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Fonterra Must Avoid Human-Cow Milk
Friday, 8 April 2011, 9:42 am | GE Free NZ
Fonterra's biotech arm ViaLactia must reject human-cow hybrids as unethical, following announcements of Chinese scientific experiments that are likely to have involved unacceptable deformities in animals. More >>
Otago University Report Should be Withdrawn
Sunday, 3 April 2011, 2:55 pm | GE Free NZ
The report on "NZ's Clean Green Image" by a team from the Marketing Department of Otago University should be withdrawn and the raw data released for peer review. More >>
NZ Cows Going Hungry? Otago Report Wrong
Saturday, 2 April 2011, 2:14 pm | GE Free NZ
A marketing professor and team from the University of Otago are guilty of wasting research money, and potentially misleading decision-makers by asking tourists about ' New Zealand cows and sheep going hungry ', and seemingly proving that global trends ... More >>
GE Ruse Threatens Food Security
Wednesday, 23 March 2011, 9:59 am | GE Free NZ
The call by a visiting speaker, Pamela Ronald, for GE to be embraced by the organic sector and create‘precision technology -co-existence’ farming is a misguided public relations exercise. GE remains an unacceptable experimental and invasive technology ... More >>
Push-Pull Strategy Good For NZ
Monday, 14 March 2011, 10:33 am | GE Free NZ
New Zealand can benefit from adopting innovation strategies identified in a new report by the UN on The Right to Food [1].The report identifies smart agro-ecological techniques and systems-management such as the 'push-pull' pest-reduction that creates ... More >>
100% Pure wins Prize
Tuesday, 8 March 2011, 9:07 pm | GE Free NZ
GE-FREE NZ in Food and Environment members congratulate Steffan Browning on winning this year’s Te Orangi Kaupapa Trust Environmental Award. Mr. Browning has worked tirelessly in keeping the New Zealand environment safe for future generations, and ... More >>
Fonterra 'Red-listing' Undermines New Zealand
Saturday, 5 March 2011, 7:18 pm | GE Free NZ
Fonterra is letting New Zealand down because of its red listing in Australia's new Kids True Food Guide, launched on Wednesday. More >>
Consumer Demand for GM-Free Food Gives NZ The Advantage
Monday, 28 February 2011, 5:47 pm | GE Free NZ
The launch in Australia of the GM-free True Food guide is another signal to New Zealand growers and food manufacturers to maintain a GM-free policy and protect the integrity of the food chain. More >>
'No-Clone' Decision Vital for New Zealand
Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 10:27 am | GE Free NZ
The end of animal cloning at AgResearch is the first step towards to developing the global market for New Zealand meat, wool and dairy exports as ethical and sustainable. But the decision doesn't go far enough and will likely allow unethical animal experiments ... More >>
Seed Bio-Piracy Disguised as Science
Friday, 18 February 2011, 1:11 pm | GE Free NZ
Bio-piracy by companies wanting to patent and control genetic material vital to the future of agriculture is being disguised as novel developments in genetic engineering. There is strong evidence that companies are piggy-backing and claiming as their own ... More >>
Improved Animal Performance Good News for NZ
Sunday, 13 February 2011, 12:30 pm | GE Free NZ
Research into improved animal performance shows that New Zealand can gain sustainable economic benefits and apply 'climate-smart' techniques identified by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)[1]. More >>
Farmers Kept in Dark about Non-GE crop innovation
Monday, 7 February 2011, 9:57 am | GE Free NZ
New Zealand farmers are being kept in the dark about traditionally bred non GE crops in commercial production that are proven to reduce methane emissions, are pest resistant, drought, salt and flood tolerant. Instead New Zealand farmers are being asked to ... More >>
EPA Bill must be independent of GE interests
Wednesday, 2 February 2011, 2:03 pm | GE Free NZ
The Local Government and Environmental Select Committee on the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) Bill have been urged to learn from past events to avoid the same mistakes and conflicts of interest in future. More >>
Bio-Security at GE Trial Site Gets Soiled
Monday, 24 January 2011, 10:49 am | GE Free NZ
Plant and Food has again failed to follow the strict conditions that regulatory authorities have set for the site of its GE crop trial. More >>
Innovation Must Not Conflict With GE Free Values
Saturday, 8 January 2011, 1:46 pm | GE Free NZ
Innovation Must Not Conflict With New Zealand GE Free Values (GE Free NZ Press release) More >>
Court Opens Door For Extreme GE Animal Experiments
Sunday, 19 December 2010, 7:30 pm | GE Free NZ
A High Court decision upholding ERMA's approval of GE experiments creates a veil of secrecy over what GE animals are created in New Zealand and increases the risk of abuse and unnecessary cruelty. The decision by J. Gendall has defined the requirements ... More >>
High Court Listens to GE Animal Concerns
Friday, 3 December 2010, 2:59 pm | GE Free NZ
The High Court has reserved its decision concerning the expansion of GE animals into New Zealand under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act (HSNO). >AgResearch has been given an all-encompassing approval to undertake genetic engineering in cows, ... More >>
Mistakes “Inevitable” in GE Tree Trial
Tuesday, 9 November 2010, 2:08 pm | GE Free NZ
Plans to plant GE pine trees in Rotorua will almost certainly result in accidental release of GE pollen. More >>
Mistakes "Inevitable" in GE Tree Trial
Tuesday, 9 November 2010, 8:57 am | GE Free NZ
Plans to plant GE pine trees in Rotorua will almost certainly result in accidental release of GE pollen. More >>
GE Pine Tree Information Seriously Flawed
Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 10:38 am | GE Free NZ
The ERMA hearing set down for 9th November to consider an application to grow GE pines "should be postponed until the information supplied by the applicant, Scion, is able to be independently verified," says Susie Lee of GE Free NZ, More >>
