Well-known environmental campaigner Mark Lynas has used the Oxford Farming Conference as a platform to declare that farmers should be free to choose genetically modified (GM) technology if they want to.
He also demanded anti-GM protesters stop hijacking future food production.
Mr Lynas controversially changed from being a sceptic of GM to a supporter after studying the science involved.
He told the conference yesterday that "the GM debate is finished", adding: "We don't need to continue to discuss it. You are more likely to get hit by an asteroid than to get hurt by GM food."
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