“Som lo que Sembrem” - We Are What We Sow

The map shows towns and regions in Spain which are rejecting Genetically Modified crops (GMO)

“Som lo que Sembrem” (We Are What We Sow)

Wiki Leaked

Catalonia and the Basque Country, continue to seek more autonomy viaa vis the central government.

In March 2008, the Canary Islands were declared GM-free. Since fewer than 1,380 acres of corn are
grown in the Canaries, this is considered mostly a symbolic gesture.

However, on February 5, 2009, an initiative was proposed in the Catalonian Regional Parliament to declare the region GM-free. The initiative has not yet come up for a vote, and its prospects are uncertain. Such an action would be cause for serious concern, since Catalonia is a center of GMO corn cultivation.

More recently, on April 21, 2009, the Basque Parliament passed stringent biotech coexistence legislation which could likely force farmers to halt planting of MON810 due to strict compliance issues. The Spanish
Association of Biotechnology Industries (ANOVE) will challenge the Basque legislation.

a moratorium on the introduction into Europe of genetically modified crops

Environmentalists, backed by more than 1,200,000 signatures, asking the Commission

"a moratorium on the introduction into Europe of genetically modified crops"

and the "establishment of an ethical and independent scientific body to investigate the impact of crop and decide regulation. "

75,000 of the 110,000 hectares of GM maize planted in the EU are in Spain.

El Mundo report