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A new U.K. bill is a chance at food security—if Britain can get past unfounded fears.

Supermarkets and supply chain unfairness were top of the agenda at the third Farmers Weekly Question time event at the John Innes Centre in Norwich.

Last month, the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill completed its passage through both Houses of Parliament and received Royal Assent to become an Act of Parliament.This is a hugely significant piece of legislation for society.  By taking technologies which are more precise than traditional plant breeding out of the scope of restrictive GMO regulations, the new Act opens up the potential for plant scientists, breeders and farmers to keep pace with demands for increased agricultural productivity and resource-use efficiency, reduced chemical use, and resilience to climate change.  As ...

It is not essential to create a brand new set of regulations for gene editing and food safety, according to the FAO. The Food and Agriculture Organization

The bill allows techniques such as genome editing, for example, which can shorten the eight to 20-year conventional development of an improved crop to less than four years.