Agricultural Regs & Ethics
India to adopt new insect resistance management strategy for transgenic Bt cotton
Nagpur-based Central Institute for Cotton Research will soon write to the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) to allow sale of ...
New CEO of Monsanto India says Bt cotton research to continue
Monsanto, the $15 billion agrochemical multinational, continues to conduct field trials of genetically modified cotton seeds in India, despite a ...
GLP’s Jon Entine cautions National Academy of Sciences about views of anti-science NGOs
The GLP's executive director speaks at the National Academy of Sciences, which embarks on a comprehensive study of the “purported” ...
At National Academy of Sciences, GMO critics say technology is “failing”
A full slate of anti-GMO luminaries, including Gilles-Erich Seralini and representatives from the Center for Food Safety, Union of Concerned ...
Norman Borlaug inspires biotech-based second ‘Green Revolution’
If Norman Ernest Borlaug were a Roman Catholic, he could be declared a saint immediately. The Church begins the canonisation ...
Genetic modification, gene therapy, insect resistance management: Evolutionary tools for sustainability
Solving societal challenges in food security, emerging diseases and biodiversity loss will require evolutionary thinking in order to be effective ...
Cargill sues Syngenta over financial losses due to rejected GMO corn
Cargill Inc. sued Syngenta Seeds Inc. on Friday in an unusual legal battle over genetically modified food that both companies ...
Organic farmer viewpoint: Has the “Food Movement” become a religious cult?
Anti-GMO? Think organic foods are overhyped? Food politics is on the verge of becoming religion. If we haven't already, we're ...
National Academy of Sciences convenes panel to re-evaluate GMOs
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is embarking on a comprehensive study of genetically engineered (GE) crops. It will examine the historic development of ...
Do anti-GMO activists inhabit an information bubble? Ask Paul Krugman
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman describes how critics of Obamacare stay misinformed, not only because they have incorrect information ...
Missouri’s right-to-farm amendment could protect farmers from new GMO regulations
Missouri voters and interest groups are locked in a battle over the right to farm, as some farmers say they ...
Maui locals sue in attempt to stop anti-GMO voter initiative
A group of Maui County residents and organizations are suing in an attempt to stop a county voter initiative to ...
Vietnam green-lights first GM corn crop cultivation but ‘disturbing questions’ remain
Vietnam has green-lighted the cultivation of its first genetically modified (GM) corn crop after leaving a number of disturbing questions ...
Media attacks on GMO critics ‘simplistic, misleading representation’
Hot on the heels of a much publicised article in the New Yorker that set out to attack Vandana Shiva ...
New Cornell project to strengthen voice for science and depolarize debate around GMOs
A new international effort led by Cornell will seek to add a stronger voice for science and depolarize the charged ...
29-year study of trillions of meals shows GE crops do not harm food-producing animals, humans
According to GMO critics, livestock around the world are developing cancer and dropping like flies after eating genetically engineered feed ...
Hornless cattle make case for gene editing and less restrictive regulation of GM animals
Will new gene editing techniques that don't involve the insertion of "foreign" genes soften the opposition to genetic modification? Researchers ...
Ag department accused of ‘industry-friendly approach’ in regulating outdoor GMO tests
At a secret location among the vineyards of California's Central Coast, a plot of genetically engineered corn is producing proteins ...
GMO fears are ‘mirror image’ of climate change denial
Back in July, the bipartisan Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture subcommittee held hearings on the subject of whether food ...
Overturning of Kauai’s anti-GMO bill good for Hawaii’s farmers and agriculture
The recent ruling on Kauai County’s Ordinance 960, formerly Bill 2491, has profound positive implications for the Garden Island and ...
Do GMO farms ‘contaminate’ neighboring crops? A farmer’s view of co-existence
Skeptics of GMOs often voice concern over cross-pollination--what activists say is the potential for the 'contamination' of neighboring fields by ...
Audio: Lobbying on GMO labeling now ‘booming business’
Interview with Carey Gillam, a food and agriculture reporter for Reuters. Across the globe, 64 countries have enacted mandatory labeling laws for GMO ...
Ag Department records raise concerns of illegal experimentation with GM crops
An inspection of an orchard of experimental, genetically modified apples in central Washington last year turned up a troubling finding ...
GMOs for Dummies!
Marc Brazeau who blogs at Food and Farm Discussion Lab has posted an extremely useful guide covering many key GMO ...
Agriculture official speaks out against GM ban in Vietnam
Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Dang Huy Dong last week said the ministry had worked with the Ministry of ...
Climate Corp co-founder is Monsanto’s new unlikely champion
When Monsanto Co. purchased Climate Corp. for $930 million last year, it got a San Francisco-based startup that crunches weather data to improve ...
Opponents of GMO labeling in Vermont use Hawaii court ruling to try to block Center for Food Safety intervention
Opponents of Vermont’s new GMO labeling law are citing a recent federal court ruling in Hawaii to try to block ...
