The UK needs a labelling scheme for GM-free meat
Guardian Unlimited | 10 Feb 2011
If meat and dairy from animals reared on GM feed is not labelled we allow crops without safety approvals to enter the food chainMost people don't like eating foods that have been genetically modified. Where they have a choice - that is, the products are clearly labelled and there are alternatives – they tend to avoid GM offerings. This is one reason why GM crops tend to form animal feeds or staple foods, where consumers either have no choice or no awareness.
 Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation | Genetically Modified Organisms

EU states can ban GM crops for public order: draft
Reuters | 03 Feb 2011
European Union governments could ban the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops to maintain public order in the face of popular opposition to the technology, the bloc's executive said in a draft document.
 Agriculture | Genetically Modified Organisms | Policy

Letters: How to boost food production in Africa
Guardian Unlimited | 07 Dec 2010
It is great that new research from Harvard University is challenging pessimistic views of Africa as a continent unable to feed itself (Africa can feed itself in a generation, says author, if leaders take up cause, 3 December). However, the expensive and failing technology GM should have no role to play in this - not even selectively.
 England | Genetically Modified Organisms | Livelihoods | Science and Environment

EU looks to tighten GM crop assessment rules
Reuters | 12 Nov 2010
The EU's food safety watchdog issued new guidelines on Friday for assessing the environmental impacts of genetically modified (GM) plants, as part of a shake-up of the bloc's GM crop approval system.
 Agriculture | Climate Change | Genetically Modified Organisms

Science Weekly podcast: The first map of human genetic variation, and an obituary for the space shut...
Guardian Unlimited | 01 Nov 2010
Ten years after Bill Clinton and Tony Blair announced the first draft of the human book of life, the second edition is now in print. The first map of human genetic variation has been completed. We speak to one of the scientists involved in the project, Dr Paul Flicek, who heads up a team at the European Bioinformatics Institute. It's just four miles from Trafalgar Square, has 800 "veteran" trees, more than 180 recorded species of bird, and 300 recorded species of fungus.
 England | Environmental Awareness | Education

Farmers next to GM fields benefit from pest reduction, study shows
Guardian Unlimited | 07 Oct 2010
US study finds reduced numbers of crop-damaging pests on corn farms that adjoin those growing GM crops. Farmers growing conventional corn next to GM crops can benefit from the reduction in crop-destroying pests without paying the premium for GM seeds, a new study has shown.The research, published...
 Agriculture | Farming Practices | Genetically Modified Organisms | Health and Environment

GM crop trials are a waste of taxpayers' money
Friends of the Earth- England, Wales and N.Ireland. | 08 Jun 2010
Commenting on the GM potato crop trials in Norfolk, Friends of the Earth's Food Campaigner Kirtana Chandrasekaran said: "The Government is wasting millions of pounds of taxpayers' money by forging ahead with unnecessary and unpopular GM crop trials, which threaten local farmers with...
 United Kingdom | Economy | Genetically Modified Organisms

Food talks focus on crop genetics
BBC World Service | 02 Sep 2009
Understanding the impact of crop genetics on the environment is essential to future food security, delegates in Dundee will hear.
 Food Security | Genetically Modified Organisms

A new push to win EU acceptance for biotech
International Herald Tribune | 16 Feb 2009
The biotechnology industry, claiming the backing of European Union governments, signaled a new effort Monday to win greater leeway to grow genetically modified crops in Europe, a region where citizens have long been skeptical about the safety and value of the technology.
 Genetically Modified Organisms

EU foiled in bid to force France, Greece to allow GM crop
EU Business | 16 Feb 2009
(BRUSSELS ) - The European Commission was foiled Monday in its bid to force France and Greece to allow genetically modified maize from US biotech giant Monsanto to be grown in their fields.
 Genetically Modified Organisms