Velt reports (in Dutch) that government approval has just been give for field trials at the University of Ghent for GM late blight resistant potatoes. For a translated version see here, and for the arguments considered in the Belgian government decision, see here.
Heirloom Gardening, Food and Other Thoughts
Nothing ever good comes from GM anything. Monsanto must have been moving fast as not long ago they got the GM Alfalfa approved by the FDA despite the finds of the GMO alfalfa contaminates the ground, humans and animals with dangerous bacteria. This was done not long after the FDA’s “Food Safety Act”.
What is wrong with the picture?