Holding his ground

It’s National Organic Week and pioneer Josef Finke says we must be aware of the dangers from GM crops, writes Rose Martin

THERE’S a popular misconception about the organic farming fraternity — one that encapsules all organic enterprises as pie-in-the-sky, brown rice-and-sandals dreamers — well intentioned folk, but without a scrap of sense. Really, not at the races at all when it comes to ‘real’ farming.

Not so. In fact that image could be seen as a sort of black ops campaign by vested interests, particularly now as the organic sector enters into a titanic battle with the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) lobby.