Split over GM crops
Split over GM crops
- 1999
- Times 2 June 1999, 6(1) .
The organic farming community is split over GM crops, with some groups prepared to accept limited pollen contamination of organic fields. The Soil Association wants a six mile exclusion zone around organic farms whilst the government proposes a 200 metre limit. Map.
CROSS POLLINATION
FARMERS
GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS
ORGANIC FARMS
SOIL ASSOCIATION
The organic farming community is split over GM crops, with some groups prepared to accept limited pollen contamination of organic fields. The Soil Association wants a six mile exclusion zone around organic farms whilst the government proposes a 200 metre limit. Map.
CROSS POLLINATION
FARMERS
GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS
ORGANIC FARMS
SOIL ASSOCIATION