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 ... |
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. |
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: |
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... |
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... |
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 ... |
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... |
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: |
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... |
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... |