Organic Farmer Charged for Disturbing Genetically-Modified Crop Trial
<div class='node-body'><p>A fifty year old organic farmer from the town of Instow in England was arrested on Sunday and charged with 'criminal destruction' for entering the Rothamsted Research facility and doing damage to experimental genetically-modified wheat crops being grown there.</p>
<p>Hector Christie, the man arrested, appears to have acted alone when he entered the site, cut the top of some wheat stalks, and spread traditional seeds among the rows.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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