This year 9th February would be celebrated as NATIONAL SAFE FOOD DAY to commemorate the 3rd Anniversary of the Moratorium declared on Bt Brinjal by Government of India on 9th Feb 2010
You may all remember those wonderful days of struggle when more than 8000 people - scientists, farmers, activists, environmentalists, teachers, children, fathers, mothers, elderly citizens, film makers, literary personalities, politicians and even State Governments joined to participate and voice our concerns on GM crops during the large public consultations that Jairam Ramesh, then MoEF opened up on Bt Brinjal.
The decision that came on February 9th, 2010, was OUR voice - the citizens of India had spoken and Bt brinjal was stopped.
It meant that as a nation we were saved from the big Food Corporates and the Poison industry, that could have unleashed the next generation of living poisons.
On this day, February 9th, lets Celebrate this success. Lets redeem our pledge to keep India, our Farms, our Food and our Science Institutions GM Free and Food Safe.
You can join the event page of National Safe Food Day on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/events/390953627662426/?ref=ts
You may all remember those wonderful days of struggle when more than 8000 people - scientists, farmers, activists, environmentalists, teachers, children, fathers, mothers, elderly citizens, film makers, literary personalities, politicians and even State Governments joined to participate and voice our concerns on GM crops during the large public consultations that Jairam Ramesh, then MoEF opened up on Bt Brinjal.
The decision that came on February 9th, 2010, was OUR voice - the citizens of India had spoken and Bt brinjal was stopped.
It meant that as a nation we were saved from the big Food Corporates and the Poison industry, that could have unleashed the next generation of living poisons.
On this day, February 9th, lets Celebrate this success. Lets redeem our pledge to keep India, our Farms, our Food and our Science Institutions GM Free and Food Safe.
You can join the event page of National Safe Food Day on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/events/390953627662426/?ref=ts
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