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IFOAM Organics Europe @organicseurope.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🌱 “No ban without alternatives” – yet the pesticide industry resists measures to speed up biocontrol approvals. Organic shows another way: prevention first, supported by natural substances where needed. EU policy must reduce dependence on synthetic pesticides. More from @corporateeurope.org 👇
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Testbiotech e.V. @testbiotech.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 07/10/2026
🚨 NEW REPORT: The pesticide industry didn't just lobby on the EU's Food & Feed Omnibus. More like they co-wrote it. This report shows how. Check it out 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/10/f... Thread 🧵👇
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Food & Feed Omnibus, co-written by the pesticide lobby | Corporate Europe Observatory
The pesticide lobby’s dirty fingers are all over the EU's Food & Feed Omnibus. Omnibus X is paving the way for the dismantling of EU pesticide regulations by allowing harmful pesticides to remain in u...
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IFOAM Organics Europe @organicseurope.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
📢 42 orgs wrote to the Commission opposing any weakening of EU's regulatory framework for genetically modified animals. We call for mandatory risk assessment, traceability and labelling, and investment in farming systems that improve animal welfare 👉 aa-ft.org/wp-content/u...
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 14/04/2026
📣 A new article published today by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) and GMWatch: "Biotech lobby groups are set to trap farmers and breeders in patent minefield" Read the article here: corporateeurope.org/en/2026/04/b...
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🌍🌾 ViaCampesinaBE/FR/NL/DE⁂ :mastodon: @viacampesinabe.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2026
𝗘𝗡 | 📢🇪🇺 Say no to new GMOs in our fields and in our food : write to your MEPs Members of the European Parliament ! 👉 www.eurovia.org/news/say-no-to-new-… @viacampesina_en @GMWatch @DefendingUNDROP #GMO #StopGMO […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
𝗘𝗡 | 📢🇪🇺 Say no to new GMOs in our fields and in our food : write to your MEPs Members of the European Parliament ! 👉 https://www.eurovia.org/news/say-no-to-new-gmos-in-your-food-write-to-your-meps  @viacampesina_en@movimientos.social @GMWatch @DefendingUNDROP   #GMO #StopGMO #StopNewGMO #ViaCampesina #LaViaCampesina #UNDROP #PeasantsRights #Right2Seeds #Semences
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
EU vote on new GMOs: Wrong for farmers, wrong for consumers, wrong for nature. “This isn’t about innovation—it’s about allowing a handful of big biotech and pesticide corporations like Bayer to make ever more profits on the back of millions of farmers, consumers, and nature” — @foeeurope.bsky.social
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EU vote on new GMOs: Wrong for farmers, wrong for consumers, wrong for nature
By Friends of the Earth Europe
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GMO-FREE EUROPE @gmofreeeurope.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
🍽️ What if food labels no longer told the truth? ⁉️ 🌾 The EU could soon allow genetically modified ingredients in our food without labeling them. 👉 Join a community in your language for more updates: bit.ly/4sJUi6h #BlackedOutIngredients @demeterint.bsky.social
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Testbiotech e.V. @testbiotech.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
...but experiments on other plant species have revealed significant side effects. www.testbiotech.org/en/news/will...
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Will ‘fat barley’ become the first NGT plant grown in Europe? – Testbiotech
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European Non-GMO Industry Association @nongmoeurope.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
A new survey commissioned by No Patents on Seeds in 5 EU countries found that over 80% of respondents reject patents on plants/animals. That makes the absence of binding patent measures in the final New GMOs text hard to ignore ahead of Parliament’s vote. www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/survey
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Patent survey | NO PATENTS ON SEEDS!
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The French Socialist & Democrat MEP @christopheclergeau.bsky.social plans to introduce amendments to the new GMOs (NGT) legislation—pencilled in for a vote at the end of May plenary session—to change the language on patents, to avoid “more dependency, less choice and higher prices” for farmers.
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
GMO-FREE food production at risk! Germany's Working Group for Peasant Agriculture (AbL) calls on the EU Council of Ministers & the European Parliament to stop the unacceptable draft law on new GMOs. Safeguard the right of farmers to produce food without genetic engineering! abl-ev.de/aktuelles/de...
