crops
Did you hear the story about the GMO that nearly destroyed the world?
An old myth has resurfaced that a GMO almost destroyed all life on Earth — but what's the real story? ...
Are pesticide residues on food something to worry about?
Just like anything that goes into your body, it’s the dose (the amount) that matters ...
Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Has pesticide use decreased since the introduction of GMO crops?
What is the truth about crop pesticides and their residues in food in 2018? ...
Disaster interrupted: Which farming system better preserves insect populations: Organic or conventional?
A three-year run of fragmentary Armageddon-like studies had primed the journalism pumps and settled the media framing about the future ...
How effective and safe are current-generation pesticides?
it is important to balance risks with the benefits that pesticides provide ...
Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — How do organic pesticides compare to synthetic pesticides?
Many consumers choose to buy higher-priced organic produce because they believe organic foods are not grown using pesticides and therefore ...
Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 5: Soil health ― When synthetic pesticides are more sustainable than ‘natural’ organics
Most consumers believe organic farming avoids pesticides and prioritizes the health of the environment more than conventional farming. However, this ...
Agriculture and climate change: Taking the best of all farming systems could tip the carbon scale in the right direction
Agriculture contributes a significant portion of the world's climate-changing greenhouse gases. In turn, changes in climate will reduce agricultural yields ...
Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 3: How dangerous is glyphosate?
Although pesticide toxicity and biodegradability has decreased overall during the last few decades, many consumers are still worried about pesticides ...
High-yielding plants that survive temperature swings may be our next weapon against climate change
Sally Mackenzie spent her childhood summers walking through the vast fields of bright, red, ripe tomato crops: They grow best ...
Bees ‘scent trained’ to effectively pollinate sunflowers boost seed production up to 57%
Scientists in Argentina have trained honeybees to more effectively pollinate sunflowers — a method they believe can also be applied ...
Viewpoint: How biotech crops, lab-grown meat and other food innovations could jump start post-COVID economic recovery
COVID-19 threatens to slow or halt agricultural innovation in the US by exacerbating the decline in public R&D and threatening ...
Viewpoint: Irrational pesticide fears discourage produce consumption and increase cancer risk
Fostering fear doesn't help us eat healthier ...
Viewpoint: Why GMOs? Biotechnology yields a drought-tolerant rice that conventional breeding couldn’t produce
“Photosynthesis: a feat of chemical engineering underpinning creation’s entire cathedral.” ― Richard Powers, The Overstory ...
CRISPR could stop destructive whiteflies from infecting food crops with viral pathogens
Whiteflies are among the most important agricultural pests in the world, yet they have been difficult to genetically manipulate and ...
Next-generation gene-editing technology: Path to a second Green Revolution?
Might gene-editing facilitate the task of generating and identifying yield-enhancing genetic variation? ...
Low-hanging fruit: How the first generation of GMO crops yielded massive economic and environmental benefits
There are still no widely available GM varieties of either wheat or rice, the second and third most widely grown ...
Plant breeders rapidly adopting gene editing to commercialize more high-yielding crops
It would be inaccurate to say that plant breeders in Canada are ‘a dime a dozen’. A rough estimate places ...
Anti-GMO forces target New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) despite similarities to conventional crops
The same meritless arguments leveled against GMOs resurface for New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) ...
Genetic engineering, CRISPR and food: What the ‘revolution’ will bring in the near future
Genetic engineering and gene editing have the potential to radically transform our lives if they can overcome the objections of ...
Using synthetic biology to solve some of ‘the hardest problems in the world’, with new foods, medicines
Many of the products we use every day—plastics, cosmetics, clothing, fertilizers, and even aspirin—include molecular ingredients derived from petrochemicals. But, ...
New insight into how plants breathe could lead to more water-efficient crops
Scientists have discovered how plants create networks of air channels -- the lungs of the leaf -- to transport carbon ...
Nigeria’s greenlighting of Bt insect resistant cotton and cowpeas may spur Africa’s acceptance of GMOs
Barring a change of course, Nigeria is on pace to become one of the largest GM producing and consuming countries ...
More than one-third of Americans do not know that foods with zero genetically modified ingredients contain genes—and why that matters
More than a third of Americans think that only GMO foods contain genes. Even worse--people aren't looking to scientists to ...
IBM, Yara International announce digital platform to optimize crop production for individual farms
Yara International, a leader in crop nutrition, and IBM announced [April 26] an agreement to build the world’s leading digital ...
Infographic: Global regulatory and health research agencies on whether glyphosate causes cancer
A jury decision, while significant, is not a substitute for scientific research ...
Infographic: Are genetically engineered crops less safe than classically-bred food?
Crops and foods today are not what they used to look like. Farmers and plant breeders have been modifying plant ...
