[squidly]

full details of every GM crop trial must be disclosed in advance on a government website, with a six-figure grid reference identifying the precise location of the field.

What's the rationale for that? Does the government want people to be aware of the location in case the Swamp Thing comes charging out of the GM field?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

No, they want the Luddites to be able to distroy the fields. It is the same logic that they use to tell people that they can’t plant rose bushes around their property for protection against burglars. Heaven forfend that a criminal should be inconvenienced.