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GM protest

It's ok that the public rejected GM food – after all, we did ask

4 July 2018

Many people see the public's rejection of genetically-modified food as a failure, but I would argue it was successful public engagement, says Lesley Paterson
farmland

The second great battle for the future of our food is underway

4 July 2018

First it was GM food. Now battle lines are being drawn over whether crops and animals modified with CRISPR gene-editing can make it on to supermarket shelves

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