Agricultural Regs & Ethics
Don Huber, controversial activist scientist promoting mysterious GMO superbug scare, has no data
University of Florida plant geneticist Kevin Folta challenges, in a public forum, the claims by anti-GMO scientist Don Huber that ...
Anti-GMO activism forces countries to use unregulated chemical and radiation techniques to breed new varieties
(Summary) When countries reject genetically modified organisms because of unsubstantiated claims of health risks, agricultural companies in those countries are ...
Friends of Earth, Arctic Apples spar over whether McDonald’s might sell GM apples
Friends of the Earth claimed that food companies 'rejected' GM apples, but what's the real story? ...
Some anti-GMO concerns not unique to GMOs, but to unsustainable farming in general
(Summary) Kevin Bonham of Scientific American responded to several anti-GMO, pro-labeling arguments in his latest blog post. He addressed concerns over ...
Statistical inference and ambiguity aversion: Making sense of the GMO debates
(Summary) Marc Bellemare, assistant professor in the Department of Agriculture at the University of Minnesota, said in his latest blog ...
‘Good for nature, good for you’? Not so fast: Breaking down the myths of organic farming
(Summary) "Organic fruits and vegetables were, on average, no more nutritious than their cheaper conventional counterparts," Henry Miller said on ...
Kenyan scientists want ban lifted on GMO imports
A group of scientists want the speedy lifting of a ban on importation of Genetically Modified (GM) foods. Outlawing GM ...
Center for Food Safety urges FDA to exclude GMOs from definition of ‘natural’
Anti-GMO activists are using any means they can to influence labeling laws, including slamming food manufacturers with class action lawsuits ...
GMO label activists misjudge rural and farm sentiment
(Summary) "When the losers are crying about the election outcome afterwards and begin saying the election was bought or Democracy ...
Farmers hope GM wheat could be next big bio crop
Using the tools of biotechnology, GM wheat would increase yields, lower food pieces and increase food security, which could make ...
Non-browing GM apples up for approval, new anti-GMO target
(Summary) Okanagan Specialty Fruits, creator of the genetically modified Arctic Apples, announced that the US Department of Agriculture has released ...
GLP’s Jon Entine on what the future holds for labeling of GMOs
Jon Entine speaks to Ray Bowman from Food and Farm Today about GMO labeling initiatives around the country ...
Divided New Hampshire House panel recommends rejecting GMO labeling bill
On a 12-8 vote, the New Hampshire House Environment and Agriculture Committee recommended the full House kill a bill that ...
The great GMO labeling con
Marc Bellemare, assistant professor in the Department of Agriculture at the University of Minnesota, writes that the "right to know" ...
Kauai County councilmembers bicker over GMO and pesticide fact-finding group, await state input
A Kauai City Council subcommittee has been tasked with building a group to assess pesticide and GMO use on the ...
Plant scientist analyzes Hawaii County’s anti-GMO Bill 113
If passed, Hawaii County's Bill 113 would ban all new open-field cultivation of GM crops and may cause problems for ...
Activists should target “Big Ag,” not GMOs
In response to Washington State's rejection of I-522 to label genetically engineered foods, Guardian's environmental writer Richard Schiffman believes that the energy ...
China’s GMO debate stuck in ‘stalemate’ between scientists and anti-GMO activists
The debate in China over expanding the use of genetically modified crops has reached a stalemate. Analysts say that despite ...
Your allergies may save your life
According to new research, allergies may have evolved in order to save lives by forcing sufferers to reject and expel ...
Sale of progressive climate change data darling to ‘Monsatan’ stirs enviro fears
The Climate Corporation, a small, farmer-centered company has been acquired by seed and agriculture giant Monsanto. David Friedberg, CEO of ...
Foodie critic atttacks Scientific American’s anti-labeling editorial
In a Civil Eats post responding to Scientific American's anti-labeling editorial, Ralph Loglisci, former Project Director for the Johns Hopkins Healthy ...
‘Battle Royale’ over Hawaii County’s anti-GMO Bill 113 throws dark cloud over farmers
Scientists are worried that their research will be negatively impacted if the Hawaii County Council approves Bill 113, which would ...
Genetically modified ‘golden rice’ coming to Philippines by 2016
The first genetically-modified rice to be commercially available could be approved for production in the Philippines in two to three ...
UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization study investigates impacts of biotech in Africa
Scientists and agriculture researchers from around the world examined 19 smallholder farms in Africa and how they utilize biotechnology ...
Vatican strongly endorses GMOs as tool to help world’s poor
The Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Sciences had convened a select group of 40 scientific experts from around the world to ...
EU farming groups express concerns about overly restrictive GMO regulations
The restrictions on growing GM crops in the European Union are greater than anywhere else in the world. Efforts to ...
Kaua’i anti-GMO ‘Witch Trials’ continue, as Mayor faces death threats for bill veto
After years of debate and controversy, the Kauai Council passed the anti-GMO, anti-pesticide Bill 2491 last month. But last week, ...
