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On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:29:45 +0100, "Jim Webster"
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If they are uneconomic, they will not be farmed.

Again, it's not that simple.

As soon as GM crops are grown, freedom of choice is removed from the
farmer growing conventional or organic crops.

no because organic is a purely arbitrary definition which is why organic
farmers can use certain chemicals but not others, but can also use much the
same veterinary medication, but with different withdrawal periods

As for conventional, the only way gm would stop people growing conventional
is by being so profitable that they could not afford not to. Pay more for
conventional and gm will fade away

See what has happened in Canada, for example, where it is now almost
impossible to grow organic canola, because of contamination by GM
varieties. The same would happen in the UK.

Interesting, by your argument there is no reason why we should not import GM
cotton for clothing or GM maize gluten for livestock feed because this would
not effect the growing of organic varieties.


Jim Webster