Agricultural Regs & Ethics
Why I support the Maui GMO farming moratorium initiative
Our family moved from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Maui on April 8 of this year (2014). A few months after settling ...
Food 2.0: Will farmers be able to meet the ecological challenges ahead?
Financial columnist Paul Farrell recently explored the investment challenges and opportunities for food tech companies. We deconstruct some of his ...
Synthetic biology may place huge burden on small farmers, environment
The global value of the synthetic biology market reached 1.6 billion dollars in 2011and it will further grow to 10.8 ...
Enviros file suit to block new Dow AgroSciences GMO herbicide and seeds
The Natural Resources Defense Council asked a federal court to block Dow AgroSciences' new Enlist Duo product from entering the ...
Future of biotech crops in Europe in jeopardy as activists unravel compromise
This week, unnoticed by almost everyone, MEPs (Members of the European Parliment) are considering proposals by the European commission and member ...
Bt brinjal poised to help farmers in Bengladesh, fears of critics fail to materialize
Any day now, a hundred Bangladeshi smallholder farmers will be planting their annual aubergine crop. But this year this select ...
In Kenya, GMO ban casts shadow over biotech research and education
University lecturers have said the ban on genetically modified materials has caused many students to opt out of biotechnology courses ...
Hawaii GMO court case could provide guidance on legal challenge of Oregon county ban
Upcoming oral arguments in a lawsuit over a Hawaiian county’s prohibition against genetically modified organisms will likely focus on whether ...
Center for Food Safety attacks GMO drought tolerant crops, distorts big picture
Conventional breeding is currently outpacing biotech in tackling some complex traits like drought tolerance and nitrogen efficiency. Is it a ...
Enlist Duo: Everything you need to know about new dual herbicide resistant crops
With the EPA poised to clear Enlist, the dual herbicide mixture, next week, the GLP reviews the issues around this ...
Bangladeshi ag minister slams enviros for accepting bribes to oppose GMO Bt brinjal
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury has come down heavily on the protesters for their stance against the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) ...
Legal GMO plantings in China expected soon
Biotech corn seed is illegal to plant in China. But it's likely already in use. Chinese media have run reports ...
Cornell plant geneticist: GMOs not a black and white issue
“The picture is complex, and if you only point to a part of it, you can probably find a part ...
Time lapse video: GMO Arctic Apple, awaiting US approval, does not brown over 24 hours
Two sliced apples sit on either side of a clock as a time-lapse video compresses 24 hours into 30 seconds ...
Environmental Working Group: Biotech doesn’t deserve credit for reducing soil erosion
Genetically modified crops are unfairly getting credit for reducing soil erosion on U.S. farmland, an environmental group said. In a ...
Ag companies accused of using ‘dangerous pesticides’ at Kaua’i test farms
The bodies and minds of children living on the Hawaiian island of Kaua‘i are being threatened by exposure to chlorpyrifos, ...
Scientist map genomes of 360 tomato varieties, pointing to untapped potential for breeders
The typical red, modern tomato is about one hundred times bigger than its pea-sized wild ancestor, which originally came from ...
In rejecting GMO shipments, is China more protective of health of its citizens than US?
Despite the exultation by some over seemingly anti-GMO policies coming from China, actions of Beijing are better understood as hardball ...
GMOs safe, increase yields but fears of ‘industrial ag’ energizes critics
To UC Berkeley’s David Zilberman, the solution [to a growing, hungry global population] is straightforward: genetically modified crops. The professor of ...
Is organic agriculture leading to an increase in antibiotic resistance?
Conventional agriculture is under attack by organic and anti-GMO activists for contributing to antibiotic resistance as the result of animals ...
Using the term ‘superweed’ in GMO debate is misleading
Superweeds have been in been in the news a lot over the last few months. Most of the recent coverage ...
Critics of Bill Gates’ ‘industrial ag’ efforts in Africa take their case to Seattle
In Kenya, where he works with small farmers, Daniel Maingi “failed miserably” in his attempts to connect with agricultural organizations ...
Video: World Food Prize kicks off–Norman Borlaug’s legacy and challenges of global hunger
The World Food Prize annual gathering is being held this week in Iowa. Julie Borlaug, the granddaughter of Norman Borlaug, father ...
Robyn O’Brien defends anti-GMO crusader Don Huber: Whistleblower or crank?
Following news that Dr. Huber was in a car accident, food activist Robyn O'Brien paints a picture of a scientist ...
There’s more to feeding the world than high yielding commodity crops
Since the food price spikes of 2007-8, global hands have been wringing over the question, how will we feed the ...
Love organic Ruby Red grapefruit? Created by ‘atomic breeding’, anti-GMOers oppose labeling
Groups like March Against Monsanto continually share information that is not based on actual evidence, and it’s despicable how low ...
Foreign grain sales hold steady in wake of Montana GMO wheat discovery
More than a week after reports that genetically modified wheat unexpectedly turned up at a university research lab in Huntley, ...