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GMO-FREE EUROPE @gmofreeeurope.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The UK government has pledged £1 billion taxpayers’ money towards research that includes geoengineering, genetic engineering / synthetic biology, brain tech, automation and Artificial Intelligence. Read the new report from @etcgroup.bsky.social
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GMO-FREE EUROPE @gmofreeeurope.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Food labels in the EU are about to change. Soon, they will no longer show whether altered DNA is in your food. This would remove a basic consumer right: the right to know what we eat. That’s why we are starting a Europe-wide action. www.blacked-out-ingredients.eu #GMO #NGT #newGMO #NoHiddenGMO
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blacked-out-ingredients.eu | Select a language
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GMO-FREE EUROPE @gmofreeeurope.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The GMO-FREE ZONE Movement 20th Anniversary Asian Assembly was held in Tokyo, Japan, in March 2026. Here you can read the Conference Declaration - Toward a World Free from Genetically Modified Food www.nishoren.org/en/?p=3298 #GMO #GMOs #GMOFREE #GMOFREEZONE #SEED #SEEDS #newGMO #newGMOs #CUJ
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Toward a World Free from Genetically Modified Food – Consumers Union of Japan
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
American chestnut: Cross-breeding for blight resistance takes “giant leap forward”, leaves GM in the dust! While cross-breeding achieves substantial blight resistance, #GMO trees continue to disappoint. gmwatch.org/en/106-news/...
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American chestnut: Cross-breeding for blight resistance takes “giant leap forward”, leaves GM in the dust
Crossing American chestnuts with naturally blight-resistant Chinese chestnuts results in hybrids with substantial blight resistance; GM trees continue to disappoint. Report: Claire Robinson
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
71 MPs urge the French government to reject the deregulation of GMOs derived from new genomic techniques (NGTs). They call for the government to defend "a strict European framework for health, environmental and democratic protection." infogm.org/en/71-meps-u...
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71 MPs urge the French government to reject the deregulation of GMOs derived from new genomic techniques – Inf'OGM
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Testbiotech e.V. @testbiotech.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
In addition to the #deregulation of plants derived from #newgeneticengineering (#NGTs), the @ec.europa.eu is already planning to lower the #safetystandards for #geneticallyengineered microorganisms (#GMMOs). www.testbiotech.org/en/news/euro...
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European Non-GMO Industry Association @nongmoeurope.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
A challenge by @fne.asso.fr to the scientific basis of the EU’s #NewGMO proposal.🌱 Exempting many New GMOs from risk assessment, traceability & labelling is not scientifically justified. 🔎 We agree — and the implications for supply chains and consumer trust are serious. fne.asso.fr/communique-p...
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Deregulation of new GMOs is without scientific basis. 13 French organisations highlight shortcomings and flaws of the EU proposal gmwatch.org/en/106-news/...
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Deregulation of new GMOs is without scientific basis
Thirteen French organisations highlight shortcomings and flaws of the EU proposal
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IFOAM Organics Europe @organicseurope.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
🚫 No GMOs through the back door! The EU may scrap safety checks, traceability & labelling for new GMOs. 📣 Tell your MEP: uphold our right to know what we grow & eat. ✍️ Take action now: demeter.net/no-gmos-through-the-bac… #NGTs #NewGMOs #NoHiddenGMOs
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No GMOs through the back door! - Demeter International
Ask your politicians to maintain our freedom of choice by keeping new GMOs regulated and labelled. We want to know what we eat and grow!
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
New Study Finds Gene Editing Disrupts Multiple Gene Functions. The findings apply to all types of gene editing, providing compelling evidence that moves to deregulate gene-edited organisms (new GMOs) are misguided biosafety-info.net/articles/bio...
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Why #GMO wheat tolerant to toxic glufosinate, banned in the EU, raises concerns. "Instead of repeating the mistakes of the last 30 years, we have an opportunity to invest in solutions that truly serve farmers, consumers, and the planet." foodtank.com/news/2026/03...
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GMO Wheat Raises Serious Concerns
'Instead of repeating the mistakes...we have an opportunity to invest in solutions that truly serve farmers, consumers, and the planet.'
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Testbiotech e.V. @testbiotech.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
JOIN IN: Remind our representatives in the @europarl.europa.eu of their responsibilities! In the #competition for #innovation and ‚ #progress ‘, disruptive technologies are being promoted. The problem is: The disruptions caused by #newgeneticengineering ( #NGTs )...
