Bt brinjal currently being set up. An irregularity was also brought to the notice of the Karnataka Biodiversity Board by Environment Support Group, a charitable trust in Bengaluru, in February 2010. It found that agencies accessed at least 10 brinjal varieties from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu without seeking prior consent of the National Biodiversity Authority and state biodiversity boards. Mahyco became India’s first commercial entity to be accused of bio-piracy, or misappropriation, of local germplasm. In October 2013, the Indian High Court was pursuing criminal proceedings against senior officials of Mahyco-Monsanto. On 30 October 2013 with approvals from the ministries of Environment
West Side Community Garden Mall Gardeners, Riverside park gardeners, the 111th Street garden and other neighborhood Gardens. In the gated vegetable garden area near West 90th Street, are 87 individual vegetable beds,6 school class plots, a berry patch and a Rose garden. There are also community compost bins by the "Compost Gate" where neighbors may deposit their coffee grounds and other vegetable waste. Along the west fence is a community herb bed, and espaliered fruit trees. There are more fruit trees planted along 90th Street and a large Persimmon tree showers down sweet golden fruit each fall. Outside the Vegetable fence is a walkway