http://www.soilassociation.org Soil Association Website en-GB Copyright Soil Association 2009 web@soilassociation.org More than 250 marches have been organised around the world in response to Anonymous' call for action against genetically modified (GMO) crops. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/5438/march-against-monsanto fnorris Thu, 16 May 2013 10:03:00 GMT Joint Press Release: Soil Association, GeneWatch UK, EcoNexus, Food and Water Europe, GM Watch, Earth Open Source Campaign groups today welcomed news from Brazil that China plans to source non-GM soya for customers that want it (1). The organisation... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/5191/china-moves-to-source-gm-free-soya-supplies-why-will-tesco-not-do-the-same-in-britain ncollins-daniel Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:07:00 GMT Following announcements from M&S, Sainsbury’s, Co-Op and Tesco that they will no longer require that the farm animals in their supply chains are fed a non GM diet, Peter Melchett, Policy Director of the Soil Association said; “Tesco and the Co-Op ar... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/5170/soil-association-comment-m-s-sainsbury-s-co-op-and-tesco-gm-animal-feed ncollins-daniel Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:16:00 GMT A report from the Food Standards Agency has delivered a major blow to Owen Paterson’s GM food labelling policy. The report reveals “67% of the public think it is important (very or quite) to write on the label if the food product e.g. meat, egg, mil... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/4796/soil-association-comment-fsa-report-gm-labelling-exploring-public-responses-to-the-labelling-of-gm-f ncollins-daniel Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:37:00 GMT Speaking from the Oxford Farming Conference, Tom Macmillan, innovation director at the Soil Association, responded to comments by the author Mark Lynas and Defra Secretary of State Owen Paterson. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/4780/oxford-farming-conference-soil-association-response-to-owen-paterson-mark-lynas-talks ncollins-daniel Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:06:00 GMT US food writer Michael Pollan’s article below was first published in October in the New York Times, and is an eloquent argument in support of California’s Proposition 37 – a proposal to introduce mandatory labeling of GM food in California, voted up... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/4756/vote-for-the-dinner-party tyoung Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:39:00 GMT The role that genetically modified (GM) food should play in our food chain is a highly contested political issues. One interesting facet of the debate in the past year has been the pro-GM lobby's interest in staking the 'scientific high-ground'; sim... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/4752/the-pro-gm-lobbys-seven-sins-against-science tyoung Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:36:00 GMT Commenting on Defra Secretary of State, Owen Paterson’s recent interview with the Daily Telegraph regarding GM crops, the Soil Association said; "Owen Patterson is wrong to claim that GM crops are good for the environment. The UK Government’s own fa... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/4696/soil-association-response-to-owen-paterson-gm-crop-comments fnorris Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:11:00 GMT Cutting through eco-confusion: the world’s first global organic cotton campaign launches at Hong Kong’s Sustainable Textiles Conference on October 4th. Major players in the international textiles industry are being challenged to sign up to organic –... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/4517/the-launch-of-our-big-cotton-campaign jstevenson Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:46:00 GMT A useful report on GM has recently been published by a team of genetic scientists at London’s King College, Michael Antoniou, Claire Robinson and John Fagan. It takes a thorough look at the scientific evidence around claims made about GM. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/4227/useful-new-report-on-gm cturton Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:32:00 GMT The BBC has today [15 July 2012] reported £6.4m funding from the Gates Foundation, first announced in June, for the John Innes Centre in Norwich 'to test the feasibility of developing cereal crops capable of fixing nitrogen as an environmentally-sus... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/4200/soil-association-comment-re-gates-funding-to-develop-gm-cereal cturton Sun, 15 Jul 2012 15:00:00 GMT Commenting on research from China into Bt cotton Emma Hockridge, head of policy at the Soil Association, said: http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/3522/gm-research-suggests-spillover-problems-rather-than-spillover-benefits cturton Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:12:00 GMT