Does Greece use GMOs?

That means that the whole of Greece is now covered by regional GMO-free zones. The anti-GMO movement is growing rapidly in the country. Last research results showed that the 93% of Greeks do not want GMO-cultivation on their land nor GMO products on their plate. read more

Additionally, Greece is one of the countries that has imposed a ban on growing GMO’s, even if they are not for food, but rather for feed production. On the other hand, there are huge imports of feed from abroad and at least part of them are GMOs. So, in that sense Greece does use GMOs, but only for feed. Going now to the second part of the question. read more

Greece and a few other EU countries that have banned genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are on the front lines of a war over the future of such food in Europe, the only large swath of the world that does not already grow or purchase such crops. Last Friday, the Polish president signed into law a similar ban, following Austria some months back. read more