Post by Sustainable Food Trust

⚖️ Yesterday’s High Court judgment on gene-editing regulations is about more than GM alone. It highlights why transparency, accountability and informed choice are so important in our food system. The case, which was led by Beyond GM, found that the Government failed to fully assess the consequences of removing key transparency and traceability measures for gene-edited crops and foods before introducing new regulations. Our CEO Patrick Holden was a co-claimant in the case because of his longstanding concern that decisions affecting the future of food and farming should be subject to proper scrutiny and guided by a holistic understanding of farming systems. 🌱 At the Sustainable Food Trust, we believe that innovation has a crucial role to play in agriculture. But trust in the food system depends on transparency. Farmers, food businesses and consumers should be able to make informed choices about how food is produced, sold and consumed. This judgment is not about simply being for or against a particular technology. It is about ensuring that major changes to our food system are based on robust evidence, that their wider impacts are properly considered, and that the public interest remains at the heart of decision-making. As debates continue about the future of food and farming, we hope this ruling contributes to a more open and constructive conversation about how innovation can support a food system that is healthy, resilient and worthy of public trust. 👏 Congratulations to Beyond GM for their successful campaign. They will be sharing more on what comes next in due course. ➡️ Read Beyond GM’s press release: https://lnkd.in/e-rtAhby ➡️ For more on the historic context of the GM debate in the UK: https://lnkd.in/eTwJJg4E