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Viewpoint: ‘We’ll be eating each other in 5 years’? How ‘catastrophic’ environmentalism threatens sustainable farming

Chris Bullivant | 
In April, the cry of climate catastrophe seized the political agenda. ... It was the only subject driving the zombie ...
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Podcast: Biologist Rob Wager takes on anti-GMO scientists at 1st International Conference on Agroecology

Kevin Folta, Robert Wager | 
Economic growth fueled by market reforms has cut poverty in the developing world drastically over the last 30 years. But ...
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Lab-grown protein could make up 35% of meat consumption by 2040 amid growing concerns about animal agriculture

Memphis Meats, based in Emeryville, California, is one of a growing number of startups worldwide that are making cell-based or ...
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Promoting lab-grown meat as ‘high-tech’ innovation could fuel consumer fear of alternative protein

In the near future, we will be able to mass-produce meat directly from animal cells. This cultured meat could change ...
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Ghana’s Christian leaders join GMO debate, with some vouching for the technology’s goodness

Joseph Gakpo | 
Christian leaders in Ghana have joined the debate on whether the country should adopt genetically modified (GM) crops, with some ...
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Want a more sustainable food system? Convince young westerners to eat insects

The rapidly changing climate and an expanding global population are serious risks for worldwide food security. Edible insects have a ...
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Farmer’s open letter to skeptical consumers: We know science, glyphosate and GMOs are safe, and we need both to fight climate change

John Gladigau | 
 Despite repeated assurances from the mainstream science community that our food supply is safe, many consumers remain highly skeptical of ...
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Viewpoint: ‘Doctrinal’ objections to GMO crops shouldn’t trump science amid farmer protests in India

Ravi Shanker Kapoor | 
Agriculture is one sector that has been not just been completely bypassed by economic reforms but also by innovations in ...
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Viewpoint: Why Monsanto’s pro-GMO ‘crusade’ to win the millennial generation failed

Kavin Senapathy | 
Monsanto has been a lightning rod for people’s views on food, the food system, global health, and war since well ...
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Low trust in government tech regulation fuels consumer doubt about GMOs, gene editing

Trust in governance is at an all-time low. Experts trace a first major decline in trust back to the 1970s, ...
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Viewpoint: Farmers use glyphosate to grow healthy crops, not because ‘Big Ag’ makes them

Toban Dyck | 
Until the public sees agriculture and the agricultural landscape for what it is and quits calling a circle a square, ...
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Podcast: As more US farmers retire, here’s how to recruit a new generation of growers to feed us

Steve Savage | 
Is farming for the aging? While Paul McCartney ponders, “Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when ...
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Podcast: Meet Mary Mangan—the biologist who crashes anti-GMO events and debunks junk science on Twitter

Cameron English, Mary Mangan | 
Mangan discusses her unique approach to spreading science literacy ...
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US college cafeterias, restaurants could be first to serve controversial GMO AquAdvantage salmon

Inside an Indiana aquafarming complex, thousands of salmon eggs genetically modified to grow faster than normal are hatching into tiny ...
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Genetic engineering goes to Hollywood: 10 movies you’ll love and more that you’ll hate

Get to know 26 films and TV shows that feature gene editing ...
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Podcast: Remembering Rosalind Franklin: The overlooked scientist who helped discover the DNA double helix

Kat Arney | 
Everyone knows that Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA. But fewer are aware of the contribution of Rosalind ...
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Video: Year-long experiment of eating expired food raises doubts about ‘sell by’ dates

Daron Taylor | 
Last year, Mom’s Organic Market founder and chief executive Scott Nash did something many of us are afraid to do: ...
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Impossible Foods rebuffs activist Vandana Shiva’s ‘illogical, ironic’ plant-based GMO burger boycott

Rachel Konrad | 
For decades, Vandana Shiva has been an outspoken activist against genetic engineering and the products that result from it, such ...
Bayer owns the global food supply? Seed company mergers haven't inflated prices, stifled innovation, study shows

Bayer owns the global food supply? Seed company mergers haven’t inflated prices, stifled innovation, study shows

Koen Deconinck | 
•Detailed data show that concentration in seed markets varies strongly across crops and countries. •There is no clear evidence of ...
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Crops produced with mutagenesis misleadingly labeled ‘non-GMO’ in Germany, biotech industry trade group says

According to research by [Germany's Free Democratic Party] and the genetic engineering-friendly association “Forum Grüne Reason” (FGV), many foods labeled ...
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Facing escalating legal costs defending Monsanto’s Roundup, Bayer invests $5.6 billion in alternative herbicide research

Douglas Busvine, Ludwig Burger | 
Germany's Bayer sought to repair its reputation on [June 14] after damage caused by U.S. litigation over claims its glyphosate ...
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Viewpoint: Consumers shouldn’t trust paid anti-GMO activists over independent biotech experts

Stacey Stearns | 
Despite the benefits of GMOs, 80% of respondents to the 2018 Food and Health Survey Report from the International Food Information ...
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Kind Bar attacks pro-organic rival Clif Bar for ‘disguising’ sugar in its recipe

Robert Williams | 
Kind’s latest salvo against Clif Bar is another sign that their ongoing rivalry for a bigger slice of the $5 billion ...
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Impossible Foods defends use of GMO soy in plant-based burger to stand out from competitors

Elaine Watson | 
As ingredient choices made by ‘next-generation’ plant-based meat brands attract more scrutiny, with some making a virtue of using peas ...
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Video: ‘Technology freedom—we want, we want’: Farmers protest India’s GMO crop restrictions

5,000 farmers in India staged a protest to demand access to GMO crops, with some risking up to five years ...
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