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One fifth of US rice contaminated with illegal GM strain
'Genetic engineering - hands off', the label says on a plate of rice contaminated with an illegal GM varietyUp to one fifth of rice entering the EU is contaminated with an illegal genetically modified...
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Food Standards Authority faces legal action over GM rice in UK supermarkets
It never rains but it pours, and the scandal of US rice contaminated with an illegal genetically modified (GM) variety shows no signs of slowing down. In the latest twist, Friends of the Earth has...
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World's largest rice company bans GM-contaminated imports from US
Just weeks after we uncovered US rice on supermarket shelves across Europe, including the UK, containing illegal genetically modified (GM) rice, the scandal continues to grow with more illegal GM rice...
View ArticleGM crops can help prevent climate change? Shurely shome mishtake
Those pesky biotech companies never give up. After recently spinning the line that GM crops can be used to safeguard food production from the ravages of climate change, their latest wheeze is to try...
View ArticleDuck-rice farming in China
Chinese farmers are discovering that resurrecting the old tradition of keeping ducks in their rice fields allows them to cut down on the amount of pesticides and artificial fertilisers they need to use...
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Rice is life: traditional farming in China
In a new photo essay, rice farming in southern China is put under the spotlight to show how traditional methods are still working well without any tinkering from the GM industry. John Novis is the head...
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Peddling ecological farming in India
Reyes works for Greenpeace's Research Labratories and is normally based in Exeter but she's just begun a year long project working with our office in India. Reyes already wrote for the blog relay last...
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Rice up against the twin threats of genetic engineering and climate change
Last March hundreds of Thai Greenpeace supporters, volunteers and farmers took part in an amazing experiment - to create a giant, beautiful organic work of art in the rice fields of Thailand's Central...
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