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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Russia to increase production of GE despite scientific uncertainty
The Government of the Russian Federation approved a "roadmap" to increase the production of GMOs. The move will be done ...
Finanical Times editorial: Europe is right to be cautious over GM crops
Monsanto, the US agricultural group, has abandoned its decade-long bid for permission to grow a range of genetically modified crops ...
India: Supreme Court committee says no to GM crops for now
A Supreme Court appointed committee had recommended an indefinite moratorium on field trials of Genetically Modified (GM) crops till the ...
GE in the UK: A change of heart
The 1990s saw a public outcry against genetically modified (GM) foods in the U.K. Activists slashed and pulled up GM ...
NBC Latino looks at the GE food debate
In the past two months alone, there have been international marches against Monsanto, which produces genetically modified seeds, in more ...
Grist: Does the “little difference” between GE and traditional breeding matter?
The interpretation of what “a little” means for perception of risk, and for public policy, varies wildly depending on people’s ...
Taiwan: Transgenic wood-eating pigs would cut waste
Tunghai University professor Cheng Teng-kuei, known as Taiwan’s cattle cloning pioneer, is working on splicing genes from cellulose-digesting microbes in ...
Kloor: Green America takes on GE
As if the meaning of “natural” wasn’t already overly twisted for ideological and commercial purposes. Check out this campaign recently launched ...
Anti-GE activists force Naked Juice to drop ‘All Natural’ label
Some companies have begun voluntarily alerting us to the presence of GMOs in their products. In most cases, companies go ...
Kenya, where GE foods are banned—for now
When Kenya banned imports of genetically modified organisms, it was one of the most comprehensive moves against GM crops outside ...
Natural products association believes market-driven approach better than laws for GE labeling
A market-driven approach that allows consumers to opt for foods made without genetically modified ingredients is preferable to mandatory labeling ...
UK: Europe risks being ‘left behind’ over GM food, Cameron says
Europe risks being "left behind" after one of the world's biggest genetically modified crop companies confirmed it is effectively pulling ...
It’s time to play God with our food
There future of food may hold some hybrid of organic and genetically modified techniques, if we're ready for it ...
Resistance to ag biotech: The importance of distinguishing between weak and strong attitudes
The following is an edited excerpt. In 2012, a record 17.3 million farmers grew biotech crops on 170 million hectares ...
Monsanto to drop all requests for new GM crops in EU
The following is an edited excerpt. US seed producer Monsanto has said it would withdraw all new requests to grow ...
Brazil is the world’s second largest GE producer
The following is an edited excerpt. Brazil is the second largest producer of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the world, ...
Science Resources that support biotechnology and GMO in food
Where can I find solid information resources on biotechnology, genetically modified organisms, and the seemingly endless list of science issues ...
Don’t let critics derail GE advantages
The Central Valley is the hotbed of California's agricultural output, producing over $13 billion worth of food products each year, ...
‘Natural food’ fallacy: “Waiter, there’s a gene in my soup!”
Plant biotechnologist Jimmy Botella busts the naturalistic fallacy and reveals the reality of our "unnatural" natural food supply ...
“Organic” is one of the most confusing labels, report says
The label “organic” is one of the most confusing for consumers, says a new report by the Natural Foods Merchandiser ...
Crops that can genetically modify their pests
Imagine a future in which genetically engineered plants are able to genetically engineer -- and thereby defeat -- their own ...
Natural products industry conflicted over GM labelling
The trade groups in the natural products industry often collaborate, advocating for the same or similar policies on Capitol Hill, ...
European scientists warn of dangers of “Precautionary Science”
Eighteen scientists recently weighed in on the unscientific and dangerous nature of the so-called "precautionary principle" in the July issue ...
UK: Ordinary laboratory animals are outnumbered by GM counterparts for first time
The following is an edited excerpt. The number of genetically modified (GM) animals used in scientific research in Britain has ...
Modifying Africa 10 years on: is public opinion shifting?
It's over a decade since I ghost-wrote Modifying Africa for well-known Kenyan biotechnologist Florence Wambugu. At the time the book ...
GMOs and the American Chestnut: Risky Business?
How far out on a limb would you go to bring back an icon of the American forest? First, a ...
President of World Food Prize Foundation: Ag’s huge challenge is growing ever more larger
My friend Rekha Basu wrote a tough column in the June 30 Sunday Register that was sharply critical of the ...
