Will Africa produce the food or will feeding Africa become a global challenge?
Feed Navigator, 15 October
GM Freeze in the news
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Brexit: Leaving EU ‘will give freedom to grow more GM crops’
The Times, 10 October 2018 (full article behind paywall)
Debate: will GM food solve the crisis or cause irreversible damage?
Economia, 3 October 2018
Soylent (GM meal replacement drink) goes on sale in the UK
Daily Mail, 1 October 2018
GM Freeze Director comments on the risk of a no-deal Brexit for GM in food and farming
Today, BBC Radio 4, 23 August 2018 (2 hours 46 minutes into the programme, available until 21 September)
Could GM salmon be more nutritious? Scientists are controversially feeding the oily fish genetically modified crops
Daily Mail, 02 August 2018
GM Freeze Director Liz O’Neill discusses GM fed salmon with Professor Johnathan Napier
Newshour, BBC World Service, 01 August 2018 (45mins into the programme, available until 30 August)
Trial to test if GM fed salmon are more nutritious
BBC Science and Environment, 1 August 2018
GM Freeze Director Liz O’Neill discusses the European Court of Justice ruling and wider concerns about all GM in food and farming
Today, BBC Radio 4, 01 August 2018 (2hrs 55mins into the programme, available until 30 August)
GM Freeze Director Liz O’Neill discusses GM with Professor Jonathan Jones
Good Morning Wales, BBC Radio Wales, 01 August 2018 (1hr 5mins into the programme, available until 30 August)
European Court Rules Gene Editing to be Subject to GMO Regulation
Arc 2020, 25 July 2018
EU court says crops obtained by mutagensis are GMO
Feed Navigator, 25 July 2018
Gene editing is GM, says European Court
BBC News, 25 July 2018
Frances proposes mandatory labelling for meat and dairy from animals raised on GMO feed
Natural Blaze, 19 June 2018
Stop playing with our food! Is it time to rethink GM crops?
Decode magazine, June 2018
France backs GM labelling law for meat and dairy
Farmers Weekly, 5 June 2018
‘Highly-experimental’ gene-edited super crops rich in omega 3 will be grown in the UK for the first time after scientists exploit a legal loophole
Mail Online, 23 May 2018
Gene-edited super-crops to be grown in UK for the first time
The Telegraph, 23 May 2018
GM crops that produce industrial products could be grown in Britain for first time
The Telegraph, 29 March
Also reproduced by SEARCA Biotechnology Information Center, 16 April 2018
Objection lodged against proposed UK GM trial
Natural Products News, 29 March 2018
GM Freeze Director debates with Mark Lynas
Today, BBC Radio 4, 20 March 2018 (2hrs 53mins into the programme, available until 18 April)
Organic farming and new genetic engineering don’t mix
Sustain – the alliance for better food and farming, 18 February 2018
New plant breeding techniques should be exempt from GMO regulation: EU court
Feed Navigator, 18 January 2018.
Please note, GM Freeze does not agree with this article’s interpretation of the Advocate General’s opinion. Read more on our position on new GM techniques
GM Freeze Director Liz O’Neill discusses European Court advocate’s opinion on the legal status of mutagenesis
Farming Today, BBC Radio 4, 22 January 2018 (available until 20 February 2018).
