Agricultural Regs & Ethics
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 ...
Viewpoint: The politics of farming affects every American. Here’s why agriculture will be the next presidential election’s big issue
Whether it’s Mexico’s threat of banning the import of American corn, or the five-year revamp of the American Farm Bill, ...
Belgium joins France in advocating pause in aggressive restrictions on use of agricultural chemicals
“What must be avoided now is overloading the boat.” Following French President Emmanuel Macron, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo on Tuesday ...
Cell-based meat: Why the FDA’s cultivated chicken safety clearance is only the first step in popularizing what many consumers still consider ‘just a lab experiment’
Last fall, cultivated-meat company Upside Foods became the first in the U.S. to be viewed as safe for human consumption ...
GLP podcast and video: Glyphosate in Goldfish crackers? COVID vaccines are not in our food; Does marijuana cause schizophrenia?
A viral Facebook post recently alleged that Goldfish crackers contain dangerous amounts of the weedkiller glyphosate. Is there any science ...
Ideology-based decision-making and regulatory processes restrict sustainable agricultural innovation in Mexico
The escalating disagreement between Mexico and its two northern partners, the United States and Canada, over the country’s corn ban ...
USDA promotes new rules to improve seed industry competition and enhance resiliency of America’s food supply chains
On March 6, 2023, the United States Department of Agriculture ("USDA") released a new report: "More and Better Choices for ...
What do ‘sustainable’ and ‘humane’ food labels mean?
Americans tend to think that the farmed animals we eat were treated better than they actually were. In one 2017 survey, ...
Mexican argument that corn ban does no harm meets US opposition
The Mexican government continues to minimize U.S. concerns over President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's restriction on genetically modified white corn, ...
5 influential activist NGOs spreading crop biotechnology misinformation in Latin America
The United States and Europe are home to some of the most influential anti-biotechnology advocacy groups in the world. They ...
Viewpoint: Despite anti-science activism and powerful organic farm lobby in Canada, safer and more sustainable gene-edited crops are on the way
New federal guidelines that further clarify how gene-edited crops will be regulated in Canada were applauded by the agricultural industry ...
Mexico’s GM corn and glyphosate ban is not just a rejection of science — it’s about a trade pact the country perceives as unfair
In late 2020, Mexico announced its intention to ban genetically modified corn, prompting the United States to threaten a challenge ...
Gene-edited banana that limits Panama disease and protects against browning in development in Panama
Panama disease, also called Panama disease Tropical Race 4 (TR4), is a serious banana disease and is one of the ...
GLP podcast & video: Harmful chemicals in fish? How your genes affect the drugs you take; 3 pesticide myths debunked
Are you getting a potentially toxic dose of chemicals every time you eat fish? A new study has raised this ...
Cracks appear in Europe’s opposition to CRISPR gene editing and other New Breeding Technologies
Despite what the anti-genetic engineering forces want you to believe, there is growing political, scientific and agricultural support across Europe for ...
When might CRISPR gene-edited seeds become the norm in farming?
High adoption of gene-edited crop seeds is expected in the next five to ten years, a new report by Rabobank ...
