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We in the UK also need new varieties which can be grown by farmers without the chemicals that might damage our biodiversity. We need new varieties for improved nutrition, or varieties that have a longer shelf life in our supermarkets and thus reduce the need for plastic. We could breed wheat with minimal gluten content to help coeliacs, or tomatoes for towns—small plants that are covered with fruit that can grow on walls or in window boxes. All of the projects I mentioned are at various stages of development across the world and, in my view, they are safer than the random mutations used in traditional breeding.