Agricultural Regs & Ethics
Are GMOs the left-wing’s climategate?
When Vermont became the first state last week to require labeling genetically modified foods, it was hardly alone. Maine and Connecticut have already passed ...
How insects evolve resistance to GMO Bt cotton
An international team has discovered what happens on a molecular basis to insects that evolved resistance to genetically modified cotton ...
Consumers prefer GMO sweet corn, grown without insecticides, to conventional corn in independent trial
In a farm-to-fork trial conducted jointly by the University of Guelph and Birkbank Farms in Canada, genetically engineered (GE) Bt ...
Oregon counties vote on measures to ban GMO farming to guard organic farmers from ‘contamination’
In Oregon's May 20 primary election, the spotlight is on Jackson and Josephine counties with residents voting on measures that ...
Should consumers be concerned about the healthfulness of the non-browning GMO Arctic Apple?
Non-browning apples are likely to be the next genetically modified food approved for sale--which has some people jittery. What's the ...
National Geographic ignoring crop biotechnology in ‘Future of Food’ series
Although it’s headquartered in the United States, National Geographic is a global publication. For more than 25 years, I’ve read it here ...
GMO labeling push unsuccessful in GMO-producing Midwest
Calls to label genetically modified food have rumbled loudly through the East and West Coast states but have produced only ...
Sequencing the Golden Eagle genome to help the birds avoid wind turbines
[A]n estimated 70 golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) are killed annually at even a single large wind farm - the Altamont Pass ...
Growing movement against allowing mutagenesis and cell fusion hybrid seeds in organic agriculture
It is spring planting time for farms, and, if hybrid seeds are being planted, chances are some might be genetically ...
University report blames Greenpeace, radical environmentalists for blocking GM Golden Rice, costing millions of lives
A University of California report has exposed the injustice that prohibits a genetically engineered additive to rice. Without it the ...
Former US Secretary of Agriculture Glickman criticizes organic industry for misleading marketing
A blockbuster report by the scientific-integrity watchdog Academics Review examines the last 25 years of academic and organic industry market ...
Enviro journalist Lynas provides video evidence on Bangladesh Bt eggplant failure claim: GM crops thriving
Photos and a video documentary by prominent environmental journalist Mark Lynas show that previous reports alleging Bt brinjal failure in ...
NaturalNews’ Mike Adams threatens Forbes, GLP for ‘libeling’ what scientists call ‘quack’ health empire
Mike Adams, founder of NaturalNews.com--the immensely popular site on the web for the latest conspiracy theory, often about GMOs, and ...
Mark Bittman’s tepid endorsement of GM overshadowed by shallow attacks on modern agriculture
Does New York Times food writer Mark Bittman get anything right? I doubt it. His recent commentary, “Leave Organic Out of ...
Atlantic: GMO labeling grassroots movement not supported by science
In more than 30 years in politics, Bobby Starr had never seen anything like it. The Vermont state senator, a Democrat, ...
Wheat growers’ association president wants GM wheat introduced to improve crops
Farmers need a strong voice in Washington, but also in their respective state capitols, notes the current president of the ...
Big Ag fights back against New York’s GMO labeling bill
Recently, the lead sponsor of New York’s GMO labeling bill went on public radio and said that relabeling foods wouldn’t ...
Small-scale African farmer calls for Kenya to lift ban on GMOs
United States President Barack Obama’s ringing endorsement of biotechnology in agriculture has the potential to inspire hearts and minds in ...
Argentine neuroscientist who challenged safety of glyphosate in Monsanto’s Roundup dies
Dr. Andres Carrasco, an Argentine neuroscientist who challenged pesticide regulators to re-examine one of the world's most widely used weed ...
Anti-GMO SHAKA Movement paying $5 per signature collected in support of petition to ban GMOs in Maui
Activists pushing for a moratorium on genetically modified farming in Maui County are stepping up their efforts to gather signatures ...
Pakistan needs strong regulatory system and neutral biosafety committee for GM crops
The country is heading for commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) crops, in the absence of a strong regulatory system, trained ...
Orlando Sentinel hosts GMO debate: Who wins on the science?
When a debate gets as contentious as that on GMOs, juxtaposed viewpoints can serve to put many dimensions of an ...
Mark Lynas provides photo proof disputing failure of Bangladesh Bt brinjal
Once again media reports have emerged claiming that genetically modified pest-resistant Bt brinjal (eggplant) has failed in the field and ...
Mark Bittman’s moderation on GMOs may be too late to rescue foodies links to fear tactics
For GMO opponents, it’s been a good news/bad news week. The good news: Vermont became the first state to mandate the labeling ...
Economist: In promoting food scare, quirky Vermont could kneecap crop biotech progress
Will Vermont's GMO label, if upheld, really promote consumer choice as its supporters claim? In reality, feeding the unfound fear ...
Public debate reignites in China following investigation of illegal GMO corn and cotton
A war of words in China has reignited public debate over just how far genetically modified food - still mostly ...
RNAi technology promising in developing gluten-free wheat
Genetic modification of wheat genes to 'silence' protein fractions toxic to those with celiac disease holds promise for cereal development, ...
