The Sainsbury Laboratory has applied for permission to plant experimental GM potatoes in open fields near Norwich and Cambridge. If you don’t want that to happen, email gm-regulation@defra.gov.uk including the application reference number 22/R29/01 in the subject line of your email. You can also write to: GM Team, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Second Floor, Seacole Building, Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF, stating the application reference number 22/R29/01. GM Freeze

 

 

A proposed British Columbia (BC) Timber Sales Pest Management Plan is gaining attention and fierce pushback, as the provincial agency seeks to use aerial and ground spraying of herbicides to increase commercial lumber output. Herbicides such as glyphosate, triclopyr and 2,4-D (Formula 40) will be used in areas encompassing native hard woods and Indigenous medicines and food. North Shore News