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Jimmy's GM Food Fix
Jonathan Matthews
27th November, 2008
Last year celebrity pig farmer Jimmy Doherty kept 1000 organically reared pigs, while this year apparently he's raised barely 200. But if Jimmy’s farm is on the skids, the same cannot be said of his career as a media celeb. more...
Are our hands tied?
Clare Oxborrow; Becky Price; Peter Riley
1st November, 2008
Whether we like it or not, the Government says that we must accept the necessity of genetically modified crops to fuel, feed and heal the world. Leading academics, researchers and campaigners in the GM arena address the science and the spin of the GM 'solution', as well as looking at alternatives that are already contributing to a sustainable farming future. more...
Feed the world?
Dr Ricarda A Steinbrecher and Antje Lorch
1st November, 2008
The promise of more food from increased yields is driving the appeal for more GM crops, but that promise is theoretical and unfulfilled, argue Dr Ricarda A Steinbrecher and Antje Lorch more...
Desert grain
Prof Jack Heinemann
1st November, 2008
Can food crops really be engineered to thrive - and to yield more - under drought conditions? After 25 years we're still waiting for the flood of evidence, says Prof Jack Heinemann more...
The driving use of genetic engineering
Geoff Tansey
1st November, 2008
As biotech companies hoover up patents, Geoff Tansey considers what we could end up paying for our future food supply more...
Break Free
Clare Oxborrow, Becky Price, and Peter Riley
1st November, 2008
In the past decade, the sales pitch of the biotech companies has shifted with the climate of public opinion. Public scepticism has remained high, but politicians seem to have bought enthusiastically into the GM ‘solution’. In many ways this encapsulates where science has gone wrong – by inventing technologies without first deciding what problems need addressing. If GM crops are the answer, what exactly is the problem? more...
Growing concern
Pat Thomas
1st November, 2008
Genetically modified food. It’s a big issue. Increasingly, we are handed the notion that GM food is just like any other food, only better, because of its almost magical power to solve our most immediate crises of poverty, hunger, fossil-fuel depletion and climate change. more...
'This is big'
Joss Garman
1st November, 2008
‘Britain’s astounding retreat from reason is now legitimising anarchy.’ That was the conclusion of the hotblooded screaming radical Melanie Phillips, writing for The Spectator. more...
GM: Halt the growing threat
Pat Thomas
31st October, 2008
Growing anxiety, growing concern, growing doubts, growing uncertainty. If you are one of a growing number of people who want to be heard on the subject of GM, and to find out how you can become involved in keeping the future GM-free, here are some places to start. more...
The language of the GM technology debate
Prof Guy Cook
1st October, 2008
The great GM debate is a complex one. Professor Guy Cook examines the ways in which the issue is often tackled - verbally that is. more...
Size really does matter
Dr Naomi Salmon
19th June, 2008
Nanofoods are the next big thing, but whatever happened to the precautionary principle asks Naomi Salmon more...
Behind the Label: Roundup Weedkiller
Pat Thomas
1st April, 2008
A weedkiller that kills a lot more than simply weeds? If it’s worse than the poison it’s no cure at all, says Pat thomasmore...
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10 Reasons why organic can save the world
Ed Hamer & Mark Anslow
1st March, 2008
Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must farm and eat differently more...
10 reasons why GM won't feed the world
Mark Anslow
1st March, 2008
Genetic modification can't deliver a safe, secure future food supply. Here's why... more...
Give Bees a chance
Pat Thomas
11th February, 2008
Recent reports of catastrophic declines in bee populations have had scientists buzzing around looking for a plausible explanation. Is it mites? Is it GM crops? Is it mobile phones or habitat loss? It's all of these things, says Pat Thomas, but it's also so much more than that. more...
The great GM miracle?
Jonathan Matthews
23rd January, 2008
The man on the phone said he was from the BBC. They were interested in interviewing me about my alleged involvement in crimes against humanity. more...
Government’s chief scientist calls for nuclear power and GM
News
28th November, 2007
The Government should push ahead with nuclear power and GM technology, according to the UK’s chief scientist. more...
Supermarkets caught up in GM label row
News
19th November, 2007
Supermarkets have been accused of misleading consumers by not labelling food produced from genetically modified crops. more... The battle to keep GM food off your plate
Jeffrey Smith
1st November, 2007
It was a bad year for the biotech barons. At a conference in January 1999, the consulting firm Arthur Andersen revealed Monsanto executives’ vision of an ideal future – a world in which natural seeds were virtually all extinct and where commercial seeds were genetically modified (GM) and patented. more...
GM trees in US
Claire Robinson
1st November, 2007
The US government has given he go-ahead for a test plot of genetically modified (GM) eucalyptus trees in Alabama. For the first time, these trees will be allowed to flower and set seed, opening the door to potential widespread contamination of the American South. more...
Biotech lobbies against environmental protection laws
News
26th September, 2007
The GM industry is lobbying against EU directive which would make polluters pay for damage caused to biodiversity and Sites of Special Scientific Interest, a leading protester has revealed. more...
GM set to make comeback
News
18th September, 2007
The impact of climate change on world food production will make the public more accepting of genetic modification, the industry believes. more...
Indonesia to go GM
News
20th July, 2007
In the face of food shortages, Indonesia is preparing to turn towards GM crops to feed its 220 million people. more...
GM now organic
News
13th June, 2007
Organic food can now contain almost 1 per cent genetically modified content, thanks to a new ruling by the EU. more...
Government committee wants to see more GM crops
News
4th May, 2007
A government committee has suggested that ministers and policy makers look more favourably upon genetically modified (GM) crops if they can be shown to have an environmental benefit. more...Members
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