Prince Charles is all over The Times today speaking very passionately about the benefits of organic farming and GM crops being the environmental "biggest disaster of all time." You can read the whole article at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7557644.stm
Whilst listening to the Vine Lunch time show on BBC2, funnily enough at lunch time, there was a (very balanced) chat about organic vs GM and whether Prince Charles was the right person to speak out against GM farming.
It seems to me that he is fairly well placed to have an opinion as he runs his own organic food industry. And we are all entitled to our opinion are we not?
Thankfully, he is well known enough to spark a debate worthy of front page news.
Good on yer, I say. Daisy Green are huge supporters of local farmers, organic food and growing your own ( my gorgeous red tomatoes are testament to how different home grown produce is) and therefore any debate on how we are going to maintain the food chain in the coming decades is good news. Sustainable produce that hasn't travelled half way around the globe seems sensible to us.
Of course, there are things that we can't grow ourselves, the bananas in my fruit bowl for one, and therefore we will always get them from other countries. And don't forget, buying fair trade supports so many people around the world that if we stopped doing so, it would have a devastating effect.
But, our staple fruits and veg ? Well, I would much prefer them from the bottom of my garden, Laura's allotment or the local farmer than flown in across the planet.
Let us know what you think.
Daisy x
2 comments:
I'm a huge fan of Prince Charles and I was listening to the same programme. I'm glad that he spoke out against GM food because it is encouraging to everyone involved in the organic movement, which is our true path.
Whilst Prince Charles and Organics are great generally, lets not forget that gardeners have been splicing genes by cross pollination and doing all kinds of things with plants since the year dot.
As with everything, I suspect that some GM stuff is fine, some is probably great, and some is terrible. (The same for the Geneticists.)
When you hear stories of things like Drought Resistant crops doing the world of good in places where they struggle with irrigation, its easy to forget that this is important technology that when implemented correctly, DOES save lives by feeding people.
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