« 5 March 04. Cannibal mag shock | Main | 14 March 04. Menwith Hill »

9 March

Surprise surprise! As everyone predicted, the government has given the green light for the first planting of GM crops in the UK - a variety of maize, which will probably appear in our fields sometime next year.

GM is a recipe for even tighter corporate control of agriculture. It could also be an environmental disaster. Yes, another one. Most GM crops, as the biotech firms will admit if you press them, are designed with corporate profit, rather than human health or environmental welfare in mind.

For a reprise of the main arguments against GM, have a look here

And if you want to do something to, ahem, hamper the proposed plantings, go and sign the Green Gloves Pledge - it only takes a minute. See the 'campaigns' section of this site for details.

Posted by paul at March 9, 2004 05:52 PM

Comments

Post a comment