Agricultural Regs & Ethics
Viewpoint: IARC’s aspartame report echoes globally-rejected glyphosate cancer determination
Food additives like artificial sweeteners are relentlessly tested by health authorities, researchers, independent labs and activist scientists (while we rarely ...
East African Community member states urged to harmonize policies on waste management
East African Community member states should harmonize their policies on waste management because there is more value in tackling the ...
‘It’s outdated and overly cautious’: New Zealand’s National Party calls for overturning ban on gene-edited and GMO crops
The New Zealand National Party is campaigning to reverse the “ban” on gene editing and genetic modification ...
Lab-grown chicken: Upside Foods becomes second US company to secure USDA approval for cell-cultivated poultry
California's Upside Foods said on [June 14] it received regulatory approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the label ...
Viewpoint: ‘Add the EPA to the list of Luddites’ — Here’s why the new rule treating gene-edited crops as GMOs is a setback
Energy, transportation and construction are using advanced materials and technology to decrease their climate impact while enabling the modern comforts ...
Leaked European Commission document recommends softening EU regulations of gene edited crops and other products of New Genomic Techniques: “The current EU GMO regulation is not fit for purpose”
The Genetic Literacy Project did not break the confidentiality restriction set by the European Commission (EC). A draft of proposed ...
Following Europe’s lead, New York State is poised to ban most uses of neonicotinoid pesticides. Here’s why that will hurt consumers, farmers — and the environment
The state of New York is on the brink of a banning a pesticide that is critical for many farmers ...
Viewpoint: Protectionist food trade policies — ‘EU’s obsessively unilateral embrace of organic farming is intransigent, impractical, and inconsiderate of other nations’
As the World Trade Organization is meeting in Geneva... Biden administration officials have taken aim at Europe’s protectionist trade policies ...
Viewpoint: Genetically-modified mustard is key for India to reduce expensive imports of oilseed, a ‘prime guzzler of foreign currency’
India’s dependence on edible oil imports to meet its growing domestic demand has been cause of concern over the years ...
GLP podcast and video: Pesticide ban crushes French sugar production; Activist group ‘greenwashing’; How farming affects presidential elections
A pesticide ban in France has sent the country's sugar beet production to a 14-year low, a troubling result that ...
Disinformation works: Anti-biotechnology activists in Kenya succeed in undermining food security
In October last year, the East African nation lifted a decade-long ban on the cultivation and importation of GM crops, ...
Will AI-optimized solar farms finally open door to more ‘clean’ energy — or are companies just angling for the next government green subsidy?
With the rise of ChatGPT and other artificial-intelligence chatbots, AI is everywhere, from your doctors office to your brokerage account. It’s also poised ...
‘More risky to maintain a strict regulation than to soften it’: Genetic commission in Norway challenges EU, urges gene editing regulations similar to conventional foods
A report from the public committee advising the Norwegian Government on the future regulation of genetic technologies in food was ...
How the America Grows Act will improve agricultural innovation and spur research on climate change crop innovation
Agricultural research is key to ensuring food security, economic stability, and sustainable development. It is the driving force behind advances ...
Viewpoint: CRISPR crop regulations should be based on the final product, not on the nearly undetectable process of producing new plants
The adoption of new technologies by plant breeders and developers depends on clear, predictable, risk-proportionate regulation and the breadth of ...
Countries around the world diverge on how to regulate gene editing crop revolution
Existing biotech regulations for GMOs have established a very complicated and burdensome regulatory environment in addition to trade barriers without ...
Viewpoint: How the EPA deprives farmers of safe and effective pesticides by capitulating to environmental activist agendas
During his long-overdue testimony before the House Committee on Agriculture in April, EPA Administrator Michael Regan complained about anti-pesticide groups tying up ...
As Kenyan High Court mulls future of GM imports, neighboring Ethiopia moves closer to approving genetically engineered maize, wheat, potato and enset
The Kenyan government's move to import Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) for human consumption has faced a setback as the appellate ...
‘Bureaucratic layers of red tape’: EPA’s new safety testing requirement contradicts USDA ruling that CRISPR crops are identical to those in nature
When the CRISPR gene editor landed in U.S. plant science labs a decade ago, allowing researchers to tweak a crop’s ...
Kenyan High Court rejects appeal to suspend genetically modified crop import ban
The government recently suffered a setback when the Court of Appeal declined to overturn orders of the High Court suspending ...
‘Italy cannot afford to fall behind’: Greenlighting of CRISPR-edited plant field trials opens door to host of improved crops
The Senate Agriculture Commission approved the amendment that will allow field trials in Italy of Assisted Evolution Technologies (TEA) for ...
U.S. issues formal complaint over Mexico’s GM corn and herbicide ban as Mexico concludes ‘science’ reviews alleging human health and safety risks
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai [June 2] announced that the United States has requested dispute settlement consultations with Mexico ...
Viewpoint: How Canadian activists are exploiting tort law to try to ban one of the safest herbicides available to farmers
The green campaign to ban glyphosate is a global co-ordinated effort, but in Canada the war on the pesticide is led ...
France sugar beet production hits 14-year low, analysts blame neonicotinoid pesticide ban
Sugar beet production in the EU is closely watched as sugar prices in the bloc are already trading near record ...
Kenya upholds ban on GMO crop importation
The Attorney General (AG9) has lost a bid to have orders stopping the importation of genetically modified foods (GMO) suspended ...
St. Louis jury hands Bayer seventh straight win in defense of Roundup, concluding weedkiller not responsible for gardener’s lymphoma
A spokesperson for Bayer said that a St. Louis County jury's ruling on May 23 in its favor was consistent ...
Viewpoint: Cure is worse than the alleged disease? Why New York’s proposed ban on neonicotinoid-coated seeds will lead to increased use of harmful pesticides
Farmers feed us and our families. They sustain us, and, as a crop consultant, I have the privilege of assisting ...
