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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Can botched handling of the trans-fats controversy shed light on the GMO labeling debate?
Trendy "healthy" labels of foods containing trans-fats raised their popularity, but now the Food and Drug Administration has banned them ...
Threats from antis make it difficult to know what the silent majority believes in Hawaii about GMOs
Joni Kamiya, author of the blog Hawaii Farmer's Daughter and supporter of biotechnology in Hawaii, discusses the cyber attacks she ...
Oganic activist leader says loss in Washington state on labeling will galvanize anti-GMO movement
"Monsanto and Big Food confused enough Washington voters to scrape out a narrow victory in a low turn-out, off year ...
Industry hid millions more than previously reported in anti-GMO labeling fight, says Washington attorney general
A food industry group that contributed heavily to defeat Washington's GMO labeling bill I-522 concealed millions more dollars in campaign ...
Avoiding ugly confrontation, Maui mayor reaches agreement with Monsanto on pesticide disclosure
Avoiding the ugly political battles that have consumed Kaua'i and the Big Island, Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa reached agreement on ...
Regulatory and safety status of global GM commodity crops
Currently there are fourteen varieties of the five genetically modified commodity food crops: alfalfa, canola, sugar beet, soybean and corn ...
Bangladesh approves ‘confined trial’ for genetically modified cotton
The Bangladesh government has made a move to introduce genetically modified (GM) cotton varieties to farmers in the country. The ...
Golden Rice can co-exist with organic, conventional varieties
Because cross-pollination between rice varieties is rare, Golden Rice will be able to grow alongside organic and conventional varieties with ...
Ukraine to allow cultivation of GM crops
Ukraine may soon join the list of European countries that allow genetically modified crops, prompted by a new government proposal ...
Maine Legislature ‘did the right thing’ by passing GMO labeling bill
Maine's Morning Sentinel published an editorial in support of GMO labeling, writing that "the Maine Legislature did the right thing earlier ...
South Australian government acknowledges ideological motives for extending moratorium on GMOs
The South Australian government extended its moratorium on the cultivation of genetically modified crops by another six years, agribusiness consultant David ...
EU must reconsider its broken GMO evaluation process
According to a graduate of the European Public Affairs Masters program at Maastricht University, the European Union evaluation system of ...
Canadian fruit growers ask federal government to block Arctic Apple
The Fruit Growers Association in British Columbia, Canada has asked two federal ministers to impose moratorium on the genetically-modified Arctic ...
GMO labeling battleground shifts to Oregon
After GMO labeling measures were recently defeated in California and Washington, labeling advocates are turning their attention to Oregon, which ...
Whole Foods hones anti-GMO strategy to drive growth
“Non-GMO is a line in the sand for us. It’s the start of the discussion, not the end topic. We ...
Activists block solution to GM cross-pollination (don’t call it ‘contamination’) fears
Cross pollination between fields of crops, whether genetically modified or organic, cannot be avoided. Whose responsibility is it to keep ...
Breakthrough GM phtoreceptor technology could help food crops thrive in crowded fields
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are working on genetically modifying plant photoreceptors to allow crops to grow in tightly ...
Food economist challenges pop anti-GMO activist Robyn O’Brian for fanning allergy scares in TED talk
Jayson Lusk, food and agriculture economist, critiques a TEDx talk by popular anti-GMO activist and author Robyn O'Brian in which ...
Food industry presses for voluntary GMO labeling standards
Crucial players in the American food industry are pressing for legislation that would institute a national voluntary labeling system for ...
Why we won’t see GMO labels in the United States anytime soon
(Summary) "Until scientific evidence shows that eating GMOs is dangerous," labeling laws won't change, writes Brian Stoffel in the Motley Fool ...
China and US can use biotechnology to end ‘scourge of global hunger’
"Biotechnology has been extensively researched and safely used for three decades," writes Michael Scuse, Under secretary for Farm and Foreign ...
Hawaii farmers, ranchers: ‘We are under attack from a vocal minority’
Farmers, ranchers and floral and nursery growers have written a letter to the Hawaii County Council, urging them to vote ...
Activist group in Ghana calls for non-GM solutions for food security issues
The Civil Society Network in Ghana, a group of non-governmental bodies, says government should address the wider causes of food ...
Pro-GMO groups in Hawaii accused of conflicts of interest
Seemingly independent scientists in Hawaii who support GMOs may have undisclosed ties to agriculture companies ...
Aversion to GMOs in wealthy nations influences views in poor nations
(Summary) The debate over genetically modified organisms in America and Europe affects the views of biotechnology in Africa. Robert Paalberg, ...
The origins of Oregon’s GM wheat remain a mystery
It’s still unclear how genetically modified wheat ended up in Oregon last spring, and industry members aren’t sure when the ...
China rejects unapproved GM corn from US
China rejected a cargo of U.S. corn because it contained a genetically modified variety that is not approved for import, ...
