Further supplementary letter to the Clerk
of the Committee from Ben Ayliffe, GM Campaigner, Greenpeace
I write further to Greenpeace's evidence session
to this inquiry on 5 November 2003.
We agreed to send the Committee details of the
National Consumer Council's research paper into low-income consumer's
views on food. Enclosed is their final report, Feeding Food into
Policy, which was submitted to the Policy Commission on the Future
of Farming and Food in November 2001.[16]
The report was based on the findings of two
"Weekend away for a Bigger Voice" workshops that took
place in the north-east and south-west of England in autumn 2001.
The workshops were funded by the Food Standards Agency and the
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The report
concluded that participants cared deeply about the food they ate
and how it was produced. Their concerns ranged beyond ensuring
affordable food was available, and included specific concerns
about GM foods, which were largely thought to be unnecessary and
potentially harmful.
November 2003
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