Agricultural Regs & Ethics
Researchers ‘evolve’ new Bt toxin that could fight insect resistance to GMO crops
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops ...
GMOs, seed availability, national security concerns threaten Syngenta-ChemChina deal
In a merger of a Swiss agricultural company and a Chinese state-owned chemical company, the U.S. may be the biggest ...
French regulators split on whether to regulate CRISPR, new breeding techniques as GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The French High Council ...
Rigid organic standards on antibiotic use leads to animal suffering, death
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The triumph of purist ...
Varroa mite parasite, viruses linked more closely to honey bee health, multi-year survey finds
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Honey bee colonies in ...
Dannon yogurt to label GMO ingredients, shift to non-GMO feed at dairies
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The nation’s leading yogurt ...
Crop losses due to disease cost Uganda hundreds of millions, biotech could help
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Due to climate change ...
Turning the potential of ‘big data’ in agriculture into farmer and consumer benefits
The marriage of data and agriculture has failed, so far, to deliver on its promises. It needs to demonstrate an ...
Differences between non-GMO and organic: More profits for farmer, more costs for consumers
Organic food always has cost more than conventional food. Now, a new player, the Non-GMO label, may make prices go ...
Farm subsidies have potential to incentivize conservation practices in ‘Big Ag’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. This month, I set ...
Researchers suggest GMO oilseed crop led to deformed butterflies, critic questions study design
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . .Scientists at ...
Are romantic notions about organic agriculture harming the environment?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It is one of ...
GMO maize expected to be commercialized in Kenya in 2018
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Insect-resistant Genetically Modified (GM) ...
EPA finds neonic seed treatments safe for most crops, but questions remain about cotton, citrus
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Environmental Protection Agency, ...
Did CRISPR gene-edited mushroom really “escape” regulation?
The USDA decided it will not regulate a CRISPR gene edited mushroom. Is this an example of a failure of ...
China’s policy on GMOs may soon get more permissive
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After years of fierce debate ...
Kenya’s Catholic Cardinal promotes organic farming, claims GMOs bad for health, environment
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Cardinal John Njue asked ...
Is the problem really GMOs or overpopulation?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. UCLA's Institute of the Environment ...
U.S. soybean growers frustrated by EU’s delay in approving new GMO soy feed crops
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The American Soybean Association ...
European commission plans to relicense glyphosate for 10 years according to leaked proposal
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The European commission is planning to ...
U.S. approves CRISPR mushroom, corn, but Britain unsure how it will regulate import
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. American regulators have allowed ...
Two moms on how Kevin Folta inspired their pro-biotech science writing and advocacy
Two science advocates explain why Kevin Folta deserved the 2016 CAST Borlaug Agricultural Communications Award he was awarded on April ...
Talking Biotech: Key Gene CEO Arjen van Tunen talks weed crisis; Curt Hannah on corn; Folta on Borlaug award
Key Gene CEO Arjen van Tunen talks weed crisis; Curt Hannah talks corn; Folta on Borlaug award after year of ...
Are politicians setting the wrong priorities debating GMO labeling?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . .[S]ome politicians ...
European organic agriculture leader comes out in favor of CRISPR
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. European activists opposing all ...
Kevin Folta on winning Borlaug Ag Comm Award, year of attacks from anti-GMO activists
After year of attacks from activist, Kevin Folta wins prestigious, international award for science outreach and communication ...
U.S. government convenes panel of biotech researchers ahead of update to regulations
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The U.S. government is ...
