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2009-03-19 | permalink
Province of Ifuhao (Philippines) is GMO-free
The Ifugao province has declared itself free from genetically modified organisms (GMO), officials said Tuesday. Encouraging organic farming, Gov.Teddy Baguilat, Jr., Mayor Lino Madchiw, Greenpeace campaigner for Southeast Asia Daniel Ocampo and Cathy Untalan, executive director of Miss Earth Foundation, unveiled a GMO-free marker at the Dianara Viewpoint here. ”The Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)-free campaign should be a national campaign. If we influence our neighboring provinces where rice production is large, then that would be a positive impact,” said Baguilat.
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2009-03-19 | permalink
Province of Ifuhao (Philippines) is GMO-free
The Ifugao province has declared itself free from genetically modified organisms (GMO), officials said Tuesday. Encouraging organic farming, Gov.Teddy Baguilat, Jr., Mayor Lino Madchiw, Greenpeace campaigner for Southeast Asia Daniel Ocampo and Cathy Untalan, executive director of Miss Earth Foundation, unveiled a GMO-free marker at the Dianara Viewpoint here. ”The Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)-free campaign should be a national campaign. If we influence our neighboring provinces where rice production is large, then that would be a positive impact,” said Baguilat.
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