Police arrested nine people yesterday [Sunday] after they destroyed a field of crops near the Dorset town of Blandford.

Discover B2B Marketing That Performs

Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms.

Find out more


A police spokesman explained that the people had mistaken the field for one containing genetically modified (GM) crops: “I can only assume they got the wrong field.”


The anti-GM demonstration involved a total of 40 people from throughout the south of England.