An animal feed plant in Saint-Gérard, Morbihan, France was first blocked and later occupied by protestors. The plant was effectively closed for 1,5 days. The protestors from the Voluntary Reapers (Faucheurs Volontaires) oppose the import of GM soy and want products from animals fed with GMO labelled. The 200 employees in the Glon Sanders plant have not been able to go to work. The protestors intend to stay till they get a reaction from the authorities on the GMO imports. The action is supported by Green politicians Joël Labbé, sénateur, and René Louail et Anne-Marie Boudou.

In the afternoon the protesters occupied the plant and hung banners from the roof. They spent the night in the plant. Friday morning the police started evicting the occupants using a court order threatening to fine each occupant with € 1000 for every day. It took them till 11 am to get the 15 persons out that occupied the roof. Nobody was arrested and the action received broad publicity in France. Great action by our courageaous friends!

http://www.infogm.org/spip.php?article4945

http://www.ouest-france.fr/region/bretagne_detail_-Blocus-de-Sanders-des-militants-anti-OGM-dans-les-silos-de-l-entreprise_8619-2012277_actu.Htm\

http://www.liberation.fr/depeches/01012372175-une-centaine-de-faucheurs-volontaires-bloquent-une-usine-glon-sanders

http://www.morbihan.lemensuel.com/nc/actualite/article/2011/11/18/ogm-les-faucheurs-volontaires-deloges-ce-matin-de-glon-sanders-10320.html