The march is expected to attract mainstream media coverage and the organisers hope that the initiative will be taken up throughout the country. The shift in consciousness to more natural lifestyles, is in sharp contrast to the Government's 'out of touch' policy of promoting biotechnology and GMOs. Statements to be made on the forecourt of the Stroud Subscription Rooms. Supermarkets stand nearest to the consumer in the food chain. They have the power to choose what to put on their shelves.
Many additives are also suspect.
Danger to Health GMOs are introducing an entirely unknown risk into the food chain on a massive scale without proper testing. These risks include increased antibiotic resistance, allergic reactions, toxic build up and a breakdown of the immune system. Unnatural Science Genetic engineering is fundamentally different from traditional cross breeding, which takes place within single species, or near relations, of plant or animal. Genetic engineering cuts through all of nature's safety barriers at a stroke e.g inserting fish or insect genes into a tomato. The complexity of the DNA is not fully understood by scientists.