Oct 5th - Ban Pesticides wear the poppy!

I may embrace poppy day this year if not by wearing the emblem at least in spirit.

No! I don’t mean ‘that poppy day’ sometime in November but the one being organised throughout France for October 5th and aimed at highlighting the damage that pesticides are doing to the planet.

Here’s some links to a couple of sites in Brittany at Nantes and Morlaix (the latter town I know well) which are promoting the event. The objective is to focus attention more adequately on the damage that pesticides are doing to wildlife, plant life and insects not least the humble but vital bee:

https://www.facebook.com/nantesveutdescoquelicots/

https://www.facebook.com/events/485387791944382/

Unfortunately I didn’t catch on soon enough or I would have obtained a few ‘Ban pesticides poppies’ - perhaps next year.

Here’s a link to a ban pesticides petition which has over a quarter of million signatures:

https://nousvoulonsdescoquelicots.org/

Bernard Moffatt