Opposition to GE crops and foods has been strong in parts of the world outside the United States. In a short two-year span, Europe went from almost complete unawareness of GE foods to a de facto ban through consumer rejection. Now opposition is taking off in the U.S., the belly of the biotechnology industry.

There have been thousands of local grassroots actions, including: educational events, letter writing campaigns, demonstrations, GE "food dumps," shareholder resolutions, boycotts, regulatory and political lobbying, conferences and meetings, city resolutions and even crop pulls and other kinds of direct action.

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