Rothamsted Research – Green Social Thought https://www.greensocialthought.org Produce less. Distribute it fairly. Create a greener world for all. Thu, 22 Feb 2024 04:47:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.greensocialthought.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-ggef_logo_small-1-32x32.png Rothamsted Research – Green Social Thought https://www.greensocialthought.org 32 32 Post-Brexit Farming, Glyphosate and GMOs in the UK https://www.greensocialthought.org/biodiversity-biodevastation/post-brexit-farming-glyphosate-and-gmos-uk/ Wed, 10 Jul 2019 14:22:28 +0000 https://gst.riz-om.network/reprint/post-brexit-farming-glyphosate-and-gmos-uk/ by Rosemary Mason and Colin Todhunter

An Open Letter to Hon Michael Gove Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs It seems likely that a post-Brexit trade deal with the US could mean more of the same and lead to the introduction of GM crops in the UK alongside the lowering of standards for the use of biocides in agriculture. Sainsbury Laboratory already has plans for a new open air field trial of GM potatoes on farms in Suffolk and Cambridge.]]> by Rosemary Mason and Colin Todhunter

An Open Letter to Hon Michael Gove Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

It seems likely that a post-Brexit trade deal with the US could mean more of the same and lead to the introduction of GM crops in the UK alongside the lowering of standards for the use of biocides in agriculture. Sainsbury Laboratory already has plans for a new open air field trial of GM potatoes on farms in Suffolk and Cambridge.

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