Paterson Expresses Pride in Biotech Advocacy
July 30, 2014| |
Former Defra Secretary, Owen Paterson, expressed his pride in promoting GM technology in his article published at The Telegraph. He mentioned his experiences in facing anti-biotech groups and said that he just kept in his mind that those were not the people he was elected to serve. He focused his tasks on improving the environment and the rural economy at the same time, but still not everyone was pleased. "Yes, I've annoyed these people, but they don't represent the real countryside of farmers and workers, of birds and butterflies," he stressed.
Read more at http://www.europabio.org/news/owen-paterson-i-m-proud-standing-green-lobby and http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10978678/Owen-Paterson-Im-proud-of-standing-up-to-the-green-lobby.html.
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