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What is organic?
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Five reasons to choose organic

It’s easy to feel bewildered by the sheer number of ethical, healthy, green and animal friendly options available. The great thing about organic is - it ticks every box.
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Take action on cloning

It has recently emerged that meat and milk from cloned animals have entered the UK food chain. Write to your MP and support our call to ban the use of cloning.
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GM - NO!  

Take action on GM

Write to your MP to ask for accurate labelling of meat and dairy products that come from animals fed on GM feed, or donate today to our GM appeal.

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