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- Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:43 am
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: "Organic food loses our taste test – surprised?" - Which?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 10858
Re: "Organic food loses our taste test – surprised?" - Which
Hello, Sure some of you have already seen our response to this Which? study, but if not, here it is in full: "This is an unscientific study of an extremely limited sample of vegetables. Which? Gardening admit the narrow scope of their research, which does not address the main reason people choo...
- Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:26 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Don't say "organic" say "sustainable"
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5334
Re: Don't say "organic" say "sustainable"
Hello folks, A few things to say about this interesting discussion going on. Patrick’s comments seem to have been taken wildly out of context by some – which is irritating, and detracts from the real issues at hand. More troubling however is that it seems that the GM companies’ multi-million PR mach...
- Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:11 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: GM Potato Blight trials to go ahead.
- Replies: 154
- Views: 36902
Re: GM Potato Blight trials to go ahead.
Hello Kitchen Garden. Great that this forum is so active and that some really informative posts are coming up (thanks David for the clarification on Sarpo spuds). A quick point about our level of participation however is that we will not always be able to respond as frequently or in as much detail a...
- Fri Jun 11, 2010 5:20 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: GM Potato Blight trials to go ahead.
- Replies: 154
- Views: 36902
Re: GM Potato Blight trials to go ahead.
Hello - Interesting reading your comments. I've been away from the office for most of today so haven’t had a chance to reply before. Our arguments against GM are founded on extensive research. In addition to the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Developme...
- Thu Jun 10, 2010 12:08 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: GM Potato Blight trials to go ahead.
- Replies: 154
- Views: 36902
Re: GM Potato Blight trials to go ahead.
Alan – Our arguments against GM are not focused solely on its expense (though we do think it’s outrageous to place such a burden on the taxpayer in the name of a failing technology). The Soil Association believes that the use of GM has no place in the production of safe and healthy food. Organic far...