A crack in the resistance to GM food in Britain. The Environment department publshed a food security assessment this week, saying that Britain couldn’t ignore the strains on the global food system by climate change, water and energy scarcity and low fish stocks. New scientific techniques are needed if future generations are to eat.
Back story: Britain is preparing to ok GM crops, already being grown experimentally. The Enviro minister said “If GM can make a contribution, then we have a choice as a society and as a world about whether to make use of that technology – and an increasing number of countries are growing GM products.
“And the truth is we will need to think about the way in which we produce our food… because one thing is certain: with a growing population, the world is going to need a lot of farmers and a lot of agricultural production in the years ahead.”
In North America, gm ingredients make up around 70% of the food we eat. In Britain where GM food distribution is stalled by public opposition, non GM ingredients are rising in price.
