what's happening?
New Zealand’s government is moving at pace to deregulate Genetic Engineering (GE) by 2025, with the first reading of the ‘Gene Technology Bill’ being passed in Parliament on 17 December 2024. This move threatens to take away our freedom of choice by allowing food modified by new GMO techniques to enter our food systems without requiring labelling to identify it.
what's at stake?
A GE-free Aotearoa means a transparent food system, clean food, farmer and consumer choice, and a protected environment. Deregulation threatens all of this—including the delicate balance of our biodiversity. The introduction of GMOs into our ecosystems could disrupt native species, harm natural habitats, and reduce the genetic diversity that is essential for resilience in nature.
5 reasons to fight
for a GE-free Aotearoa
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help keep Aotearoa's farms GE FREE
Farmers for a GE-free Future is a fundraiser by Organics Aotearoa to raise essential funds for a nationwide campaign to grow awareness of the risks of the government’s new GE Policy.