News coverage

Thursday 28th June 2012

Superweeds: are GM trials a danger to society? Varisty Blog

 

Tuesday 26th June 2012

Time for a re-think on GM Crops BBC News Online

 

Monday 25th June 2012

U.K. Researchers Start Plan To Double Wheat Yields In 20 Years Bloomberg Online

 

Thursday 14th June 2012

Britain beginning to accept GM technology – Paice Farmers Guardian online

 

Sunday 3rd June 2012

True greens know GM is the answer. Mark Lynas The Sunday Times (£)

 

Saturday 2nd June 2012

GM foods: science and society Guardian editorial

 

Friday 1st June 2012

GM debate between Take the Flour Back and Rothamsted Research Guardian online


Thursday 31st May 2012

The GM debate is growing up. Guardian

The 'Geeks' Fight Back: Challenges for Science and Democracy Huffington Post

 

Wednesday 30th May 2012

"HULK SMASH GM" - mixing angry Greens with bad science Guardian online


Tuesday 29th May 2012

Vandals! No, not protesters trashing crops but the GM lobby still trying to force increasingly discredited Frankenstein Food down our throats. Joanna Blythman Daily Mail

Green groups and scientists in battle amid sun, cheese and folk music. Nature blog


Monday 28th May 2012

Petition reaches 6000 signatories.

GM crop institute's website targeted BBC online

Against the Grain: Threats to destroy GM crops amount to vandalism in the service of superstition. Times editorial (£)

Threat by GM protesters to wreck crop foiled by police. Times (£)

Scientists insist GM wheat is safe as protesters vow to tear up crop. Telegraph

Anti-GM protesters kept from tearing up wheat crop by police. Guardian

Police repel anti-GM protest. Daily Express

Heavy police presence thwarts anti-GM protest. Independent

Police foil move to destroy modified wheat. Financial Times

Police stop protesters raiding GM wheat fields. Irish Times

Anti-GM wheat protest halted by police. BBC online

Crop centre to proceed with project 'without further threats' ITV News

Flour Power: Protest Against GM Wheat Crop. Sky News 


Sunday 27th May 2012

This experiment in food technology has to continue. Observer editorial 

We have a duty to put our faith in science, not trample on it. Observer

Steve Connor: Opponents of this crop trial are blind to the food crisis Observer

Lottery funding for anti-GM activist. Telegraph

The GM scientists' risky strategy that won public support. Guardian

 

Saturday 26th May 2012

Public support for Rothamsted researchers (PDF)

 

Friday 25th May 2012

Feeding a hungry world – or meddling with laws of nature? Independent

Shadow environment secretary condemns GM vandalism in advance of Rothamsted action this Sunday. FoodManufacture.co.uk

Food battle looms on Hertfordshire fields. Financial Times


Wednesday 23rd May 2012

The father of the Green Revolution would have supported the GM wheat scientists at Rothamsted, argues Prof Malcolm Elliot. Telegraph

We mustn’t let GM vandals get away with it. Colin Blakemore. Times (£) 


Tuesday 22nd May 2012 

 Part 2 of the transcript of the 10th May visit to Rothamsted recorded by Pod Delusion is available

GM vandals are shutting down scientific debate. Prof John Pickett. Telegraph

Rothamsted scientist tackles GM wheat questions Farmers Weekly


Monday 21st May 2012

Maurice Moloney and Jonathan Jones answer your questions on commercialisation of GM research.

Research team at Rothamsted write to petition signatories

Man arrested after break-in at GM wheat trial site. Telegraph

Witless GM vandalism. Telegraph editorial

Fair crop, guv: Accused due in court over attack on GM wheat trial Mirror

GM wheat trial at Rothamsted vandalised. BBC online

Stately Home owner charged over GM trial break in ITV News

Rothamsted trial attacked Nature news

Rothamsted Research statement on the break in at the wheat experiment site.

BBSRC statement on damage to Rothamsted Research GM field trial

 

Sunday 20th May 2012

A man was arrested after breaking into the Rothamsted Research wheat experiment site.

 

Sunday 13th May 2012

Sense About Science trip to Rothamsted The Pod Delusion

Hertfordshire town holds key to rich harvests, claim scientists. So why do activists target it? The Observer

 

Thursday 10th May 2012

Dr Toby Bruce and Professor Huw Jones answer your questions on GM wheat at Rothamsted The Pod Delusion podcast (episode 135)

 

Wednesday 9th May 2012

Misplaced protest Nature editorial

 

Friday 4th May 2012

Dr Wendy Harwood and Professor Huw Jones answered your questions on cross contamination

 

Thursday 3rd May 2012

Lord Krebs: "Contamination is a loaded word" Today Programme, BBC Radio 4 (Starts at 1:29:30)

 

Wednesday 2nd May 2012

Take the flour back responds to Rothamsted scientists' appeal

 

Wednesday 2nd May 2012

Gia Aradottir: "We need to be able to carry out research without threat" BBC London News (Starts at 00:13:10)

GM scientists in open letter plea to protesters Channel 4 News

GM researcher: 'Please don't destroy our crop' Today programme, BBC Radio 4

Leading researchers are sending an open letter to a group of anti-GM protesters Farming Today, BBC Radio 4

Professor Huw Jones interviewed on Rothamsted GM research and their appeal BBC Radio 5 Live (Starts at 1:46:30)

GM wheat scientists at Rothamsted make plea to protesters. Richard Black, BBC Online

Biochemical Society backs campaign to support plant scientists BiochemSoc Blog

Threats spook UK GM's crop researchers Nature

Respect the need to experiment with GM crops. Professor John Pickett, New Scientist

Scientists appeal to cereal killers' reason Times Higher Education

Frankenfoods - the lesser of two evils?  Michael Hanlon, Mail Online

GM wheat scientists plead with protesters not to destroy ‘years of work’ after they threaten to remove crops unless experiments are halted Daily Mail

Anti-GM activists urged not to trash wheat field Guardian

Scientists urge GM campaigners to call off protest Telegraph

Scientists send open letter to anti-GM protesters pleading with them not to destroy 'years of work' Independent

Scientists urge activists not to destroy their GM crop The Times(£)

Scientists appeal to green protesters Financial Times

Scientists urge protestors not to trash GM trials Farmers Guardian

GM plea to protesters British Baker

Scientists in plea to GM protesters Stamford Mercury

GM wheat scientists ask cereal killers to spare crops The Week

GM crops should be protected, scientists plead to protesters Huffington Post

Scientists in plea to GM protesters Press Association


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