Today's vandal will be tomorrow's hero
On Monday 30 Greenpeace volunteers chose to risk their liberty in an attempt to prevent the inevitable and irreversible pollution of our agriculture by genetically modified crops. A week earlier some...
View ArticleSowing seeds of resistance to GM
PETER MELCHETT THE past 12 months have seen some extraordinary developments in the sorry saga of genetically modified crops. A series of government reports have, mostly to our - and the Government's -...
View ArticleBest news for British farming in 10 years?
British farmers claim they have just had the best news for a decade - exports of beef to Europe can restart. But this means that the cruel trade in live calves is due to resume too. Peter Melchett...
View ArticleAn end to ploughing?
Will Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's most baleful legacy be an end to ploughed fields? Peter Melchett...
View ArticlePesticides kill
Recent claims about the safety of chemical levels in food could never be justified scientifically. Peter Melchett...
View ArticleBird flu: the frustration is having no one to blame
At least with foot and mouth there were plenty of people in the firing line. Peter Melchett...
View ArticleAre they really green?
With two huge political decisions looming, it matters whether Gordon Brown and David Cameron truly care about the environment. Peter Melchett...
View ArticleA fruitless venture
David Miliband wants to promote strawberry-growing in the UK, but his praise of polytunnels is not the answer. Peter Melchett...
View ArticleBlair's contaminated legacy
GM crops are well past their sell-by date. So why does the prime minister remain such a fan? Peter Melchett...
View ArticleWhat it means to be organic
It comes as a surprise to find the Soil Association under attack for standards of organic farming. Peter Melchett...
View ArticleBlinded by the light
The prime minister sees himself as a champion of science and technology but all too often his government acts as a servant of corporate interest....
View ArticleCounting your chickens
While the idea of free-range eggs can fend off the horrors of battery farming, the reality is often far less pleasant than you might think....
View ArticlePlucking the truth from research
Reports about the nutritional value of chicken show that in the backlash against organic food, the media won't let facts stand in the way. Peter Melchett...
View ArticleA lonely furrow
David Miliband's declaration that large numbers of voters buy organic food as a 'lifestyle' choice is a significant self-inflicted injury. Peter Melchett...
View ArticleA wild bird chase
The government's chief scientist has focused on wildlife as the cause of last week's bird-flu outbreak - but it looks like he's wrong....
View ArticleBearing fruit
The scientific evidence is growing that organic food is better for you. But our politicians are still too wedded to the food industry to admit it. Peter Melchett...
View ArticleClear intentions
Bill McKelvey's assumptions about the future of farming are not science but opinion shaped by institutional interests. Peter Melchett...
View ArticleWonky carrots
Supermarkets require their veg to be washed, polished and of uniform shape and size. This leads to huge levels of waste, so what should we do? Peter Melchett...
View ArticleWe can't allow this crisis to halt vaccine manufacture
It seems as if the latest foot and mouth outbreak did not originate from some dodgy import of bush meat or contaminated pigswill, but from a hi-tech laboratory that may have been manufacturing vaccines...
View ArticleThe green way to eat
Organic food is not only good for us - it can cut greenhouse gas emissions. So why is the government not behind it? Peter Melchett...
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