Agricultural Regs & Ethics
Viewpoint — Why the non-GMO label is a deceptive farce
Everyone is able to choose what they want to consume, that’s the good thing about the U.S. food system. There ...
Bangladesh still stuck in the past as locally grown Golden Rice hits markets in the Philippines
Golden Rice has finally hit markets across the Philippines as the country embraces the genetically modified crop to boost local ...
Want to sell cell-based meat in Tennessee? You’ll face a million-dollar fine in yet another chapter in the ‘long-running fight over the future of protein’
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared his support for banning a food product that barely exists — cell-cultivated or “lab-grown” meat — ...
Rwandan scientists are deploying genetic modification to rescue its disease-endangered banana crop
Scientists in Rwanda have made a major breakthrough in fight against banana Panama Diseases through agricultural biotechnology by coming up ...
GLP podcast: Bad research sows distrust in science; Pesticides in food aren’t dangerous—unless you eat 340 apples daily
Bad research in peer-reviewed journals is undermining the public's trust in science. What can experts do to stop the flow ...
Viewpoint: Anti-biotech farmers and green politicians decry EU relaxation of genetic engineering rules — ‘Specter of patentable supercrops from corporate giants looms over Europe’
The specter of patentable supercrops is looming over Europe's agricultural landscape, raising concerns about a handful of corporate giants dominating ...
Organ shortage and genetic modification: Tissues from 3D-bioprinting and GM pigs could address organ shortages but over-regulation causes lags
Modern medicine has produced many kinds of high-tech miracles, among them gene therapy to correct malfunctioning genes, electrical stimulation devices to restore ...
Case study: How foreign-activist-imposed ‘organic obsession’ undermined Sri Lanka’s food security in less than one year
The recent scenario of the food security collapse in Sri Lanka provides a poignant reminder of the importance of this ...
Viewpoint: UK’s organic farming lobby needs to drop its ideological rejection of gene editing if it hopes to remain viable
In July last year, the European Commission published its proposals for regulating plants developed using new genomic techniques (NGTs) such ...
Viewpoint: Why is Bayer paying billions of dollars in negligence lawsuits over Roundup weedkiller when consensus science shows no links to cancer and the EPA does not require warning labels?
In total, Bayer has paid more than $10 billion in settlements to those claiming that Roundup causes non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. There’s just one ...
GLP podcast: Technology keeps debunking ‘The Population Bomb;’ Internet access can harm mental health; Is urban farming sustainable? Probably not
Technological innovations continue to debunk predictions that global population growth will lead to mass starvation. Some mental health experts are ...
Viewpoint: African nations leverage gene editing to break Europe’s anti-technology stranglehold on food production across the continent
On the African continent, a dozen genetic-editing projects are being put at the forefront of agriculture. However, for the past 20 ...
Australia is first country to approve genetically engineered banana, modified to resist disease
Queensland researchers have just received news over 20 years in the making – their genetically modified banana species called QCAV-4 has ...
Latin America: A biotech laboratory and world champion in GMOs and gene editing
Since the commercial release of GMOs began in the mid-1990s, Latin America has been a key region in the industry ...
Want to sample lab-grown meat? Too late — experimental tastings at premier restaurants around the world are on pause. Here’s why, and what the future holds
July 2023 was a landmark moment for the cultivated meat industry. For the first time, meat brewed directly from chicken ...
Viewpoint: New low for anti-GMO activists — Nigerian environmental groups claim modifying crops causes sterilization
A few weeks ago, the chairman of the Global Prolife Alliance (GPA), Dr Philip C. Njemanze, sent a petition to ...
Kosher animals? Here’s why not all cellular-based meat will pass muster with Jewish law
From the perspective of Jewish law, lab-grown meat poses several novel questions, most obviously if it’s kosher. The short answer ...
Arizona joins slate of states pushing cell-based meat bans
Arizona, along with Florida and Texas, is the next state to propose stringent laws like censorship and bans for cultivated ...
England’s gene-editing rules could be far more restrictive than scientists hope
In proposals set out in a recent public consultation document, the Food Standards Agency has confirmed its plans for implementing ...
Idaho lawmakers introduce bill to curb pesticide lawsuits, citing exploitation of the legal system by anti-chemical activists
State senators in Idaho have introduced new legislation that aims to limit chemical exposure and injury lawsuits filed against pesticide ...
USAID’s funding freeze on blight-resistant GM potato research in Ethiopia could have grave consequences
Researchers are left in limbo as they await funding for a genetically modified potato project that lost its financing as ...
Crop gene editing greenlighted by European Parliament. Fight over labeling looms as measure moves to the EU Council
For a more sustainable and resilient food system, MEPs support a simpler process for NGT plants equivalent to conventional plants, ...
Religious Muslims cleared to consume lab-grown beef if origins of cells are from ‘humanely-killed’ cows
Lab-grown meat is a rising trend among those looking to reduce their carbon footprint ...
GLP podcast/video: Weed won’t improve your workout; Predatory science journals attack GMOs; Eating insects will be mandatory?
Can marijuana make your workout better? Probably not, according to a recent study. Four science publications produce a large swath ...
Viewpoint: Some Republican-governed states want to ban or limit sales of cell-cultivated meat. Here’s why that’s a bad idea
At the end of January, Florida’s House and the Senate Agriculture Committee approved a bill introduced by Republican Rep. Danny ...
US food is pesticide free: Latest USDA report finds 99+% of 23 conventionally-grown fruits, vegetables and grains test below hazard benchmarks
The USDA has published the 2022 Pesticide Data Program Annual Summary, which shows that over 99% of the samples tested had ...
Viewpoint: While African nations embrace GM and gene-edited crops to address climate change challenges, EU lags further behind, even as food prices soar
While some richer nations dither over how to deal with biotech farming innovations, scientists in lower and middle income countries are ...
