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Mark Lynas: Farmers should be free to grow GMs
Jane King
Thursday 03 January 2013 13:30
Environmental campaigner and award-winning author Mark Lynas has called for farmers to be free to choose what kind of technologies they want to adopt and demanded anti-GM protestors stop hijacking future food production.
In a passionate and courageous speech at the Oxford Farming Conference, Mr Lynas admitted that after studying the science he had completely changed his position on GM, from being a sceptic to favouring it.
He claimed "there is rock solid scientific consensus around the world backed by science academies" in support of GM yet this is ignored because it conflicts with the vested interests of non-governmental organisations (NGOs)...
(read rest of very good article at Farmer's Weekly: Mark Lynas: Farmers should be free to grow GMs - 1/3/2013 - Farmers Weekly )
Jane King
Thursday 03 January 2013 13:30
In a passionate and courageous speech at the Oxford Farming Conference, Mr Lynas admitted that after studying the science he had completely changed his position on GM, from being a sceptic to favouring it.
He claimed "there is rock solid scientific consensus around the world backed by science academies" in support of GM yet this is ignored because it conflicts with the vested interests of non-governmental organisations (NGOs)...
(read rest of very good article at Farmer's Weekly: Mark Lynas: Farmers should be free to grow GMs - 1/3/2013 - Farmers Weekly )