Munlochy
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Munlochy is a small village
, in northern Scotland
, lying at the head of Munlochy Bay (Ob Poll Lòchaidh). There are few early records of a settlement, but it seems likely that Munlochy expanded in the 1760s due to quarry workers extracting stone nearby to build Fort George on the far side of the Moray Firth
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agriculture, which led to the maintenance of Scotland's GM free status. Many local residents supported and joined in this protest because they were very concerned about the safety of the GM crop and its possible effects on local farms and gardens and the economy. Many people who would not normally break the law took part in a mass 'weeding' to attempt to remove the crop from the field overlooking the village.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
, in northern Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, lying at the head of Munlochy Bay (Ob Poll Lòchaidh). There are few early records of a settlement, but it seems likely that Munlochy expanded in the 1760s due to quarry workers extracting stone nearby to build Fort George on the far side of the Moray Firth
Moray Firth
The Moray Firth is a roughly triangular inlet of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland council area of north of Scotland...
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GM Protest
Munlochy was the site of a major community protest against GMGenetic engineering
Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification, is the direct human manipulation of an organism's genome using modern DNA technology. It involves the introduction of foreign DNA or synthetic genes into the organism of interest...
agriculture, which led to the maintenance of Scotland's GM free status. Many local residents supported and joined in this protest because they were very concerned about the safety of the GM crop and its possible effects on local farms and gardens and the economy. Many people who would not normally break the law took part in a mass 'weeding' to attempt to remove the crop from the field overlooking the village.