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Non GM Potatoes planted at Hedon test site

spud planter | 21.04.2007 14:24 | Bio-technology | Ecology | Cambridge | Sheffield

Protesters are planting non-GM potatoes in the field near Hull where BASF intend to trial their GM potato variety. About 100 protesters are spread across the large (several acre) field, with two mounted police and 2 foot police standing by watching - not even filming, for once.

Update: 2 cops on off road motorcycles have entered the field.

150 people attended the protest in Hull to listen to speeches and enjoy a GM free potato picnic - some food provided by Veggies of Nottingham and music provided by Seize the Day (among others).

People are attending from around the country, including Cambridge (where the other trial is) and from as far as Brighton and Bristol.

Photos will follow.

http://www.mutatoes.org/

http://www.hedonagainstgm.org.uk/

http://www.cambridgeaction.net/gmconcern

http://www.myspace.com/gmfreepotatoes

spud planter
Homepage: http://www.mutatoes.org/

Additions

First pictures from the action

21.04.2007 19:08

Setting off to work

more pictures:

http://york.indymedia.org.uk/node/455

spud

More photos...

21.04.2007 19:58

The march on its way to the field

The demands

In a surprise move, demonstrators start planting non-GM potatoes

Juggling hot potatoes

We put them in the ground...

... and the police dig them up again (but soon give up)

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Platypus Bill

Dancing Potato Heads

22.04.2007 19:08

Dancing Potato Heads - video/avi 6.4M

Dancing Potato Heads

sheffjeff

Comments

Display the following 7 comments

Police recruitment in Hull — Gulliver
Chips anyone? — Tayta
magic beans — vicky
tragic beans — yup
on the beans... — patch
Wrong field — apparently
wrong field, right result — douglas