Welcome! Californians for GE-Free Agriculture is a state-wide coalition of farmer, environmental and consumer groups committed to ecologically responsible and economically viable agriculture. We provide education and resources in support of the rights of farmers and communities to evaluate and address the environmental, human health and economic risks of genetic engineering in agriculture. Cal GE-Free is the only California group focused solely on genetic engineering in agriculture.

Cal GE-Free is working in at the local and state level - the success of our work depends on the support and dedication of activists and donors. Please join the network and get involved!

Breaking News

Biotech Corporations Grabbing Genes

The world's largest seed and agrochemical corporations are stockpiling hundreds of monopoly patents on genes in plants that the companies will market as crops genetically engineered to withstand environmental stresses associated with climate change - including drought, heat, cold, floods, saline soils, and more. A report released in May 2008 by the ETC Group warns that - rather than a solution for confronting climate change - the promise of so-called "climate-ready" crops will be used to drive farmers and governments onto a proprietary biotech platform.

International Report States GE Not the Answer to World Food Crisis

Sixty countries yesterday called for radical changes in world farming to avert increasing regional food shortages, escalating prices and growing environmental problems. But in a move that has led to the US, UK, Australia and Canada not yet endorsing the report, the authors said GE technology was not a quick fix to feed the world's poor.