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Viewpoint: Farmers use glyphosate to grow healthy crops, not because ‘Big Ag’ makes them
Until the public sees agriculture and the agricultural landscape for what it is and quits calling a circle a square, ...
Podcast: As more US farmers retire, here’s how to recruit a new generation of growers to feed us
Is farming for the aging? While Paul McCartney ponders, “Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when ...
Monsanto and ‘Big Ag’ strangle American farming? Sanders, Warren likely to attack conventional agriculture, promote organics at Democratic debates
This week's opening round of debates threatens to fall shockingly short on science ...
Podcast: Meet Mary Mangan—the biologist who crashes anti-GMO events and debunks junk science on Twitter
Mangan discusses her unique approach to spreading science literacy ...
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 ...
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 ...
Podcast: Remembering Rosalind Franklin: The overlooked scientist who helped discover the DNA double helix
Everyone knows that Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA. But fewer are aware of the contribution of Rosalind ...
Video: Year-long experiment of eating expired food raises doubts about ‘sell by’ dates
Last year, Mom’s Organic Market founder and chief executive Scott Nash did something many of us are afraid to do: ...
Impossible Foods rebuffs activist Vandana Shiva’s ‘illogical, ironic’ plant-based GMO burger boycott
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
•Detailed data show that concentration in seed markets varies strongly across crops and countries. •There is no clear evidence of ...
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 ...
Facing escalating legal costs defending Monsanto’s Roundup, Bayer invests $5.6 billion in alternative herbicide research
Germany's Bayer sought to repair its reputation on [June 14] after damage caused by U.S. litigation over claims its glyphosate ...
Viewpoint: Consumers shouldn’t trust paid anti-GMO activists over independent biotech experts
Despite the benefits of GMOs, 80% of respondents to the 2018 Food and Health Survey Report from the International Food Information ...
Kind Bar attacks pro-organic rival Clif Bar for ‘disguising’ sugar in its recipe
Kind’s latest salvo against Clif Bar is another sign that their ongoing rivalry for a bigger slice of the $5 billion ...
Impossible Foods defends use of GMO soy in plant-based burger to stand out from competitors
As ingredient choices made by ‘next-generation’ plant-based meat brands attract more scrutiny, with some making a virtue of using peas ...
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 ...
Dannon Yogurt accused of misleading consumers about its sustainability commitment with ‘non-GMO’ claim
Dannon announced with great fanfare last year a “sweeping commitment for sustainable agriculture, more natural ingredients, and greater transparency,” with ...
Viewpoint: The ‘assault on science’ and human welfare by eco-activists who reject agricultural technology as ‘corporate subterfuge’
a dangerous anti-science mindset is cementing itself into our problem-based policy approaches ...
Never swayed by science? Why arguing with anti-GMO activists could strengthen their skepticism
Genetic engineering is revolutionizing crop farming, bringing benefits to farmers, the environment and consumer health. Its opponents, however, are not ...
Mike Adams’ Natural News anti-GMO and conspiracy site banned from Facebook
Natural News has nearly 3 million Facebook followers, more than Infowars and Alex Jones combined before Facebook banned them from ...
5,000 farmers to plant illegal GMO cotton, eggplant in protest of India’s biotech crop rules
As many as 5,000 people are expected to come together in Maharashtra’s Akola district [June 10] for what will be ...
EU health commissioner: Anti-vaccine, glyphosate ‘conspiracy theories’ threaten Europe with ‘new middle ages’
Europe’s Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis on [June 7] warned that conspiracy theories were winning the argument against science in Europe ...
Viewpoint: Want to understand crop biotech? Avoid these discredited anti-GMO sources
Here’s a tip for all the anti-GMO activists out there: If you ever want to get the last word in ...
Many shoppers won’t use QR codes to access GMO food label information, study suggests
In 2016, thanks in part to consumer demand, Congress passed the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard, a federal mandate requiring ...
Will warming planet, population boom push skeptical consumers to embrace GMO, CRISPR crops?
As part of an agricultural charm offensive by the US government, a group of British journalists was invited into the ...
Viewpoint: Does ‘doxxing’ attack on geneticist Kevin Folta represent new low in anti-GMO attacks on scientists?
In the minds of activists, it doesn't matter that Dr. Folta never acted illegally or unethically. The only thing that ...
William Vogt vs. Norman Borlaug: How two intellectual giants shaped the modern GMO debate
In the book The Wizard and the Prophet, Charles C. Mann exposes the implicit controversy between two visionaries at the ...
