DEPENDING on your point of view, it’s either a neat ruse to help keep genetically modified crops out of Europe, or an unfair barrier to farmers who want to benefit from GM technology.
Denmark last week became the first country in Europe to tax farmers who grow GM crops. The money collected, around €13 per hectare, will be used to compensate organic or conventional farmers who can’t sell produce at its usual price because of contamination from a GM farm nearby. Crops with a GM content above 0.9 per cent cannot be labelled GM free.
“What’s good is that the GM farmers are paying, otherwise they’d…