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GMO-FREE EUROPE @gmofreeeurope.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Italian page is updated! Thank you @cicrocevia.bsky.social for the detailed information about the new-GMO-FREE Municipalities. www.gmo-free-regions.org/countries/it... #GMO #GMOs #GMOFREE #GMOFREEZONE #SEED #SEEDS #newGMO #newGMOs
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European Non-GMO Industry Association @nongmoeurope.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
🇨🇭 Over 137,000 Swiss citizens have backed an initiative calling for stronger safeguards on #GMOs, including labelling and risk assessments. As the EU moves to deregulate New GMOs, Switzerland could face a nationwide vote. 🔗 www.swissinfo.ch/eng/agribusi...
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Swiss anti-GMO initiative handed in at Bern
Swiss anti-GMO initiative handed in with 137,000 signatures.
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Let Them Eat Patents! Pat Mooney interview. Just four corporations—Bayer, Corteva, Syngenta & BASF—now control roughly 60% of the world’s commercial seed & pesticide markets. The seed—humanity’s foundational agricultural innovation—now sits under the guardianship of MNCs! jacobin.com/2026/02/agri...
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Let Them Eat Patents
As agrochemical giants and data monopolies consolidate control over seeds, the food system becomes ever more fragile. Humanity has domesticated thousands of crops but, in pursuit of profit, corporatio...
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GMO-FREE EUROPE @gmofreeeurope.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
On 7-8 March 2026 the GMO-FREE ZONE Movement 20th Anniversary Asian Assembly - Towards a GMO-FREE World was held in Tokyo, Japan. Including guests from South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines. #GMO #GMOs #GMOFREE #GMOFREEZONE #SEED #SEEDS #newGMO #newGMOs
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
90% of global #GMO crop acreage is herbicide tolerant—and it's helping drive up herbicide use. New GMOs—via gene editing—are set to do the same. Gene-editing pioneer Cibus Inc. says its on track to launch its rice herbicide traits in Latin America next year, followed by the US in 2028, then Asia 🌾☠️
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Cibus Advancing GMO Alternative
SAN DIEGO – Cibus, Inc.’s seeds may soon start to bear fruit. The agricultural technology company specializes in gene editing of crops like rice, canola
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Concerns over so-called "precision-breeding" (new GMOs) grow ahead of High Court hearing in May. Following the UK Govt's Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023, critics and campaigners are calling for much-needed transparency and consent. #GMO wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/news/the-agt...
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The AGtivist: Concerns over precision-breeding grow ahead of High Court hearing in May
Following the UK Gov’s Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023, critics and campaigners are calling for much-needed transparency and consent…
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Anti-#GMO activists to hold protests in Kisumu, Kenya’s third largest city. “We’re going to fight GMOs in the streets, in court, and in every other way until GMOs are burnt in this country,” declared farmer and farmers’ advocacy leader Mary Kathomi. k24.digital/news/anti-gm...
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Anti-GMO activists to hold protests in Kisumu
Anti-GMO activists have intensified their campaign in Kisumu, vowing to fight the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
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GMO-FREE EUROPE @gmofreeeurope.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
India: About 95 per cent area under cotton cultivation is occupied by Bt cotton.
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Ukraine bans #GMO crops as wartime farmers race to meet EU standards by 2028. Ukraine is siding with Europe—and betting that non-#GMO certification will give it an edge in markets where traceability matters. Ukrainian farmers broadly support the shift. euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/06/u...
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Ukraine bans GMOs to unlock billions in EU farm market access
Ukraine banned GMOs and is overhauling pesticides, subsidies, and food safety to meet EU standards before a make-or-break 2028 quota review.
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Anti‑GMO farming campaign gathers 133,000 signatures in Switzerland. It calls for no loss of controls over GMOs, and the protection of GMO-free agriculture, even after Switzerland's current #GMO moratorium expires in 2030. www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-po...
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Anti‑GMO farming campaign gathers 133,000 signatures in Switzerland
An alliance behind an initiative to protect Swiss food from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has gathered more than 133,000 signatures, it announced on Monday.
