John,

The EU is on the verge of handing a huge win to GMO giants like Bayer – by stripping away rules that require many genetically modified foods to be clearly labelled and tracked. No labels means no way to choose what ends up on our plates, on our fields and supermarket shelves.

The EU has long been a global leader on food safety. If it caves now it could set a dangerous precedent, one that opens the floodgates for hidden GMOs worldwide and even greater corporate control of our food.

But we still have time. In the next months, the European Parliament will enter final negotiations with EU governments – and they’re pushing to keep GMO labelling and safety checks. Let’s show EU decision-makers that people around the world are watching, and we won’t allow corporate giants to push unlabelled genetically modified foods.

Tell EU leaders: Protect GMO Labelling.

Bayer and Syngenta have been lobbying hard to roll back labelling rules by claiming that a new type of GMO, called New Genomic Techniques (NGTs), should be treated differently. They say they’ll do wonders for farmers but the truth is that agrichemical corporations hold patents on NGT technologies and the resulting genetically edited seeds. Those patents give corporations rights over seeds, allowing them to control who can use them and under what terms – through licensing fees or restrictions on seed saving.  

That's why labelling is so important. It protects our health, our environment, and our right to choose. Without clear labels, farmers could plant GMOs unknowingly, shops could sell them unknowingly, and we could all end up eating them without a clue.  And it hands power to biotech corporations, giving them a free pass to flood our food system, all in the name of profit.

But together we can stop it. If we build a massive wave of public resistance right now, EU governments will be forced to listen, and pick people and food safety over GMO lobbyists.

Tell EU leaders: Protect GMO labelling, defend the right to safe, transparent food.

Challenging big businesses and industries is Ekō’s bread and butter – together, we’ve stopped pesticides poisoning European crops. Today, we can demand safe and transparent foods in the EU! Are you in?