Texts handed out in class
- collection of short texts about GM food and genetic engineering
- Ms Mysegeas’ annotated version of Anna Lavelle’s article “Frankenstein food beats starvation”
> Find the article in its original context here.
- Ms Mysegaes’ abridged and annotated version of Michael Meacher’s comment “GM food is heading for your fridge. It may well be dangerous – and it is about to enter our food chain”
> For the unabridged original please see here.
Links to interesting websites for further reading
- “Prince Charles warns GM crops risk causing the biggest-ever environmental disaste” by Jeff Randall, The Daily Telegraph (including audio material)
- BBC reports “Charles in GM crops warning” and “The debate over GM food” (video material)
- guardian.co.uk on GM crops, overview of recent articles including
- Q&A: GM crops – What are genetically modified crops, and should we be concerned about them? David Adam explains
- Mark Lynas: “GM won’t yield a harvest for the world“
- Henry Miller: “The Dunce of Wales. Prince Charles’s stand against agribusiness is misguided. Genetic modification has long made products better and safer“
- CNN video and story “All about: GM Rice”
- Greenpeace UK on GM food and crops
- GM food an you (video)