Farming
MPs have voted 379 to 137 to back an amendment to take abortion out of English and Welsh criminal law for women in relation to their own pregnancies. Humanists UK has long been alarmed about the growing number of women facing police investigations for this. Today it has expressed delight at MPs standing up for… Read more »
Humanists UK’s Chief Executive Andrew Copson has been awarded an OBE for ‘services to the non-religious’ in the UK national honours announced today. This is the first time an award has been made for services to the non-religious, who now represent a majority of the UK’s population. Andrew Copson has worked for Humanists UK since… Read more »
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David Cameron has said farming has a positive future – if it exploits the new trends for ethical and green produce. Growing crops for bio-fuels, promoting the UK’s good animal welfare standards, demand for local food and organic produce all present opportunities for farmers in the years to come – the Conservative leader told the… Read more »
The government has approved trials of GM crops in England, the first since controversial field scale trials were completed three years ago. Chemical firm BASF has been granted the right to test a genetically modified potato that is resistant to blight, a disease which can destroy crops and led to the Irish potato famine in… Read more »
