Genetically modified (GM) crops are those plants whose genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally by mating or natural recombination.

Genetic Modification is becoming a hot potato. People promoting GM technology believe it has the potential to answer any number of difficult biological and other issues, and make money. Those against GM food believe that, however well intentioned it may sound, there is the potential to create unpredicatable consequences. Look what can happen when you import a species to be useful only for it to end up a pest. Imagine how much worse this could be at the gene level?

In order to work out what you are going to do, you need to work out where you stand :

1. Find out who is coming for dinner.

2. Check who has permission to release GMOs into the environment.

3. Consider the main issues of concern:

HEALTH | ENVIRONMENT | OWNERSHIP | FOOD SECURITY | INTERNATIONAL LAW

4. Use these links to take you to other web resources for more on GM issues:

Sustain Genewatch Soil Association Monsanto Ag BioTec Infonet

5. Try the quiz ...