Nine In One Night!

A major genetics hit at the start of the month saw up to nine test sites destroyed or partially destroyed in one night. The exact information is not totally clear due to the security risks of reporting such actions, but it is possible that the action has set back Britain's oilseed rape testing program by a year.

The subsequent press release attributed the action to 'Ambridge Against Genetics', following the crop-trashing storyline on the radio soap, which led the Daily Telegraph to call for a ban on the Archers, claiming it had a more corrupting effect than many violent films!

Five of the sites were in Cambridgeshire, three in Worcestershire and one in Essex.

* CPB Twyford has become the first testing company to pull out of GE tests due to direct action. They complained that not only were all their GE tests being disrupted, but protesters had also been damaging their non-GE tests by mistake! Contact the GEN office on 0181 374 9516 to report test site actions or for an up to date list of sites.