News comes today that Scotland is to ban GM crops. The SNP defends it thus:
‘There is no evidence of significant demand for GM products by Scottish consumers and I am concerned that allowing GM crops to be grown in Scotland would damage our clean and green brand, thereby gambling with the future of our £14bn food and drink sector.
‘Scottish food and drink is valued at home and abroad for its natural, high quality which often attracts a premium price, and I have heard directly from food and drink producers in other countries that are ditching GM because of a consumer backlash.’
Here apparently is something deemed natural.
Killing a cow; chopping it up into little pieces; freezing it, thawing, it, shipping it by boat, truck and train; wrapping it in plastic; placing it on a plane to China or anywhere else willing to exchange pandas for food…
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