It was with great pleasure I can report the text message I received from Ville Suomi, who is part of the group of Finns sponsored by the Rotary District in North Finland to visit the Rotary District in Kerala and Tamilnadu in India.
Ville and his wife attended our CHAFF meeting when Paneerselvam spoke at length how the multinationals, in particular Monsanto of USA and Bayer of Germany are destroying the traditional farming techniques which provides livelihood for millions of farmers so as to promote genetically modified seeds and strong pesticides which harm people and the land.
Also we explained to Ville how the use of chemical fertilisers is totally destroying the fertility of the land.
We had requested Ville to raise this amongst the Indian Rotarians that he met.
The text message that I received from Ville was as follows:
Greetings from India, Jacob! I've brought up the chemical fertiliser issue with few Rotarians so far, and their views of the situation are same as yours. Ville
CHAFF is grateful to Ville for carrying our message into the greenest and most educated state in India.
Thank you Ville from all of us in Oulu.
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