Agricultural Regs & Ethics
Opinion: Death by GM contamination
How did all this happen? Easily. By steady, unrelenting persuasion by a chemical-cum-GM seed multinational sitting around in Pakistan the ...
Black Swan author Nassim Taleb warns of unpredictable dangers from GMOs
New York University professor Nassim Taleb, author of The Black Swan, which many believe foreshadowed the events leading up to the Great ...
Filipino farmers embrace GM eggplant when informed
A study contends that 96 percent of Filipino farmers are willing to shift to a genetically modified (GM) eggplant and ...
Broadening coalition supports federal pre-emption of piecemeal state GMO labeling laws
A broadening coalition of 29 U.S. organizations is urging Congress to develop federal standards to guide the labeling of food ...
Gene identified that may make it easier to engineer plants
A recent discovery could lead to easier genetic modification of plant varieties considered recalcitrant to standard methods, including varieties of ...
Can a GMO and non-GMO coexistence policy work in the US?
They don’t get along like peas in a pod, but farmers who plant genetically modified crops need to coexist with ...
China wants to develop its own GMOs
China has long faced unfavorable food math: It feeds a fifth of the world’s population on a seventh of its ...
GMOs “no longer a Pandora’s box”–Key tool to meet soaring food needs
The NGO Biosciences for Farming in Africa has produced a collection of essays focused on "how will we be able ...
Life as a corn plant is SCARY—Farmers and environmentalists embrace GM Bt corn to ward off pests
''Why do you grow Bt corn?'' Dave Walton answers the question and delves deeper into the reasons of why a ...
Triple-threat GM rice protects against drought, salty soils and lack of fertilizer
For the first time, a single strain of genetically modified rice has been developed to handle drought, salty soils and ...
Another farmer’s response to Chipotle’s agriculture take down
In the boardrooms of Madison Avenue, they call it “values branding”: a marketing strategy in which a company tries to ...
The people behind GMO papayas
Last August, I was invited to speak about genetically engineered crops at a GMO Summit organized by the Hawai’i Crop ...
Julie Borlaug, daughter of ‘Green Revolution’ founder, says biotech necessary to fight hunger
In her address at the 9th annual Ag Issues Forum in San Antonio, Julie Borlaug, granddaughter of Nobel Peace prize laureate ...
Push to label GMOs in Florida
In Florida there's a renewed push to label our food that contains genetically modified organisms or GMO's. Some say consumers ...
Another Hawaii papaya farmer sues to block anti-GMO restrictions
Big Island Farmer Delan "Rusty" Perry says he resisted planting genetically modified plants at first, but after the Ring Spot ...
In conflict with GMO farmers, do organic farmers seek special treatment
March 3, 2014 story from Reuters by Carey Gillam presents claims by organic farmers that the federal government needs to step in to ...
China’s leadership encourages GMO farming
As China’s leadership pushes more rapid urbanization to drive economic growth, the fate of the country’s farmlands is once more ...
Chipotle’s anti-GMO “Farmed and Dangerous” series irks farmers
Chipotle's "Farmed and Dangerous" is, according to the restaurant chain, a "comedy series that explores the 'outrageously twisted' world of ...
Agricultural economist challenges Iowa farmer’s claim that GMO corn disliked by cows, causes animal health problems
The Huffington post recently ran a story about Howard Vlieger, one Iowa farmer who became skeptical of effects of GMOs on his animal ...
Will pests develop resistance to GMO Bt crops? Not anytime soon, says Cornell study
GM crops modified with the bacterium Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) produce natural proteins that kill pest insects, dramatically reducing the need ...
Australian GMO “contamination” case in final stages
The National Association for Sustainable Agriculture Australia's (NASAA) organic standards were scrutinized in the final days of the Australian court ...
Bio industry claim: Unnecessary delays in GMO reviews cost EU economy €9.6 billion
EuropaBio, the European Association for Bioindustries, which includes companies from research and development, testing, manufacturing and distribution of biotechnology products ...
Organic farmers say USDA needs to control GMO contamination
Growing crops free from contamination by genetically modified crops and the pesticides used on those biotech versions is getting more ...
Hawaii is ground zero for GMO debate: Earth Island Journal weighs in
The recent controversy over GMOs in Hawaii exemplifies the concerns heard in the larger agricultural biotech debate. Arguments over pesticides, ...
Organic farmer speaks out for GMO co-existence: Labeling might break impasse for the reasonable
A new "GLP Voice" from our growing stable of guest contributors: Quebec organic farmer Rob Wallbridge says organics and GMOs ...
Religious shareholder activist group backs labeling GMOs citing potential “harmful side effects”
Fear of the unknown hazards of technology has been the inspiration for science fiction cautionary tales from Mary Shelley’sFrankenstein to Japanese ...
Biotech innovation in Egypt
In a symposium featuring the ISAAA Brief 46: Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops 2013 in Egypt, Prof. Raamzy Stino, ...
