Biotechnology

BY ROGER KALLA ....not on environment There is less than 100 Days to go before the Commonwealth Games here in Melbourne. I can't but wonder if we are going to see the first GM Athletes compete in the pool at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre … [Read more...] about Genetically Modified Athletes

Today's Sydney Morning Herald has a piece by Environment Writer Wendy Frew in which she quotes Dr Chuck Benbrook as follows: "Across the south-eastern US, where soybean and cotton farmers have relied almost exclusively on (genetic engineering) … [Read more...] about Not on the Brink of Collapse: GM Soy in the USA

The Courier Mail has published a piece by me today titled Let's be smart on genetic crops. I suggested the article to the opinion editor at the newspaper after the front page story on Friday titled Genetic food plan axed. What surprised me about … [Read more...] about Misleading Reporting on GM

I was getting bored with all the posturing about how Australian farmers would be sued for growing canola contaminated with genetically modified (GM) material, but now it seems there has been some resolution to the issue. Melissa Marino reported in … [Read more...] about GM Politics – An Update

The following press release from the Pastoral and Graziers' Association (PGA) of Western Australia raises some interesting issues. FAST AND LOOSE WITH THE TRUTH, YET AGAIN Greenpeace and the Network of Concerned Farmers (NCF) have, once again, … [Read more...] about Farmers Reject ‘Testing’ Funded by Greenpeace