maizea tall plant that produces yellow seeds (sweetcorn) which can be eatenThe Zimbabweans were proposing to grow maize, tobacco, fruit and vegetables, to develop forestry activities, and to breed cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and even ostriches. People begin to plant maize in preference to their traditional drought resistant crops, the harvest then begins to fail more often and people become even more dependent on aid. Maize eaten as sweetcorn has not been genetically modified. We have little confidence in a body which seems to favour the interests of the biotech industry over the safety of the environment.” Tomorrow organic farmer Guy Watson, with backing from Friends of the Earth and the Soil Association, is seeking a Judicial Review into the planting of an experimental genetically engineered maize crop in a field next to his organic farm. He also asserts that research focusing on “second generation” transgenic crops – those more to do with increased nutritional and/or industrial traits – has led to such beneficial products as iron- and vitamin-enriched rice, potatoes with higher starch content, edible vaccines in maize and potatoes and maize varieties able to grow in poor conditions. Polenta is made by stirring the maize flour into boiling water, traditionally in a heavy copper saucepan.