Meacher Visits Canadian GM Farmers

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Wednesday, 06 August 2003

Todays' Independent publishes an article by MIcheal Meacher, former environment minister. He has recently visited Canada to see for himself the effect that GM crops have had there. In particular he points out that "co-existence'' - a framework to ensure that organic and conventional farming can survive and prosper alongside GM farming - is a mirage. In Saskatchewan, organic oilseed rape (which the Canadians call canola) has been wiped out by cross-contamination from Monsanto's "Roundup Ready" GM canola. The issue for Britain is that if it is impossible to separate off organic oilseed rape in the vast spaces of the Canada prairies, it is inconceivable that it can be kept separate in the very much smaller land area of Britain where farms exist cheek by jowl together."
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