Agricultural Regs & Ethics
Open letter to New York Governor Hochul: ‘The only thing the Birds and Bees Protection Act would protect are seed corn maggots’
Farmers and their allies in New York State are almost unanimous in their opposition to legislation that would sharply limit ...
Will 2023 US ‘Farm Bill’ address escalating issues of agricultural innovation, climate change and exports?
With Congress back in full swing, agriculture advocates and policymakers are staring down a fast approaching deadline. On September 30, ...
Viewpoint: With meat demand expected to grow by 50% by 2050, it’s ‘immoral’ to oppose disease-resistant gene-edited animals
Gene editing research in livestock is advancing rapidly on a global basis, opening up major opportunities to improve the sustainability, ...
Monsanto wins 9th consecutive court case in glyphosate litigation
St. Louis 21st Judicial Court Judge Brian May granted defendant's motion for a directed verdict at the close of plaintiff's evidence in Barbara ...
Viewpoint: European concessions to green activists undermine their own technology-rejectionist agenda, opening door to CRISPR and other new breeding techniques
Legislation in Europe either dies a quiet death or goes out with a lot of fanfare. The “Farm to Fork” ...
Reshuffling the deck: How agro-chemical suppliers are repositioning weed-killing products
There is a new king of soybeans on the American farm—for now. ...
As federal agencies prepare to deregulate transgenic chestnuts, Indigenous nations assert right to access and care for them
The American chestnut tree, or číhtkęr in Tuscarora, once grew across what is currently the eastern United States, from Mississippi ...
War and agriculture: GMO foods now legal to produce in Ukraine, Zelenskyy determines
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a law regarding state control over the placement of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and ...
Gene editing legislation on horizon may signal new dawn for EU’s sustainability and food security potential
On July 5, 2023, the European Commission presented a bill aimed at the partial deregulation of plant varieties resulting from ...
GLP podcast: Lab-grown meat bad for the planet? California’s backwards pesticide rules; Presidential debates should focus on farm policy
Recent research shows that lab-grown meat may not live up to its environmental hype, requiring far more energy than its ...
Viewpoint: Uganda drags its feet while other African countries begin embracing genetic revolution in food and farming
It is still a mystery why it has taken so long for agriculture in Uganda to have a clear regulatory ...
German Liberals break from Green Party, advocate for anti-biotechnology policy rethink as coalition totters
The Greens, a partner in Germany’s three-party coalition, must tear down internal walls to overcome the tug-of-war over genetic engineering ...
‘It’s now a jungle’: Take a look at what happened after an English seaside town banned glyphosate
Brighton has become the perfect example of how quickly nature reclaims the street if weeds are left unchecked ...
Viewpoint: Land sharing vs land sparing — The UK needs to reevaluate farmland use in order to reach climate and biodiversity goals
It is 12 months since I highlighted the scientific evidence pointing to the urgent need to take forward a land sparing ...
Another GMO approval: Philippines approves commercial growing of Bt insect resistant cotton
The Philippine Bureau of Plant Industry issued a Biosafety Permit for the Commercial Propagation of Bt cotton (GFM cry1A) developed by the Philippine ...
Viewpoint: ‘California’s plan to choose politics over science on pesticides will dump millions more tons of carbon and threaten food security’
Pesticides undergo a rigorous evaluation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It takes an average of more than 11 ...
America needs food: Why do presidential debates ignore agricultural policy?
Much of the presidential debates involve rehashing points of the last two presidential terms. Gun rights, immigration, and the conduct ...
Viewpoint: Half of America admits they don’t know much about GMOs. That’s a problem
Do you know what genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are? Could you explain it clearly to a twelve-year-old? If your answer ...
GLP podcast and video: Hawaii’s wildfires explained; Why more young people are getting cancer; Aspartame hysteria could boost sugar intake
Invasive grasses are the key to unraveling the cause of Hawaii's devastating wildfires, according to a local expert examining the ...
Viewpoint: Growing gene-edited food in Europe still faces long delay despite recent reform recommendations
The European Commission, which is the executive arm of the European Union, recently announced that it intends to loosen rules ...
Should GMO labels be required on meat from animals fed genetically-modified feed?
The Consumer Council, Coop Norge, the Norwegian Rural Women's Association and the Norwegian Nature Conservation Association demand in The Nation ...
Viewpoint: Why hyped ‘dangers of glyphosate’ is not a story in Slovenia
Plant protection products are a perennial bone of contention between environmentalists and farmers ...
Kenya looks to GMO cotton to jumpstart textile industry
Kenya recently said it will leverage adoption of Bt cotton to revitalise the textile and apparel industry. The government is ...
Activist protests may delay India’s GMO mustard ban defreeze
If the Supreme Court does not accede to the government's request made on [August 22] for a defreeze on field ...
Countries from Global South urged to harmonize regulatory frameworks on biotechnology
Global South countries have been told to harmonize their regulatory approaches for biotechnology and new breeding techniques. Kenya’s National Biosafety Authority (NBA) chief executive, ...
Canada backs US concerns that Mexico’s proposed American corn ban violates North American trade pact
Canada will back the United States in a trade row with Mexico over genetically modified corn, its trade minister announced ...
US-Mexico dispute over genetically engineered corn set for arbitration — and GE rejectionists advocate for new Gilles-Éric Séralini safety study
The U.S. Trade Representative announced August 17 the creation of a dispute settlement panel under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in response ...