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Donate to our campaign against GM

12 July 2010

The Soil Association has launched an appeal for support in its efforts to fight the relentless promotion of GM from the bio-tech industry and Government. Please donate to our 'GM NO!' campaign and help us build a sustainable, organic food future for ...

MEPs reject amendment on GM food labelling

08 July 2010

A majority of MEPs have rejected an amendment calling for the compulsory labelling of food products that are derived from animals raised on genetically-modified feed.

GM field trials a complete waste of tax-payers’ money

08 June 2010

Following the announcement that a field trail of GM potatoes is taking place at a secret location in Norfolk to monitor whether the genes work against blight, Emma Hockridge, Soil Association policy manager said:

Coalition letter demands FSA stop wasting money on 'spurious' GM assessment

07 June 2010

Following the resignation of both Dr Helen Wallace and Professor Brian Wynne from the FSA's Steering Group on GM - the Soil Association, Friends of the Earth, GM Freeze, GMWatch and the Soy Alliance have called on Lord Rooker, Chair of the FSA, sayi...

Ask your MP to end sham GM 'public engagement process'

03 June 2010

Two leading members of the Food Standards Agency’s group on public engagement on the issue of GM have resigned after exposing that the process is a sham, and is rigged towards attempting to encourage the public to support GM food. There has been w...

Helen Wallace resigns from FSA's steering group on GM

27 May 2010

In response to Dr Helen Wallace's resignation from the Steering Group for the Food Standards Agency’s GM dialogue, Peter Melchett, Soil Association Policy Director, has called on Lord Rooker, the Chair of the FSA, to stop wasting public money trying ...

Telling porkies: The big fat lie about doubling food production

20 April 2010

In the UK and globally the future direction of food and farming is being driven almost entirely by two frequently quoted statistics. Experts such as the UN Secretary General, the UK Government’s Chief Scientist, the current Secretary of State for the...

GM - a failing technology with no future

06 January 2010

Responding to Professor John Beddington's speech to the Oxford Farming Conference today, Emma Hockridge, policy manager of the Soil Association, said:

Why GM should be off the table at Copenhagen

15 December 2009

We're in the middle of a big come-back tour by the GM lobby. So far, it's not going particularly well. As a result of pressure from pro-GM interests, the UK Government has asked the Food Standards Agency to conduct an exercise to gauge public attitud...

New evidence shows huge price rises for GM seed – a stark warning to UK farmers

03 December 2009

Against a background of continuing calls from the GM lobby for the Government to back the growing of GM crops in the UK, a new report published today (3 Dec) shows that GM seed prices in America have increased dramatically, compared to non-GM and org...
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