Worldwide, food prices took a 60% leap last year which may be why Country Life, the British magazine that enshrines the countryside, has come out for genetically modified food which promises to increase our food supply. GM food is routinely attacked in Britain by the Soil Association, Britain's original organic organization, which is against any scientific advances in food.

The editorial , says The Independent, "pours vitriol on those who accuses it of ignoring the benefits such crops may offer....future generations will think us crazy, or criminal, not to embrace [GM technology]" and argues that concerns over "Frankenstein foods" have grown into a fear among the public of "developments it doesn't understand". The editor Mark Hedges argues that GM technology could help alleviate the type of problems caused by the recent rise in food prices as well as providing plants that are able to withstand the effects of climate change.

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