Free Range Grains

2003-2004

a project by

Critical Art Ensemble
with
Beatriz da Costa

With Free Range Grains, we are taking the final step in amateur research and opening a public lab. With this project, we are not doing scientific research, but market research within a European context. Recently, the EU passed fairly strict laws regarding the importing and labeling of genetically modified (GM) foods in an effort to protect and inform a concerned public about the origin and manufacture of the food on the market. Given these restrictions and the general aura of caution in regard to the consumption of genetically modified foods, Europe will need to maintain strong borders to halt the freedom of movement given to food commodities. With the relatively heavy importation of grains and processed grains from the US, it appears to us that it will be very difficult to filter out GM foods.

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