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GMO-FREE EUROPE @gmofreeeurope.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
... The compound is annually spread on around 4.5m acres of fields in which corn, soybeans and genetically engineered cotton are grown. #GMO #GMOs
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Testbiotech e.V. @testbiotech.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
The recording of our webinar on the risks of the convergence of #newgeneticenginnering #NGTs and #Artificialintelligence #AI is online: www.testbiotech.org/en/events/ja...
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Court in Buenos Aires province issues temporary ban on HB4 GMO wheat, prioritizing the protection of the natural world. The judge says in his ruling that the #GMO wheat company Bioceres could cause "serious and irreversible harm" to human health and the environment.
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Prohíben el trigo transgénico en la provincia de Buenos Aires
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GMO-FREE EUROPE @gmofreeeurope.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Update: #GMO/Genome-editing in Japan by the Consumers Union of Japan 1) Campaign to get 12 supermarket chains to not sell genome-edited tomatoes 2) Food labelling campaign www.nishoren.org/en/
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Testbiotech e.V. @testbiotech.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The @europarl.europa.eu 's Committee on the Environment votes in favour of deregulating #newgeneticengineering: With the planned deregulation, the #EU is about to hand over its responsibilities for the safe use of the new technologies to free market forces… www.testbiotech.org/en/news/cart...
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Carte blanche for a disruptive technology? – Testbiotech
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Nina Holland @nina-holland.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
⛔ A majority of ENVI members in the EU Parliament today voted yes to deregulate new GMOs. This means to sell out consumer & farmer rights, health/env safety, the interests of independent seed companies.. to a handful of pesticide producers. 👉 The bulk is from Conservatives (PPE) and far right (PfE)
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Nina Holland @nina-holland.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
📣 You lead an independent institute investigating hundreds of substances incl asbestos, tobacco, #pesticides. Then you get fired for no reason. This is what just happened to researcher leading the Global #Glyphosate Study at the #Ramazzini Institute. careygillam.substack.com/p/top-scient...
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Top scientist booted from research institute
Concerns about chemical industry influence in ouster
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Testbiotech e.V. @testbiotech.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
"...far beyond any control or prediction: the convergence of #geneticengineering and #AI. #Artificialintelligence can use digitised genome data to create ‘blueprints‘ for new genetically engineered organisms... www.testbiotech.org/en/news/the-...
(super-)convergence: AI and genetic engineering
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IFOAM Organics Europe @organicseurope.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
📰 #PressRelease | #OrganicsEurope condemns the counterproductive weakening of pesticide rules in the Food & Feed Safety Omnibus, released today, and calls on MEPs and Member States to refocus the debate on biocontrol only. 🌱 👉 Read more: www.organicseurope.bio/news/food-an...
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IFOAM Organics Europe @organicseurope.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
At yesterday's #NGTs trilogue a provisional deal has been reached that carries major shortcomings. Missing safeguards on patents & traceability put EU food sovereignty at risk. #OrganicEU calls on Parliament to fix this agreement. Read more in our PR www.organicseurope.bio/news/ngt-tri...
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Mute Schimpf @muteschimpf.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Is the topic of new GMO so controversial that it brings the @europarl.europa.eu website down? www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres... Any this is not about green transition, this is about more power for #BigAg and abolished farmers' and consumers' rights
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GMO-FREE EUROPE @gmofreeeurope.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Fantastic news from Brussels! And organisations in the Nordic countries sent an open letter to their MEPs yesterday demanding GMO labelling. #NoHiddenGMOs
Organisations in the Nordic countries demand GMO labelling.
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Save Our Seeds @saveourseeds.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
And a huge shout-out to all the people who signed and to the NGOs who helped to make this signatures visible today 💚
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Save Our Seeds @saveourseeds.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
🍿Watch the short films for free here vimeo.com/1137871575 and here www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrzK...
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Den Levende Løsning - et opgør med GMO dereguleringen / The Living Solution - Challenging GMO deregulation
The documentary film The Living Solution (Den Levende Løsning), a film by Isabelle Denaro, is in Danish with subtitles in English. Below please find descriptions…
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Save Our Seeds @saveourseeds.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
🎥Two Danish short films are asking the questions Brussels would rather skip Right now, the EU is negotiating whether to deregulate gene-edited plants – current proposals are without risk assessment and no labeling on food. 🕵️ These films take a step back and ask: Do we actually need this? ✨🌻
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