumers'Co
-operative<br/>153.ALTERJAPAN<br/>154.SeikatsuClubConsumers'CooperativeTokyo<br/>155.SEIKATSUCLUBCONSUMERS'COOPERATIVESAITAMA<br/>156.FUKUSHICLUBCOOP<br/>157.SEIKATSUCLUBCONSUMERS'
CO-
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OPERATIVESAGAMIUNIT<br/>158.CONSUMERS'COOPERATIVEUNIONKIRARI<br/>159.CON
SUMERS'COOPERATIVESCOOPOSAKA<br/>160.DAICHIWOMAMORUKAI(TheAssociationtoPr
eservetheEarth)<br/>161.KYOUSEIFOODSCO.,LTD<br/>162.JapanOrganicAgricultureAssociatio
n<br/>163.TokyoSeikatsushaNetwork<br/>164.ShinjoRiceFieldTrust<br/>165.NetworkNouen<br/>
166.COOPAichi<br/>167.FoodPolicyCenterVision21<br/>168.SEIKATSUCLUBCONSUMER'SCOOPERATIVEKYOTOL-COOP<br/>169.Kurasiotagayasukai<br/>170.CONSUMERSCOOPERATIVETOSHISEIKATU<br/>171.KANSAIYOTSUBAASSOCIATION<br/>172.Consumercoo
perativeNACHURARUKOPUYOKOHAMA<br/>173.SeikatsuClubConsumer'sCooperativeNagano<br/>174.TamaMinamiSeikatsuClubConsumer'sCooperative<br/>175.Japanese
AssociationofAgro-Nature<br/>176.SeikatsuClubConsumers'Co-opShizuoka<br/>177.NoritakeyaUdon<br/>178.Cookie-koubou-Fukue<br/>179.Seikatsu-Enjo-Network<br/>180.Kyouiku-WoTsukuridasu-kai<br/>181.Wappa-enterprisecooperative<br/>182.NonProfitOrganizationWappa-nokai<br/>183.WorkshopSuzuran<br/>184.SocialwelfareCorporationKyouseiHukushikai<br/>185.BakeryHouse-Wappan-Heian<br/>186.Wappa-Chita-KyodoOffice<br/>187.Wappa-RecyclingCenter<br/>188.EcologyHouseWappan<br/>189.Citizen'snetworkofTsukuba<br/>190.Seikatsuclubconsumers'cooperativeGunma
<br/>191.SHONANSEIKATSUCLUBCOOPERATIVE<br/>192.SeikatsuClubConsumer'sCooperative(Gunma)TakasakiBranch</p><p>14)Korea<br/>193.ColumbanMissionariesKorea</p><p
>15)Mauritania<br/>194.ONGAAA(AssociationdesAmisdesAnimaux),Mauritania</p><p>16)Mexic
o<br/>195.ColectivoEcologistaJalisco,A.C.,Mexico</p><p>17)NewZealand<br/>196.GEFree(
NZ)inFoodandEnvironment,NewZealand<br/>197.Soil&HealthAssociationofNewZealand<br/>
198.Soiltosoul,NewZealand</p><p>18)Philippines<br/>199.GMOFreePhilippines</p><p>19)Polan
d<br/>200.DemeterPolska,Poland</p><p>20)PuertoRico<br/>201.LaHogaza,SanJuan,Puerto
Rico</p><p>21)SouthAfrica<br/>202.AfricanCentreforBiosafety,SouthAfrica<br/>203.SAFeAGE,S
outhAfrica<br/>204.SouthAfricaFreezeAllianceonGeneticEngineering,SouthAfrica<br/>205.TheSui
dpuntEnvironmentalAlliance(SEA),SouthAfrica</p><p>22)Spain<br/>206.Bancodesemillaslocales
yecológicasl'Almàixera,Tarragona,Spain<br/>207.JóvenesVerdes,Spain<br/>208.REDDESEMIL
LAS,Spain</p><p>23)Sweden<br/>209.Hampanätet,Sweden</p><p>24)Switzerland<br/>210.Ca
mpagne«PrudenceOGM»duCentrepourl'actionnonviolente<br/>(Cenac)?Suisse</p><p>25)UnitedKingdom<br/>211.GMFreeze,UK<br/>212.GMWat
ch,UK<br/>213.MunlochyVigil,Scotland,UK</p><p>26)USA<br/>214.Amberwaves,USA<br/>215.
CenterforFoodSafety,USA<br/>216.ColumbanCenterforAdvocacyandOutreach(USA)<br/>217.Fre
shAirTourism,USA<br/>218.FriendsoftheEarth,USA<br/>219.InstituteforResponsibleTechnology,U
SA<br/>220.MitchellFarming,Washington,USA<br/>221.NationalFamilyFarmCoalition,USA<br/>22
2.NaturalSoluitonsFoundation,USA<br/>223.TheOaklandInstitute,USA<br/>224.OrganicConsumer
sAssociation,USA<br/>225.PartnersfortheLand&AgriculturalNeedsofTraditionalPeoples<br/>(
PLANT),USA<br/>226.SayNotoGMOs!USA<br/>227.SierraClub,USA<br/>228.SistersofthePresen
tation,SanFrancisco,USA<br/>229.WashingtonBiotechnologyActionCouncil,USA<br/>230.Western
OrganizationofResourceCouncils,USA<br/>Global/Regional:<br/>231.FoodandWaterEurope,UK<
br/>232.FriendsoftheEarthInternational<br/>233.PesticideActionNetworkAsiaandthePacific</p>
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