PROGRAMME FINDER: PROGRAMME GENRES: SEEDS OF TROUBLE A two part series on the politics and science of GM food production Tuesdays 7 & 14 January 2003 8.00-8.40pm (repeated...
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GM food was “Frankenstein food” – and the threat of contaminating ‘normal’ crops was a risk few were willing to take. Fast forward to the present day, and the GM debate is as fierce as ever.
By rights, these future cogs in the wheels of capitalism should be studying flat-out, so as to gain work in law firms, or GM food companies, or the City of London. But no!
Correspondent Tom Feilden on the continuing debate over genetically modified food...
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Once it goes into production, it will be the first GM food to hit the Indian market and the first GM aubergine to be produced anywhere in the world. Mahyco says its product will help improve output and is also resistant to pests.
A guide published by scientists aims to make the British people reconsider their objections to genetically modified food. Prof Ian Crute, a contributor to the guide, and Peter Melchett, policy director of the organic farming group the Soil Association, discuss if the Britain is ready for a more...
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Genetically modified food is not yet readily available to the public About 80% of India's cotton farmers are growing BT cotton and the seeds are distributed through the US firm Monsanto's partner, Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company (Mahyco). While no scientific research has been done on the latest...
That would be bad news for conventional and organic farmers who don't want to grow GM crops, and for anyone who doesn't want to eat GM food. Although I've seen no evidence that eating GM crops is bad for you I do believe that you should have the choice to avoid GM if you want to. On...
Horizon: Jimmy's GM Food Fight will be broadcast on BBC Two on 25 November at 9pm.
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Horizon: Jimmy's GM Food Fight will be broadcast on BBC Two on 25 November at 9pm.
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hope that developments in this area will lessen public opposition to GM food. When asked whether he was concerned that the information gathered by the trust could be used to produce commercial GM crops, Mr Fowler said: "We...
In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, Phil Woolas said it was now down to the opponents of genetically modified food to prove it was unsafe. "If it has been a disaster then please provide the evidence,"
Genetically modified food is intended to increase crop yield but some people have concerns about its environmental impact. David Shukman reports.
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