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GM wheat in the news
These links will take you to the stories concerned on other sites. The stories discuss both the varity of GM wheat being tested in the UK and other attempts in elsewhere.
May 2012
UK
- GM outcrosses six times more than non-GM wheat - 4 May, FarmingUK.com
- Pete Riley interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Today Programme - 3 May, Listen Again at 07.30
April 2012
UK
- Real Bread Campaign steps up anti-GM wheat protest - 25 April, Bakeryinfo.co.uk
- Leading food industry figure calls for GM rethink - 21 April, Farmers Guargian
- Real Bread Campaign mounts anti-GM wheat pledge - 19 April, Bakeryandsnacks.com
- Who wants to bake with GM wheat? - 19 April, The Scottish Farmer
- Rothamstead Resarch testing wheat modified to stop disease - 11 April, St Albans & Harpenden & Welwyn & Hatfield Review
- GM wheat trial brings hope for commercialisation - 6 April, FoodNavigator.com
- Close security surrounds GM wheat field trials - 5 April, Salisbury Journal
Australia
- The Hunger Games: Part I - 1 April, ABC news
Canada
- Wheat Board supporters slam research cuts - 17 April, Winnipeg Sun
March 2012
UK
- Aphid Repellant GM Wheat Crop Developed - 30 March, JotZOOM.com
- Rothamsted GM wheat trials: A farmer's view - 29 March, Farmers Weekly
- A genetically modified renaissance - 29 March, the Independent
- Peppermint gene in GM wheat could mean no parking for greenfly - 29 March, Earth Times
- GM wheat to be trialled in UK this Spring - 29 March, Permaculture
- Exploiting the smell of genetically modified fear - 29 March, BBC
- Fears about new GM wheat that fends off pests with pheromone - 29 March, DigitalJournal
- GM wheat that wards off aphids trialled in UK - 29 March, the Guardian
- Sweet smell of success for GM crop researchers - 29 March, Scotsman
- GM 2.0: A new kind of wheat - 29 March, The Independent
- Genetically modified wheat that repels aphids grown by British scientists - 29 March, The Telegraph
- 'Whiffy' wheat 'new pest control' - 28 March, Press Association
- GM wheat which repels aphids is planted at Rothamsted - 28 March, Farmers Guardian
- Fears GM wheat that fends off greenfly could affect humans - 28 March, Daily Mail
- Trials start of GM wheat that terrifies aphids - 28 March, Reuters
- GM wheat trial begins amid high security - 28 March, Farmers Weekly
- Anti-insect wheat trials launched - 28 March, BBC
- Rothamsted Research to start wheat trial - 6 March, St Albans & Harpenden & Welwyn & Hatfield Review
**Coverage of our GM wheat campaign launch**
- Anti-GM wheat campaign launched - 2 March, Bakeryinfo.co.uk
- Campaign launched against GM wheat trial - 2 March, Farming Online (see under "arable" tab or ask GM Freeze for a copy if url not working - this site does not use page specific urls)
- Campaign launched against GM wheat trials - 2 March, Farmers Weekly
- GM wheat trial row - 2 March, The Scottish Farmer
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Australia
- GM wheat raiders plead guilty - 22 March, Stock and Land
- Newman to run against Redman - 22 March, Farm Weekly
- GM an electon issue for Redman - 14 March, Augusta-Margaret River Mail
New Zealand
- Scientists hope pest-repelling GM wheat will win over public - 29 March, NZ Hearld
- GM crops not in favour in EU - 29 March, MSN NZ
India
- Monsanto secretly campaigning for GM food crops in Gujarat, alleges Bharatiya Kisan Sangh - 14 March, Economic Times
February 2012
UK
- Mid Norfolk MP George Freeman calls for new debate on GM foods - 23 February, Eastern Daily Press
Australia
** In February Canadian farmers toured Australia to discuss the dangers of GM crops, including wheat:
- Letter in hardcopy Australian newspapers (scanned as pdf): "We face same uphill battles" by Matt Gehl, National Farmers Union Canada, 29 February
- Human tests for GM wheat - 29 Feburary, Weekly Times Now
- GM wheat 'waste of time' - 25 February, Farm Weekly
- No financial benefits from GM say Canadian grain farmers - 23 February, Farm Weekly
- Farmers voice their GM wheat concerns - 22 February, Merridan-Wheatbelt Mercury
- Canadian farmer warns of GM dangers - 17 February, Canberry Times
- Canadian farmers warn of GM wheat - 16 February, ABC Rural
"Common sense would dictate that if Monsanto has any rights to its product after it is bought by a farmer (of which it does, namely that a farmer cannot save the seed he grows to plant the next year) then it should also have responsibility for ensuring their product is not polluting those who do not want it."
Matt Gehl, National Farmers Union Canada
December 2011
Australia
- Greenpeace delight as baker shuns GM wheat - 1 December
November 2011
UK
- Aphid-repellent GM wheat field trials to begin - 16 November
- Bayer CropScience targets non-GMO wheat traits - 29 November
October 2011
Australia
- Why would Australia want to grow GM wheat? - 21 October
UK
September 2011
Canada
“In the current climate there’s an argument to be made that the people who aren’t testing genetically modified wheat may be further ahead in the game."
CWB Spokesperson Maureen Fitzhenry
China
- Commercialization of genetically modified staple food: Not to proceed for 5 years except for corn - 23 September
UK
- Defra approves first UK GM wheat trial - 16 September
- GM crops trial at Harpenden’s Rothamsted Research - 22 September
April 2011
Canada
June 2011
UK
March 2011
Australia
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Fears GM wheat could harm Japan trade - 24 March
Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett to Japanese flour millers:
“I said we did not have a policy for,
and would not be having,
GM wheat."
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Barnett comment clouds GM research - 31 March