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Great news for everyone involved in the anti-genetically engineered food movement: two new GE-Free zones have been declared in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Nelson and Kalso. Nelson, BC passed a resolution at council declaring the city to be a GE-Free Zone in November, 2008, and Kalso has done the same just three days ago.

Great news for everyone involved in the anti-genetically engineered food movement: two new GE-Free zones have been declared in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Nelson and Kalso. Nelson, BC passed a resolution at council declaring the city to be a GE-Free Zone in November, 2008, and Kalso has done the same just three days ago.

Nelson and Kalso now join Saltspring Island and Powell River as a place where genetically engineered crops cannot be grown. I am very proud to have worked on this campaign, and that my company, GE-Free Solutions, played a small part by sponsoring Percy Schmeiser to speak in Castlegar, a neighbouring city. As the Kootenay region liaison for Society for a GE-Free BC, I had the opportunity to meet many of the principle individuals who made this happen. I believe that this would not have happened without the two-year long efforts of Jon Steinman, the host of the radio show Deconstructing Dinner on Kootenay Co-op Radio, among so many others who dedicated their time to this cause.

Congratulation to everyone who was involved in this effort, and let this be a shining example of the power of the grass-roots to bring about positive change social and environmental change.

Posted by nigelt on January 16, 2009 06:06:29
Filed in : Human Health & the Environment, Ecosystems, Wildlife & Biodiversity, Agriculture & Food

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Posted by JackBoyle on January 19, 2009 04:33:17pm

This is great! I wouldn't otherwise have known about the efforts of communities in BC that are ahead of the curve on fighting 'frankenfoods.