Crops & Food
We eat to live. Humans use approximately 11% of Earth’s land for the cultivation of crops for food, but also for clothing, medicine and biofuels. Globally, major crops include sugarcane, pumpkin, maize (corn), wheat, rice, cassava, soybeans, hay, potatoes and cotton.
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Retracted Seralini study on GM corn toxicity republished with another unusual embargo
A highly controversial — and retracted — 2012 study by Gilles Seralini and colleagues of the effects of genetically modified maize and the ...
Scientists react to republished Séralini GMO maize rat study
The GLP posts a collection of the responses from scientists worldwide to the republication of a controversial animal study on ...
‘Science speaks for itself’: Séralini rat study on GM corn toxicity republished
GMOSeralini.org welcomes the news of the republication of the chronic toxicity study on the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup and a commercialized genetically modified ...
Republished retracted Séralini GMO corn rat study faces harsh criticism from scientists
The new Séralini rat corn study looks a lot like the old retracted one. According to independent scientists who have ...
Vast majority of lab-sounding GM work was completed in fields through selective breeding
Genetic modification (GM) sounds very laboratory-based – people in white coats inserting and deleting genes – but the vast majority of GM ...
Civic group accuses Taiwanese FDA of misleading with ad claiming GM foods do not cause cancer
The Homemakers United Foundation yesterday accused the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of trying to mislead the public by running ...
Seralini rat study on toxicity of GM crops republished
Republication of the infamous Seralini study on the toxicity of genetically modified (GM) food crops has been met with renewed ...
NGOs attack Cornell University as ‘hub of blind GMO promotion’ in India
With the NGOs raising a question whether the Intelligence Bureau is being used by foreign hands to take over India's ...
View from Quebec organic farm: Don’t knock our science-based technologically advanced methods
Julie Borlaug, the daughter of the father of the Green Revolution, Norman Borlaug, recently criticized organic farming as scientifically anachronistic ...
Future of biofortified foods: Protests block advancement of super bananas and Golden Rice
Can biofortified crops really do any good in the world? Only if both sides of the biotech debate work together ...
Europe warns Kenyan farmers that GM crop exports will not be accepted
Local farmers will find it difficult to export their crops to Europe if they adopt the Genetically Modified (GM) crops, ...
Biotech and chemical companies pour money backing GMO-friendly candidates in Hawaii
Hawaii has become “ground zero” in the controversy over genetically modified crops and pesticides. With the seed crop industry (including ...
India condemns Greenpeace, Vandana Shiva as ‘national security threats’
India's intelligence agency has targeted an adviser to Prince Charles and British activists in a campaign against Greenpeace and other ...
To MA legislators: Poorly-designed GMO labeling bill will misinform consumers
I understand that you support H3996 because you believe it is a labeling requirement, and my comments below will be ...
In shedding GMOs, Ben & Jerry’s determined to ‘stick a finger’ in Monsanto’s eye
Ben & Jerry's efforts to support GMO labeling and to remove GMOs from their ice cream displeased some loyal customers, ...
Biotechnology cannot feed world alone, but as part of integrated plan
Food biotechnology advocates frequently claim that GMOs will feed the world. It is an outright oversimplification and detracts from the ...
Indian government cracks down on anti-GMO activist groups, tightens control on foreign funding
The government is set to act against some anti-genetically modified (GM) NGOs named in the IB report after it cracked ...
Fear of GMOs hurts US competitiveness, prevents ‘scientifically responsible’ investment
Socially responsible investing has become pretty popular in recent years as a growing population of investors has decided to take ...
In shedding GMOs, Ben & Jerry’s determined to ‘stick a finger’ in Monsanto’s eye
Ben & Jerry's efforts to support GMO labeling and to remove GMOs from their ice cream displeased some loyal customers, ...
In shedding GMOs, Ben & Jerry’s determined to ‘stick a finger’ in Monsanto’s eye
Ben & Jerry's efforts to support GMO labeling and to remove GMOs from their ice cream displeased some loyal customers, ...
GM meat in development but politics, consumer concerns pose high hurdles
There are no genetically engineered animals sold for human consumption right now. The only candidate that's anywhere close, AquaBounty's fast-growing ...
What’s a ‘MonSatan’? Let me know because I want to sue it
I like to think of myself as a good person. I recycle for the most part. I’ve seriously looked into ...
In shedding GMOs, Ben & Jerry’s determined to ‘stick a finger’ in Monsanto’s eye
Ben & Jerry's efforts to support GMO labeling and to remove GMOs from their ice cream displeased some loyal customers, ...
Western Australia organic certification council considers increasing GM tolerance limits
A decision on proposed changes to genetically modified material tolerance level in organic produce could be made by August. Recently the ...
In shedding GMOs, Ben & Jerry’s determined to ‘stick a finger’ in Monsanto’s eye
Ben & Jerry's efforts to support GMO labeling and to remove GMOs from their ice cream displeased some loyal customers, ...
