Previously known as Physicians and Scientists for Responsible Genetics PSRGNZ - Charitable Trust
Affiliated to the international organisation PSRAST - Physicians and Scientists for the Responsible Application of Science and Technology
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BioGro NZ http://www.biogro.co.nz/ is New Zealand's leading organic certifier, promoting the highest levels of organic integrity by certifying producers as organic to give consumers a guarantee that the highest organic standards have been met.
GE Free New Zealand in food and environment www.gefree.org.nz/ - a non-profit organisation.Activities include: monitoring applications for transgenic crops or foods; making submissions to and attending hearings at EPA (Environmental Protection Authority) or FSANZ (Food Standards Australian New Zealand); legal challenges; providing information resources.
GE Free Northland in food and environment http://web.gefreenorthland.org.nz/. Use of land for field trials or to grow transgenic crops has no place in quality primary production and puts the economy, key markets, environment and health at risk.
McGuinness Institute http://www.mcguinnessinstitute.org/ is a non-partisan think tank working towards a sustainable future, contributing strategic foresight through evidence-based research and policy analysis.
Safe Food Campaign http://www.safefood.org.nz/ agenda: encourages organic farming, and marketing of and education about organic food; wants to ban the importation and growing of genetically engineered food, growth promoting antibiotics, sex hormones and other chemicals used in animal feed, use of hazardous pesticides and chemicals sprayed onto our food; keep irradiated food out of NZ; reduce harmful food additives from our food and water supplies; better food labelling; better testing for additives and pesticides, and more.
Sustainability Council of New Zealand http://www.sustainabilitynz.org/ aim is to assist the realisation of a sustainable New Zealand, protect and enhance New Zealand’s ecosystems, the health of New Zealanders, and the nation’s ability to derive income from established land uses, to undertake research into issues related to the sustainable development of New Zealand, for example, genetic modification, to provide information to assist well-informed and effective community participation in decision-making on issues related to sustainability.
The Soil & Health Association / Organic New Zealand http://organicnz.org.nz/ is the largest membership organisation supporting organic food and farming in New Zealand and one of the oldest organic organisations in the world (est. 1941), and is committed to advocating the maxim "Healthy Soil - Healthy Food - Healthy People" to create an organic New Zealand.
Australia
Gene Ethics GM-Free http://www.geneethics.org/ envisages a safer, more equitable and more sustainable GM-free society.
MADGE Australia http://www.madge.org.au/ say mothers are demystifying genetic engineering and focus on food safety issues, and the lack of adequate labelling and testing of GM foods.
