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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NYU’s Marion Nestle promotes anti-GMO book, slams ‘corporate control’ of food supply
Marion Nestle, professor of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University and author of “Eat, Drink, Vote,” ...
London School of Economics report: Loosen restrictions on GM crops to help feed malnourished
A report released by the London School of Economics recommends that in order to feed the world amid climate change ...
Post GMO agriculture: Are some farmers turning away from high tech crops?
The USDA reports that 90% of all corn grown in the US is genetically modified, yet some local pockets of ...
Are GMOs necessary to end world hunger?
Biology graduate student Amber Gabb analyses the role of GMOs in the future of food security. She writes that GMOs ...
A world without GMO crops poses greater risks
Despite the endorsements from scientific organizations and the hundreds of studies showing no adverse environmental or human health effects from ...
US federal official suggests farmers pursue international standards for GM crops
Richard Fisher, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President, recently suggested to a gathering of farmers that they should begin to consider ...
Is mandatory GMO food labeling a subsidy for the organic food industry?
A national, mandatory GM-food label that is being pushed by anti-GMO activists is said to be about “the right to ...
Podcast: Kevin Folta discusses Don Huber’s dubious claim of new superbug created by GM corn
The Food and Farm host Ray Bowman interviews Dr. Kevin Folta, associate professor and interim chair at the University of ...
Research on poplar clones reveals insights into plant epigenetics
A team of researchers led by Sherosha Raj of the University of Toronto found that some clones of poplar trees ...
Hawai’i County Mayor Kenoi signs anti-GMO Bill 113
Just weeks after Kaua’i County Mayor Bernard Carvalho vetoed a controversial anti-GMO bill, Hawai’i County Mayor signed the anti-GMO Bill ...
How to prevent GM corn from ‘contaminating’ (cross pollinating) non GMO fields
Cross-pollination from genetically modified crops is a major concern to farmers who use conventional methods to grow crops--especially corn, which ...
Maine GMO labeling bill harmful to industry, not based on science
Should GMO labeling be mandated by state governments? According to a new article, this issue should be decided by regular ...
Video: Hofstra GMO debate highlights science v precautionary fears
Scientists and other professionals debate whether regulations on GMOs should be tighter or less restrictive ...
Economist editorial: ‘Green” anti-GMO activists are like ‘climate deniers’
The Economist has come out with a stinging editorial [article access requires free registration], "Fields of Beaten Gold," attacking the ...
Serbia blocks cultivation, import of GMOs
Serbia’s Ministry of Agriculture has announced that it will not allow the cultivation or import of genetically modified crops for ...
Honey and GMOs: Greens celebrate EU decision to keep GM pollen label
The European Parliament’s environment committee recently voted on a proposal to revise the EU rules on honey. A majority of ...
India GMO fight: ‘Crop does not become harmful after it is genetically modified’
Many states within India are opposing the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill, which would set up an independent ...
Does glyphosate (Roundup) lead to superweeds?
In 2004, farmers in Georgia discovered a weed that was resistant to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Round Up ...
In GMO French fry debate, conservationists sit on sidelines as ‘mob mentality’ poisons discussion
Activists who oppose genetic modification have the “advantage” because of the way they frame their arguments, writes Keith Kloor in ...
Spain cuts pesticide use, saves millions of euros by adopting GM corn
The adoption of genetically modified Bt corn in Spain--one of the few European Union countries to embrace GM technology--has allowed ...
Hawai’i island mayor signs anti-GMO Bill 113
Mayor Billy Kenoi of Hawaii’s Big Island has signed Bill 113, a law designed to severely restrict the future planting ...
Details emerge about Maui Councilwoman’s proposed anti-GMO/anti-pesticide bill
Maui Councilwoman Ellie Cochran plans to submit a bill to the Maui County Council that would require agricultural companies to ...
Podcast: Agricultural researcher Cami Ryan discusses Séralini controversy
Dr. Cami Ryan, researcher with the College of Agriculture and Bioresources at the University of Saskatchewan and prominent supporter of ...
Zimbabwe government will not allow production of GM crops
Government officials announced that Zimbabwe will not allow the cultivation of genetically modified crops. The government has been under pressure ...
Maui in crosshairs as anti-GMO activists propose pesticide, GM crop disclosure bill
Maui Councilwoman Ellie Cochran has proposed a bill similar to Kauai’s Bill 2491 that calls for mandatory disclosure of pesticide ...
Small scale African farmers reap benefits of genetically modified cotton
Cotton yields in Burkina Faso, one of the few African countries that allow the cultivation of genetically modified crops, have ...
Agricultural companies on Kaua’i begin voluntary pesticide-use disclosure program
For the last two weeks, agricultural companies on Kauai have been rolling out the new Good Neighbor Program, a voluntary ...