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2009-08-11 | permalink
Scottish National Party snubs Benn’s call to grow GM crops for UK food security
Genetically-modified (GM) crops will not be grown in Scotland for the foreseeable future, despite calls by the Environment Secretary Hilary Benn for a radical rethink to how we produce and consume our food. [...] In Scotland, no such crops have been grown since trials of GM oil seed rape ended in 2003. First Minister Alex Salmond opposes the technology, previously claiming that the benefits ”would be small in comparision to the penalty”.
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2009-08-11 | permalink
Scottish National Party snubs Benn’s call to grow GM crops for UK food security
Genetically-modified (GM) crops will not be grown in Scotland for the foreseeable future, despite calls by the Environment Secretary Hilary Benn for a radical rethink to how we produce and consume our food. [...] In Scotland, no such crops have been grown since trials of GM oil seed rape ended in 2003. First Minister Alex Salmond opposes the technology, previously claiming that the benefits ”would be small in comparision to the penalty”.
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