Vancouver Island Votes to Go GE Free

Vancouver, BC, April 14, 2013 – On Sunday, 51 municipalities supported a motion brought forward by Metchosin to make Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities a genetically engineered free zone – from Victoria to Comox to Campbell River to the Sunshine Coast and to Ucluelet!

For the communities covered, go here http://avicc.ca/about-the-avicc/avicc-members-2/

Vancouver, BC, April 14, 2013 – On Sunday, 51 municipalities supported a motion brought forward by Metchosin to make Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities a genetically engineered free zone – from Victoria to Comox to Campbell River to the Sunshine Coast and to Ucluelet!

For the communities covered, go here http://avicc.ca/about-the-avicc/avicc-members-2/

Vancouver, BC, April 14, 2013 – On Sunday, 51 municipalities supported a motion brought forward by Metchosin to make Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities a genetically engineered free zone – from Victoria to Comox to Campbell River to the Sunshine Coast and to Ucluelet!

For the communities covered, go here http://avicc.ca/about-the-avicc/avicc-members-2/

Being a GE free zone means that citizens have said no to genetically engineered crops. A resolution is not a bylaw, but it makes everyone understand the level of opposition to GE crops.

Thanks and congratulations to all those who worked on this campaign.

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