CSIRO 'dumps' anti-GM expert

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i wonder if it would be possible to declare monsanto and syngenta and bayer and the rest of the GMO scammers as terrorist organizations? they're certainly guilty of more damage than ELF and and few perhaps overly exuberant earth firsters and i'd be willing to bet their death toll is higher than more than a lot of groups that are on the list.
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CSIRO 'dumps' anti-GM expert

William Birnbauer
May 27, 2007

ONE of Australia's leading specialists on biological farming says he was dumped by the CSIRO because of his criticism of genetically modified crops.

Dr Maarten Stapper, a principal research scientist, worked for CSIRO for 23 years and is an expert on soil health which, he says, is the key to better crops.

He told The Sunday Age that senior CSIRO management bullied and harassed him and tried to gag his criticisms of GM crops. He left in March after his position with CSIRO's plant industry division was made redundant.

"I could have continued working for the CSIRO but I would have to give up all my beliefs about good agriculture and keep my mouth shut about GM," he said. "I didn't want that because I have a connection with the farming community and they trust me."

Dr Stapper said experience as a farming systems agronomist had taught him that most problems started with the soil, and that was where the solutions were. "GM solutions won't solve our problems," he said.
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