We spray-painted our messages in spanish and english on the inside and outside of the glass greenhouses. We also ripped up and confused the paper bags that were collecting ears of maize in the field. UCSD is only 45 minutes from the Mexican border so it shouldn't be hard to understand why we targeted GE research on maize. Maize was traditionally grown in Mexico by local farmers who knew that it yielded better, more reliable crops if beans and squash vines were interplanted with it. Maize, the third most important food crop in terms of production, exemplifies the loss of biodiversity on the earth.
Biodiversity is up for sale.
These few bio-imperialists are turning the earth into a monoculture and plants are only part of their experiment. UCSD has a California Sea Grant that sponsors the genetic alteration of marine invertebrates to prevent diseases that attack commercial stock of oysters, clams, mussels, and abalone. UCSD's transgenic mouse laboratory is only one aspect of their commodification and destructive use of mutilated animals. GA does not advocate illegal acts, but seeks to explain why people destroy genetically engineered crops and undertake other nonviolent actions aimed at resisting genetic engineering and increasing the difficulty for entities which seek to advance genetic engineering or its products. GA spokespeople are available for media interviews.