Sat 10 Sept
|Tablehurst Farm, Forest Row
Tablehurst Talk - 'How Genetically Modified Crops, Foods & Animals Affect Our Food & Farms
In this talk, Dr Michael Antoniou and Claire Robinson will explain why gene-editing threatens food safety and sovereignty, wildlife and animal welfare, as well as the integrity and even the existence of organic, biodynamic and conventional farming , followed by Q&A/discussion
Time & Location
10 Sept 2022, 14:00 – 15:30
Tablehurst Farm, Forest Row, London Rd, Forest Row RH18 5DP, UK
About the event
This is a chance to hear about the government's plans in relation to genetically modified crops from two experts in the field. Their will be a Q&A session at the end of the talk. As this event is part of our annual meeting of the Tablehurst and Plaw Hatch Coop, it is free of charge. You can still come for the talk even if you don't attend the morning session of the annual meeting. Please register here if you haven't registered already for the annual meeting.
Boris Johnson, in his first public speech as prime minister, said one of his first priorities was to “liberate the UK’s extraordinary bioscience sector from anti-genetic modification rules”. This rapidly translated into a draft Bill that will remove safety checks, traceability and labelling from genetically modified (GM) seeds, crops, foods and animals. Boris may be gone, but the Bill lives on and could pass…