Agricultural Regs & Ethics
House passes voluntary GMO labeling law as Senate girds for fight
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, July 23, passed a hotly debated measure that would set up a system ...
Star Trek, synbio and sustainable food: Will Friends of the Earth and other activists block the future?
Far as we are from instantaneous synthesis of food on command, advances in synbio and genetic engineering offer a glimpse ...
East African countries face harsh biosafety restrictions in expanding gene editing research
For scientists across the globe in agricultural value chain to counteract the upcoming challenges likely to be faced by factors ...
GM canola becoming popular in Australia as farmers see yields increasing
Canola was once considered only useful as a break crop to clean-up weeds in paddocks, according to agronomist Greg Sefton, Cobram, ...
Fraud or drift? USDA finds 43 percent of organic foods contain ‘prohibited’ substances
Pesticides have been found in nearly half of organic fields. Is this a case of accidental drift, or fraud? ...
Talking Biotech: Kevin Folta on how farmers can communicate science effectively
Don't let Dr. Oz and others who know nothing about ag tell a farmer's story: Kevin Folta ...
As bugs become resistant to Bt maize in South Africa, new practices needed to delay resistence
In the case of maize, the GM crops planted and consumed in South Africa are known as Bt-crops, so named ...
Chilean salmon industry aims to replace antibiotics with biotech bacteria
In an effort to reduce the use of antibiotics in the Chilean salmon farming industry, researchers in the South American ...
After cancer assessment of farm chemicals, farmers still comfortable with using herbicides
Farmers count on chemical herbicides to keep their fields weed-free. In the last few months though, scientists brought together by ...
GM rice could address hunger, cut methane emissions 90%, fight climate change
It’s food for climate conscious consumers. A strain of rice has been genetically engineered to produce less methane. Rice agriculture ...
Democratic critics of voluntary GMO labeling bill launch attacks
Critics of a GMO regulation bill are proposing amendments that would add restrictions or exemptions to the legislation and allow ...
WTO members raise concerns over EU, China biotech restrictions
The World Trade Organization committee dealing with food safety, animal and plant health, formally known as the Committee on Sanitary ...
Kevin Folta debunks pay for play paper finding formaldehyde in GMOs
Let's visit the paper by Ayyadurai and Deonikar, published in Agricultural Sciences, a journal I've never heard of, and a ...
How to scare people into supporting bad policy on bees and other pollinators
If you are a scientist with an agenda, nothing works better than cooking up a "modeling" study: junk in, junk ...
European experts say glyphosate cancer warning not grounded in science
It is described as the world’s safest pesticide, used so pervasively that it shows up in human breast milk and ...
Bacon substitute made from seaweed next superfood?
The world's most perfect food may have just arrived. Researchers from Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center say they’ve ...
Kenyan farmers urge government to allow GMOs
Farmers in Kilifi county want the government to allow them access genetically modified (GM) planting materials to boost agricultural production ...
Saletan’s Slate on target expose of GMO fear mongering overstates corporate influence
The title of William Saletan’s July 15 j’accuse in Slate, “Unhealthy Fixation” is spot on, but the subtitle really nails ...
Organic farming contributes to more greenhouse gas emissions, not less
Here’s some hard, responsibly farmed news to swallow: Big Organic isn’t really doing much to reduce carbon emissions. In fact, commercialized ...
The fall of Gary Hirshberg: From reformer to reactionary anti-science propagandist?
Gary Hirshberg is in the midst of rewriting his legacy from admired 'social responsibility' leader to crank apologist for disinformation ...
GLP’s Top 6 Stories for the Week
This past week, here are the #TOP6 among many great stories on human and agriculture genetics around the world. Please ...
GLP’s Top 6 Stories for the Week
This past week, here are the #TOP6 among many great stories on human and agriculture genetics around the world. Please ...
GLP’s Top 6 Stories for the Week
This past week, here are the #TOP6 among many great stories on human and agriculture genetics around the world. Please ...
GLP’s Top 6 Stories for the Week
This past week, here are the #TOP6 among many great stories on human and agriculture genetics around the world. Please ...
GLP’s Top 6 Stories for the Week
This past week, here are the #TOP6 among many great stories on human and agriculture genetics around the world. Please ...
Beemageddon? As hysteria over honey bees recedes, anti-neonic narrative refocuses on wild bees
It was a crisis that never was. It's now clear that the honey bee crisis never was—the pollinator is doing ...
GM moths could offer non-toxic pest control option for vegetables
A genetically modified moth could help curb a major pest of vegetable crops around the world, research suggests. The diamondback ...