PALAWAN, Philippines — On Aug. 8, 2013, Fernando de Chavez, along with more than 400 farmers and advocates, stormed a Golden Rice field trial site in Pili, a town in Camarines Sur province, southeast of Manila. The incident, now known as the International Day of Action Against Golden Rice, involved uprooting the genetically modified rice […]
Generally I agree with you, but in the case of Golden Rice the corporation has zero control over it. Now I’m not saying that the government of the Philippines should mandate it being grown, just that if a farmer wants to grow it, they should be free to do it, and there shouldn’t be any reason to protest against it. If you want to grow it, go ahead, if your neighbor wants to grow it, no one should care.