Agricultural Regs & Ethics Archives

American eugenics movement saw babies’ fitness judged at state fairs

Natalie Oveyssi | July 8, 2015

Eugenics became a popular ideology in the United States beginning in the second decade of the twentieth century. Concerned with ...

Sensationalist news on bees, neonicotinoids, ‘junk science’ leads to bad policy

T. Becket Adams | July 8, 2015

Next to Congress, the least-trusted institutions in the United States include newspapers, television and Internet news, according to Gallup. But ...

Gene editing to avoid GMO regulations could be solution for food security

Ramadhani Noor, Utibe Effiong | July 8, 2015

According to the World Food Program, some 795 million people – one in nine people on earth – don’t have ...

White House taking steps to reassure wary public about GMO safety

Claire Foran | July 8, 2015

The White House has a message for America: There's nothing dangerous about genetically modified food that makes it to your ...

Farmers abandoning organic farming despite lure of higher price premiums

Andrew Porterfield | July 7, 2015

Organic food sales are booming and some studies claim it's more profitable for farmers because of cprice premiums. But costs ...

Agriculture economist Jayson Lusk on why public is wary of GMOs

Jayson Lusk | July 7, 2015

Just as more Americans grow wary of GMOs, the scientific community is moving in the opposite direction. There is now ...

Monsanto’s Robb Fraley invites Neil Young to tour company

Robb Fraley | July 7, 2015

I believe that Neil Young has a heart of gold. The singer/songwriter has been one of my favorite artists ever ...

Video: UN goals for reducing hunger best achieved by investing in agricultural research

Bjørn Lomborg | July 7, 2015

Bjørn Lomborg, director of non-profit think tank Copenhagen Consensus, says that investing in agricultural research and development is one of the best ...

GMO or not? Is new genetically edited herbicide tolerant canola oil a GMO?

David Wagner | July 7, 2015

Cibus is a San Diego-based biotech company developing new ways to genetically engineer crops, without producing so-called GMOs. They're hoping ...

German Greens and Social Democrats propose national GMO ban

Dario Sarmadi | July 6, 2015

Germany’s debate over banning genetically modified (GM) plants has come to a head: Green/Social Democratic coalitions in the states of Rhineland-Palatinate, ...

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Administration proposal to overhaul GMO regulations welcomed, but sharp divide on goals

Andrew Pollack | July 6, 2015

The Obama administration said on July 2 that it would update the way the government regulated genetically modified crops and some ...

Why farmers are offended by buzzwords like ‘sustainable agriculture’

David Zaruk | July 6, 2015

The Risk-Monger spent the day on a large Belgian farm having the opportunity to see the challenges and opportunities farmers ...

Talking Biotech: Scientists testify on GMOs before Congress; American Farm Bureau on biotech challenges

Alejandra Abril Guevara, Andrew Wamsley, Chris Barbey, Kevin Folta | July 6, 2015

Briefing US lawmakers on GMOs: Chris Barbey and Alejandra Abril Guevara; Farm Bureau view of biotech challenges: Andrew Wamsley ...

Talking Biotech: Anti-GMOers misrepresent glyphosate study; Carrots’ evolutionary roots and future

Fiona Young, Philipp Simon, Shelby Ellison | July 6, 2015

Activists twisted my glyphosate research: Fiona Young; Carrot future: Shelby Ellison and Philipp Simon ...

Why Whole Foods and Chipotle’s anti-GMO campaigning has lost my business

Julie Kelly | July 6, 2015

I’ve become an accidental activist on behalf of GMOs, in part because of misleading fear based marketing campaigns by food ...