“How dare someone mess with our food and soil… we will not let that happen!” Voicing strong opinions and demanding their right to safe food, over 70 women of a very shocked Pragathipara Mahila Vedike joined Greenpeace in the national rally against GE food in Coorg by sending over 70 petitions to Nestle demanding that they go GM free.
After the screening of ‘Poison on a Platter’ every woman was left aghast at the effects GM food would have on their health and environment. The gathering of concerned women assured Greenpeace that they would take this further, as far as they needed to go to support this movement.
Just watching the reactions on the faces of the women, any one would have a brief resonance as to being a homemaker who felt cheated on the very food they fed their families.
More associations are awakening to the dangers of GM food and have invited Greenpeace to address their gathering in Coorg and Chikmaglur.
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- The women from PMV hold up placards protesting Nestle’s pro GE policy
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- A lady from PMV holds up a spoof of the Nestle logo
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- A lady from PMV holds up a Kannada sign protesting GE food
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- A lady from PMV holds up a spoof of the Nestle logo
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- A hand-written petition being signed to Nestle
I’m all for banning the propagation of GE food to an unquestioning and barely educated market, but where does Nestle say they use it?????
Someone picked this campaign and channeled a lot of money, time, web space and riled supporters into it and now GP has to find the most ridiculous and twisted ways to keep the campaign afloat.
A word to GP: Honesty would help, come clean… Do not slander a company for something they don’t do. Reword your poll statement. Apologize to the company and clear their name.
Reaffirm the stance of the poll-ers, hopefully that would be ‘Indians never would want GE food’.
And then bow out!
Maybe you’d salvage some of your credibility and those of the poor ‘educated’ celebrities you’ve roped in, who by the looks of your site are made to seem like they support the ban Nestle campaign!