You Are What You Eat

The campaign against genetically engineered foods in the South West goes from strength to strength. In Totnes, after a 600-strong protest at a GE test site and huge public meetings, a recent supermarket action had over 100 people (and tomatofish) running around with Unilever Disloyalty Cards (available from 0171 865 8222) and banners. Nearby, Britain's biggest organic grower is considering taking out a High Court injunction against a neighbouring GE maize field to prevent cross-pollination, which would result the loss of his organic status; the government said they hadn't thought about the issue of organic farms when granting release consents. In Wiltshire, a farmer withdrew from his contract to grow GE oilseed rape - "we don't know enough to grow mutant crops safely."