biotech

GM: back with a vengeance?

Posted by jamie — 17 September 2007 at 11:16am - Comments

As if Monday mornings weren't generally bad enough, the Guardian's headline this morning warns of the "return of GM". Biotech companies and government ministers are preparing to shoehorn GM technologies into UK agriculture, using climate change as an excuse. Their reasoning is that they'll be able to win the public over this time round if they claim that GM crops are needed to keep us fed as the climate becomes less favourable to regular varieties.

What's the problem?

Last edited 11 August 2006 at 8:00am
X marks the spot - a field of GM maize in France is clearly marked by Greenpeace protesters

X marks the spot - a field of GM maize in France is clearly marked by Greenpeace protesters

 

Biotech Giant Monsanto Revises Pledge on 'Suicide Seeds'

Last edited 23 February 2006 at 9:00am
23 February, 2006

The threat of so-called 'suicide seeds' being used in commercial agriculture has become greater following a change of policy by Monsanto, the world's largest GM seed and chemicals company.