Archives for February 18, 2008

Greenpeace have been running a campaign against the planting of new crop varieties in Australia since about 2001 as part of their global campaign against genetically modified (GM) food. The Australian campaign has been phenomenally successful with … [Read more...] about This Year Critical for Australian Agriculture, So Greenpeace Sponsors Tour by Anti-GM Campaigner

Over 114 million hectares of land was planted to GM crops in 23 countries in 2007. Poland and Chile were new additions with Chile producing GM for seed export and Poland grew Bt maize for the first time. The USA, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, India … [Read more...] about Australian Agriculture Slipping in Adoption of New Crop Varieties

On February 8, 2008, South Australian Premier Mike Rann and the Minister for Agriculture Rory McEwen announced a continuation of the ban on genetically modified plants. They can not be grown in South Australia. In a media release Mr Rann said … [Read more...] about South Australian Government Ignores Recommendation to Lift Ban on GM Crops