2009-09-28 | permalink

Australian farmers fear GM crop contamination

A group of concerned farmers in country New South Wales claims to have found genetically modified canola plants growing on the side of the road, just metres from their non-GM fields. It has been more than 18 months since the genetically modified crops were allowed to be cultivated in NSW and tensions about contamination are mounting. Thousands of tonnes of GM canola is being transported throughout southern farming country. The farmers who want to remain GM free are worried their international reputation is being ruined because the GM canola seeds could easily blow into their crops.

• Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia: Farmers fear GM crop contamination
• The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia: GM canola found outside containment area