{"id":16331,"date":"2016-11-11T15:51:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T15:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=16331"},"modified":"2016-11-11T15:51:17","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T15:51:17","slug":"growing-tomorrows-dinner-should-gm-be-on-the-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/uncategorised\/growing-tomorrows-dinner-should-gm-be-on-the-table","title":{"rendered":"Growing tomorrow's dinner, should GM be on the table?"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the Principality Stadium last week the Royal Society hosted\u00a0a talk addressing the food security issues of the future, asking\u00a0what role Genetically Modified (GM) foods may play in this future. \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

The majority of the panel were confident that GM techniques are the way forward, but this is at odds with the general public’s attitude toward GM food.\u00a0<\/span>Around a third of people think that the risks of GM crops outweigh the benefits, and most people do not feel informed about them.<\/p>\n

The first of the speakers was Professor Huw Jones, vice-chair of the GMO panel at the European Food Safety Authority. Huw highlighted the fact that the public tend not to have a problem with conventional breeding, and that GM is just making a more specific change to DNA.<\/span><\/p>\n

In response to this claim Liz O’Neill, the director of GM Freeze, was quick to point out that “precision is not the same as predictability.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Struck by the lack of balance on the panel, and the emotive language used to describe the anti-GM position, I arranged for a chat with Liz to find out more about the aims of GM Freeze.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Liz