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This week - Watch the Monster Tomato Tour

Mon, Jul 30 2007 09:00 CET

byOlga Apostolova, Gorichka.bg

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This summer Friends of the Earth is sending its Monster Tomato on tour around Bulgaria, Macedonia and Romania to raise awareness of GMOs (genetically modified organisms). While 70 per cent of Europeans are firmly against GMOs in their food, fields and countries, few Bulgarians know about the problems that GMOs can cause. Having said that, Bulgaria already has five GMO-free municipalities. The tour will pass through regions that are interested in initiating GMO-free zones.

The Bulgarian Government has been receiving pressure from the European Commission to weaken its laws on GMOs since the country's accession to the EU, and the Bulgarian Parliament recently announced its wish that the country ban Monsanto's GMO maize. Those wishing to learn more should try to catch the tour as it passes through Sofia, Plovdiv, Smolyan, Bourgas, Varna and Veliko Turnovo from July 14 until July 24.

In Bulgaria, The Tomato Tour is organised by www.agrolink.org/agrolink. Agrolink is an NGO that promotes sustainable agriculture, co-ordinates the national organic farmers' network and supports environmental protection and the implementation of sustainable development principles.

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