Millennials relaxed over GM crops on their plate

The advent of genetically modified crops caused a scandal in the Nineties but the younger generation is largely relaxed about eating GM foods, new research has shown.

Two thirds of 1,600 18- to 30-yearolds believe technology is a good thing for farming and support futuristic farming techniques, according to a survey carried out for the Agricultural Biotechnology Council.

Only 20 per cent of millennials expressed concerns about the benefits of gene editing, while around two thirds support the use of drones to count sheep and to assess, monitor and spray crops.