Cornwall County Council goes whole-hog on GM

28 April 2003

Cornwall County Council today voted to go genetically modified (GM) free on April 1st 2003 and pledged that it would formally call upon the Department of the Environment to protect Cornwall's environment by preventing particular GM crops being grown in the area.

This move takes Cornwall beyond Devon County Council's pledges on GM earlier this year and makes it the first county to be truly GM free.

Pressure is now building on other councils across Britain.

This is fantastic news for people in Cornwall and in the whole of the South West. The public have made it clear they do not want GM crops in Cornwall, or anywhere else in the region. The Regional Assembly must now act to protect the area as a whole.

Keith Hatch,
Friends of the Earth GM Coordinator, South West