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Local officials in Uganda want scientists to help counter nation’s influential anti-GMO activists
Local government officials from over 10 districts in Central Uganda warned scientists of biotech critics whose efforts they claimed were ...
Viewpoint: ‘Fear profiteering’—organic activists, trial lawyers capitalize on coronavirus to make a buck
While 70 million Americans are under lockdown to contain spread of the 2019 form of coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, in order to ...
Consumer GMO fears could halt UK’s post-Brexit embrace of biotechnology
Since securing his premiership and withdrawal from the EU, Johnson has repeatedly made a point of championing deregulation and divergence ...
Viewpoint: Avoid these 6 bogus labels at the grocery store to save money
Are you paying more for certain food labels? Who can blame you! With the rise of labels and wanting to ...
Viewpoint: Activist campaign against synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and GMOs a pending ‘disaster’ for our food supply
‘Farming looks mighty easy when your plough is a pencil, and you’re a thousand miles from the cornfield.’ Those were ...
GMO, climate change skeptics change their minds after learning the facts, study shows
The use of information provision has been criticized as an ineffective way to increase support for evidence-based environmental policies, but ...
Viewpoint: Lack of trust in science on GMOs, vaccines and climate change fuels coronavirus misinformation
What is driving the novel coronavirus infodemic? Fear, uncertainty and opportunistic marketing are all playing a role. But it is ...
Uganda’s agriculture minister wants churches to help promote genetic engineering
The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja has commenced his campaign which he said is ...
Viewpoint: Environmental Working Group’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ produce list stokes pesticide fears in an ‘already anxiety-ridden world’
Each year, the pro-organic think tank Environmental Working Group (EWG) releases its 'Dirty Dozen,' a list of fruits and vegetables ...
College undergraduates embrace biotech after teaching high school students the science behind GMOs
Some college students tested a class on their knowledge of GMOs, or genetically modified organisms. "Two of these chips are ...
Viewpoint: There’s no industry conspiracy to corrupt research on bees and neonicotinoid insecticides
There’s a stereotype that industry-funded research is inherently compromised. Perhaps this is true for some specific cases, but for honey ...
How high-yielding CRISPR ‘waxy’ corn could boost public acceptance of gene editing
CRISPR-Cas is a breakthrough technology for crop improvement. But before CRISPR crops can be commercialized globally, public acceptance must be ...
51% of Americans say GMO-derived food is unhealthy, 59% know very little about it, Pew survey shows
Americans have mixed views about genetically modified foods (GMOs) and their implications for society. About half of U.S. adults (51%) ...
EU’s negative attitude toward GMOs shaped by 20 years of anti-biotech ‘fear-mongering,’ USDA finds
For more than two decades, European consumers have been exposed to consistent fear-mongering from anti-biotech groups, resulting in negative consumer ...
Podcast: Fighting drug-resistant bacteria; consumers embrace CRISPR-edited food; bomb-detecting plants; and life-saving biosimilar medicines
Our inability to rapidly detect the novel coronavirus has made it difficult to properly combat COVID-19 ...
Are we overreacting to the coronavirus? Here’s why we should hope so.
From my perspective, staring down the barrel of a “once-in-a-generation pathogen,” as the former U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner ...
Climate change, COVID-19 and GMOs: When should the public trust expert opinion?
In the midst of the current crisis over the coronavirus pandemic, we often face decisions about the extent to which ...
How the “F” word—flu—led to confusion as the coronavirus pandemic unfolded
Thinking that a novel virus is like a familiar one is like assuming that a guinea pig is the same ...
Viewpoint: Crop biotech advocates should stop pushing organic industry to embrace gene editing
Farming is not nature; we learn from nature and use that knowledge to produce the goods that we need. Farmers ...
Viewpoint: Anti-GMO activists ignore science when debating glyphosate safety
There are encouraging signs that people are beginning to tune out the activist propaganda ...
Customized diets based on genetics, and 4 other food marketing trends gaining traction in 2020
Food marketers, take note of these trends shaping the future of the food and beverage industry: Hypercustomization: Customizing food products ...
Viewpoint: Developing countries begin rejecting anti-GMO ‘fearmongering’ to reap benefits of biofortified crops
Gene and genome editing for crops has been presented as a reasonable solution to create healthier, more plentiful food but ...
Podcast: Treating blindness with CRISPR; customized cancer drugs; Beyond Meat v. critics; saving bananas from extinction
As genetic engineering reshapes intimate aspects of our lives, is the public on board? ...
Shoppers will buy gene-edited food if they know its consumer, animal and environmental benefits
The FMI Foundation in partnership with the American Seed Trade Association, the American Farm Bureau Federation, and the Farm Foundation, ...
Viewpoint: Why GMOs? 4 farmers make the case for biotech crops, challenging ‘clueless’ activists to embrace science
The lopsided conversation between experienced farmers and clueless activists has severe consequences ...
Viewpoint: ‘GMOs cause cancer’ and 17 other persistent health myths debunked
Cracking your knuckles causes arthritis. Eating eggs gives you heart disease. Coffee stunts your growth. No, no and no again ...
Sustainability benefits of biotech may prompt Millennials, Gen Z to embrace GMOs and gene editing
Millennials and Generation Z are influencing the ever-evolving clean label category, and they might be willing to consider biotechnology/genetic modification ...
Viewpoint: It’s time to stop ‘worrying’ whether gene-edited plants and animals are GMOs—and set aside senseless regulations
Finding the best path starts with understanding what gene editing actually is -- and isn't ...
