See saved stories Documentary front Global GM market starts to wilt Go-ahead for GM test sites sparks fury Battle over GM sites hits Lincolnshire villages. But behind the chocolate- box facade of a street lined with a dizzying choice of pubs is a working Cotswold community.
Agriculture remains an important part of the local economy.
So it was with some concern that Camden learned yesterday that it had been chosen as the location for one of the farm-scale trials of GM oilseed rape. This is a big jump and I am not convinced they have done enough to to consider the risks of spreading the pollen over a wider area. We are going to finish up with pollen from GM crops affecting other crops. I do worry about what it may do to the environment because they don't know enough about it. Once it's done they can't just put it back in the bottle again.