date:Aug 15, 2018
exciting win after many years of unnecessary battle.
We have worked for seven years to capture this opportunity for Hastings and the region. Being GM free gives us a competitive advantage to market our high-end agricultural products internationally. Many regions around the world are officially GM Free. Finally we can join them rather than being left in their wake.
Hastings District Council was the first in New Zealand to adopt rules in the local plan to prohibit GM field trials and releases in