[diggers350] Fw: GM Crops on Church land - please write

[Lilia Patterson]

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> Subject: Re: GM Crops on Church land - please write
> Date: 26 January 2000 19:05
> 
> > PLEASE CIRCULATE
> >
> > Subj:   GM Crops on Church land - please write
> > Date:   26/01/00 03:03:37 GMT Standard Time
> > From:   sage at envoy.dircon.co.uk (Scarborough Against Genetic
Engineering)
> >
> > GM Crops on Church land
> >
> > The Church of England is likely to decide around the middle of February
> > whether or not to allow the growing of GM crops at test sites on its
land. We
> > cannot be complacent about this. In 1998, the C of E invested 37M in GM
> > companies such as Astra-Zeneca and Novartis and it is under heavy
pressure
> > from the biotech industry and the Government to host GM test sites.
> > Obviously, if the Church agrees to do so, this will appear to give
moral
> > endorsement to the current
> > trials and the general principle of GM in food and farming, and it will
be a
> > significant propaganda victory for the biotech industry.
> >
> > There is still time to write, politely urging that the proposal should
be
> > rejected. You can do so by email to:
> >
> > Mrs Claire Foster (Assistant Secretary, Board for Social
Responsibility,
> > Church
> > of England)
> > <claire.foster at c-of-e.org.uk>
> >
> > and/or
> >
> > Mr Antony Hardy (Church Commissioners)
> > <tony.hardy at c-of-e.org.uk>
> >
> > Thanks a lot.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Martin.
> > (Scarborough Against Genetic Engineering)
> >
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