The injunctions were rushed through last week to stop a planned mass Genetix Snowball action where plans were afoot to plant an organic garden on a GE test site. The bio-tech industry obviously feels it's a little under siege. So far 38 have been 'de-contaminated'. However these often late night activities differ considerably from the snowball campaign in which people are up front about their activities telling the landowner and bio-tech companies what they are about to do. Dubbed 'a campaign of non-violent civil responsibility' they dig up GE plants and put them in biohazard bags.
People are prepared beforehand in case of arrest.
Those participating then hope to incite at least two other people to do the same thing - and so the snowball gathers momentum. Rumours have also emerged that the bio-tech industry may even announce a 5 year voluntary moratorium in the UK to show they are listening to public fears. However, even if its stopped temporarily in the UK, it doesn't mean we won't be eating GE foods. Our genes are incorporated into approximately 19 million acres around the world, covering an area larger than Switzerland and the Netherlands combined. And that's just scary.