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Viewpoint: Is organic food worth higher prices? A Harvard researcher advises on how to sidestep the con, save money and eat healthier
Organic foods, valued at over $75 billion, have long been touted as superior to conventionally grown foods, with some studies ...
Viewpoint: Crop biotechnology skeptics — who insist that elusive ‘consumer acceptance’ should trump science — block agricultural innovation
When it comes to certain activists’ decades-long objections to societally important advances in “genetic engineering,” or “genetic modification,” we would ...
Viewpoint: Rep. Jim Jordan claims, without evidence, that universities and government agencies are colluding with tech companies to censor right-wing views
Academics, universities and government agencies are overhauling or ending research programs designed to counter the spread of online misinformation amid ...
GLP podcast/video: Did COVID vaccine mandates work? AI spreads glyphosate misinfo; Africa’s ‘Green Revolution’ has failed? No
Did vaccine mandates slow the spread of COVID on college campuses? A new study says yes. AI-generated articles are already ...
Viewpoint: UK’s The Guardian fearmongers over PFAS ‘forever chemicals’
The Guardian's August 17 headline, “Drinking Water of Millions of Americans Contaminated with Forever Chemicals”, was based on newly released ...
Viewpoint: Do supporters of CRISPR gene-edited crops overpromise the technology’s ability to address pesticide overuse, land scarcity and crop losses?
The discovery of CRISPR has allowed scientists to successfully mimic this process in the lab, by inserting the genetic makeup ...
Latest conspiracy theory claims that COVID is ‘bacterial pneumonia’: Here’s how this antivax delusion gained a foothold
To antivaccine conspiracy theorists, it is always of the utmost importance to find a way to explain deaths from the ...
Viewpoint: Misguided attacks on glyphosate ‘dangers’ ignore how the weedkiller enables sustainable soil systems in prairies and grasslands
Glyphosate is Canada’s top-selling pesticide, mostly used in agriculture as a herbicide and to desiccate crops for harvest. While it ...
Viewpoint: Beyond marketing — Why claims that “organic = better” do not stand up to scrutiny
Is organic food, grown without synthetic chemicals, healthier than conventionally grown food? Roughly 40 percent of Americans say at least some ...
While advocates for lab-grown protein see a solution to America’s meat addiction, many chefs give hearty ‘no’ to what they call ‘fake meat’
Lab-grown meat, heralded by proponents as the next big thing in food, has appeared on select restaurant menus around the ...
Viewpoint: As the BBC spews organic farming propaganda, the world’s poor suffer
How many people around the world are currently living in poverty? The World Bank reports that a little over 9%, ...
How Dolly, the first cloned sheep, sparked bioethical debate over ‘creating life’
Perhaps more than any other biotech advance, Dolly, the first cloned animal, symbolized growing human power over nature. But the ...
GLP podcast/video: ‘Industrial’ seed oils unhealthy? A mom’s guide to anti-GMO myths; Opposites actually don’t attract
Are so-called "industrial" seed oils slowly killing us? Probably not. One mom and farmer says other parents shouldn't be scared ...
Viewpoint: Anti-biotech activists claim Gates Foundation-supported plan to embrace crop biotechnology and modernize African agriculture is failing
The persistence of hunger and food crises across the world has spawned some false solutions. One of the most notable ...
‘Museum of Agriculture’? Could that be the fate of European farming if Greenpeace and other environmental activists succeed in blocking deregulation of crop gene editing?
The war between science and anti-crop biotechnology advocacy groups has escalated since the summer release of the European Commission Report ...
Viewpoint: Why we should be skeptical of ‘climate-friendly’ grocery store claims
Meat eaters are about to have a new option in the beef aisle. Along with cuts of meat labeled as ...
Viewpoint: Many web-surfing gardeners are concerned about the scary claims they read online about the herbicide glyphosate. An independent university weed scientist addresses the controversy
I did a class for the Cypress Landing community a few weeks back and one of the questions was about ...
Viewpoint: ‘Activists are tireless’ — 30 years of global genetically modified crop use has proven they are safe and sustainable, but GMOs remain under assault
Literally trillions of animals have been fed with GMO feed without any detectable negative health effect ...
GMOs aren’t increasing food allergies? 10 common misconceptions about genetic modification, debunked
Confused about GMOs? There is no question GMOs (Soy, corn, cotton, canola, sugar beets, alfalfa, papaya, squash, apples, potatoes) are ...
Viewpoint: Why fellow moms shouldn’t succumb to anti-GMO information when making family food choices
One comment I hear over and over is GMOs are poison. But when you look at the research, over 2 trillion meals ...
Environmentally-friendly GMO bioplastics favored by consumers despite prevailing negative sentiment on GMO foods
The technology of genetically modified organisms (GMO) and especially genetically modified plants (GMP) applied in agriculture is a key element ...
Viewpoint: In debate over ‘dangerous’ chemicals — from aspartame to glyphosate — advocates cash in peddling pseudoscience
What if you were told, on good authority, that drinking a glass of diet Cola is a serious cancer hazard? ...
Viewpoint: With food security on the line, Africa needs to be a leader in biotech crop development, not just an eventual buyer
The raging debate as to whether Ghana (Africa) should accept biotech crops, including Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) or not will ...
Viewpoint: ‘All-natural’ animal meat misnomer designed to make plant-based foods look bad
The culture war pitting plant-based meat against its animal-based counterpart rages on, it seems. Plant-based alternatives are called “ultra-processed,” “fake” ...
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 ...
Viewpoint: Outdated organic technology? By rejecting gene editing, growers left with more disease-prone, pest-infested crops
East Yorks mixed farmer Paul Temple suggests that in closing its mind to new genetic technologies, the organic sector may ...
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 ...
