Agricultural Regs & Ethics
India changes tune and permits GM crop trials but states still block research
Five years ago, India was a hostile place for researchers testing genetically modified (GM) crops. Its government barred the commercial ...
Decades of research lead to new soybean diversity, rust-resistant soybean
It took decades of painstaking work, but research geneticist Ram Singh managed to cross a popular soybean variety ("Dwight" Glycine ...
Transgenic solution to virus-threatened African cassava faces anti-GMO protests
The cassava, a key African staple especially valued because of its drought tolerance, is threatened by numerous viruses. Conventional agriculture ...
Video: Bill Nye explains conversion to GMO supporter
Bill Nye made waves last March when he changed his views on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) following a visit with ...
Organic foods claimed nutritional benefits rest on shaky anti-oxidant study
High Antioxidant meta-study criticized for being too inclusive, for not dismissing studies with flawed methodology used to support boasting claims ...
Activists missing point: GMOs proxy for other concerns
In a recent article, Beth Skwarecki writes about the fact that people who are opposed to GMOs (genetically modified organisms) are ...
In defense of Chipotle: GMOs may be safe to eat but they aren’t safe to grow
Critics of Chipotle’s new GMO-free menu claim the restaurant chain is pandering to paranoia and that GM foods are perfectly ...
My journey from suburban mom and chef to GMO and science advocate
I’m a suburban mom. I became an accidental activist when I uncovered a nefarious corporate/government scheme to poison my food ...
Why GMOs? Challenging anti-technology conspiracy theories
Used appropriately, genetic engineering is a fantastic tool—to create new life-saving drugs and encourage cutting edge ecologically based farming techniques ...
If not anti-science, what’s in the heads and hearts of GMO opponents?
For years, supporters and opponents of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) have debated questions ranging from the safety of engineered crops, to ...
Kauai residents win lawsuit against DuPont for property damage from farm test fields
A federal court jury has awarded more than $500,000 to 15 Kauai residents who say they can’t enjoy their homes ...
Mandatory GMO food label not backed by science
GMO safety, once questioned by science-minded liberals, are now widely seen as not only safe but a key tool in ...
GPS, drones, robots: Precision agriculture transforming food and farming
Thanks to what is known as “precision agriculture,” farmers can now collect precise data about their fields and use that ...
Amid review of glypohsate, EPA official said he favors biopesticides
The Environmental Protection Agency has wrapped up its review of the world's most widely used herbicide and plans to release ...
Why GMO-giant Monsanto made offer for Syngenta’s chemical-focused company
Over the last two decades Monsanto has cast off its century-long history as a chemical company and refashioned itself as ...
Agroecology can ‘save the world’ from GMO-led industrial agriculture
Imagine the scenario: world food production has become concentrated in the hands of a tiny elite who, backed by powerful ...
African rejection of hybrid and GMO seeds in favor of heirloom varieties promotes food crisis
Africa’s seed industry is complex and can be inefficient, with most farmers using the same seeds they have been planting for generations, unlike farmers ...
History of farming suggests science is not the enemy of natural and nutritious food
Many consumers have the impression that, until recently, food and food production was something little changed. This mistaken view is ...
Mark Bittman: Food movement has bigger issues to tackle than GMO labeling
There is some talk about the food movement’s winning. I’m not even sure such a thing as a food movement ...
‘GMO free’ myth busting: Labeling movement leading farmers to use more toxic chemicals
The 'non GMO' movement has been a boon to some farmers, who have dumped GMOs to grow conventional non GMO ...
After breeding non-allergenic soybean over 10 years ago, researchers achieve conventionally bred version
In the United States, nearly 15 million people and one in 13 children suffer from food allergy. Soybeans are one of ...
Antibiotic use in livestock may pose health threat to farm workers
A new study by the researcher who has done the most to pin down the presence of “pig MRSA” in the United States ...
One baboon gene could vastly improve lives of millions of African farmers
With one gene, molecular geneticist Steve Kemp may someday be able to boost the success of small farms across a huge swath of ...
Documentarian Scott Hamilton Kennedy explores why activists block GMO solution to African banana wilt crisis
Poor farmers are in a panic. African anti-GMO activists blocking implementation of disease resistant GMO banana, but offer no solutions ...
Pamela Ronald profile: Organic farming and GMOs can be ‘bedfellows’
Pamela Ronald is a plant pathologist and geneticist—a professor at the University of California, Davis whose lab has isolated genes from ...
Anti-GMO “Right to Know” movement cashing in on scaring and confusing consumers
We have no right to know if our food is GMO. Why? Because the term “GMO” is an arbitrary classification ...
Mythbusting: Little understood facts to calm chemophobia
All too often the use of the word “chemicals” in the news, in advertising and in common usage has the implication ...
