Agricultural Regs & Ethics
Syngenta-China rift over popular rootworm-resistant GM corn deepens
Syngenta AG, under pressure from U.S. grain exporters to suspend sales of seeds containing a new genetically modified corn trait that ...
Saying “not really” to Chipotle’s “no” to GMOs
From Dr. Robert T. Fraley, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Monsanto: I'm glad that Chipotle's CEO, Steve Ells, has taken ...
Both sides of the GMO food fight are fighting for the same ends
On either side of the GMO fight, you find combatants in fierce agreement about the right of all people to ...
Hawaii farmers challenge potential laws criminalizing ag biotech
We are Hawaii Farmers and Ranchers United, a group formed to protect our freedom to farm. We support House Bill ...
What you need to know about GMOs, GM crops, and the techniques of modern biotechnology
Genetically modified (GM) crops and foods and ingredients made available with the techniques of modern biotechnology have recently been dominating ...
Fruitful lessons about GMOs from papayas to oranges
It was the saddest sight I've ever seen: My father's fields turned into a diseased wasteland of trees. Where papaya ...
EU set to OK new GM corn after Germany drops objection
A new genetically modified crop, US firm Pioneer's TC1507 corn, is set for approval in Europe next week after Germany ...
Battle shapes up over GM sugar beets in Oregon
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - A David-and-Goliath political battle is shaping up over genetically modified crops in Southern Oregon. Some ...
First African study on biodiversity in GM maize finds insects abundant
Previous studies around the world have concluded that the biodiversity of insects in GM crop fields was essentially the same ...
Biotech crops help small Asian farms
A publication highlighting the findings of the research project Adoption and Uptake Pathways of Biotech Crops by Small-scale Resource-poor Asian Farmers: ...
Will GMO fight kill hopes for next generation of Hawaii farmers?
At this moment in time, with all of the vitriol in Hawaii over agriculture, I am not sure if I ...
Environmentalists’ stance on GMOs betrays progressive values
It is obviously inconsistent on the part of environmental groups such as Greenpeace to trumpet the importance of the worldwide ...
Misplaced fears of identical diseases links anti-GMOers to anti-technology fringe groups
GMOs, vaccines, chemtrails, fluoride, all have remarkably similar suites of disease "side effects" according to anti-technology critics. The same scare ...
Why we need GM wheat
Three crops — corn, soybeans and wheat — account for a vast majority of the value of America’s agricultural crop ...
Scott’s GM lawn grass undergoing home tests
After nearly two decades of research and some controversy, Scotts Miracle-Gro in Marysville is preparing to test a genetically modified ...
Fish farmers in Washington state split over introduction of transgenic salmon
Fish farms in Washington are still not happy with an updated bill that intends to label transgenic fish. Transgenic is ...
Can genetically modified crops end hunger in Africa?
The African Union declared 2014 the Year of Food Security. The plan is to eradicate hunger on the continent by ...
Fears about technology and food are misplaced
If fire was the first technology, then farming was the first applied science. For thousands of years, farmers and inventors ...
Hawaii’s Grassroot Institute takes stand against anti-GMO activism
The Grassroots Institute of Hawaii has submitted testimony to the Maui Council on GMOs in response to the Kauai anti-GMO ...
Using genetic techniques to target just one species of insect
Scientists and biotechnology companies are developing what could become the next powerful weapon in the war on pests — one ...
Surprise: Ancient europeans had dark skin and blue eyes
Ancient Europeans may have been dark-skinned and blue-eyed (a combination rarely found in modern times) according to DNA from a ...
Pakistan draws biotech policy map
The Ministry of National Food Security in Islamabad has started process to formulate a ‘national biotechnology policy’, and was working ...
Jackson County, Oregon GMO battle heats up
Some organic farmers have come together to oppose what they see as a growing threat from genetically modified crops contaminating ...
Deconstructing the debate over GM Arctic Apples
The Arctic Apple is not yet on the market. It's currently under approval in Canada and the US. If approved, ...
Nigeria: Drought-tolerant seedlings boost maize production
the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, has developed some drought-tolerant maize varieties that are capable of maturing early ...
China continues to block GM corn from U.S.
China is set to keep rejecting U.S. corn shipments containing an unapproved genetically modified strain at least until the end ...
Why does the debate on GMOs matter?
Nathanael Johnson's six-month "Panic-Free GMOs" series at Grist recently ended with a whimper -- claiming "none of it matters" -- ...
