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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Pakistan: Food Minister for using biotechnology to reduce food insecurity
Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Hayat Khan Bosan on Monday stressed the need to promote biotechnology in ...
Will European GM regulations survive new trade negotiations?
The EU's strict regulations on GM foods may be endangered in EU-US trade negotiations due to America's comparatively less stringent ...
So science might have gotten it wrong… Now what?
The following is an edited excerpt. This week I learned about an unfolding scientific debate that’s got me thinking about ...
What do the creationist & anti-GMO platforms have in common?
Creationists and the Anti-GMO crowd (hereafter referred to as anti’s) crowd share a foundational base. Creationism, or Intelligent Design (ID) ...
Inside the mind of an anti-GE activist: Homeland security is working for Monsanto
When we see photographs of rats grossly deformed by massive tumors after eating genetically engineered corn laced with Roundup, it’s ...
Eco-zealots want you to believe eating GM crops is dining with the devil
The Daily Mail offers a thorough summary of the GM issue, in particular its contentiousness in the UK ...
What do the creationist & anti-GMO platforms have in common?
Creationists and the Anti-GMO crowd (hereafter referred to as anti’s) crowd share a foundational base. Creationism, or Intelligent Design (ID) ...
Roseanne Barr Effect: Should crop biotechnology supporters engage science rejectionists?
Evidence shows that the more informed a person is the more entrenched their views become. What, then, is the best ...
What do the creationist & anti-GMO platforms have in common?
Creationists and the Anti-GMO crowd (hereafter referred to as anti’s) crowd share a foundational base. Creationism, or Intelligent Design (ID) ...
What do the creationist & anti-GMO platforms have in common?
Creationists and the Anti-GMO crowd (hereafter referred to as anti’s) crowd share a foundational base. Creationism, or Intelligent Design (ID) ...
Hawaiian farmers rally against GE ban
“I’m here to save my job,” the woman explained as she waved to a honking line of vehicles crawling by ...
Bangladesh: Use biotech to boost productivity
Gone are the days of conventional practices of cultivation reliant mostly on traditional knowledge handed down from generations. In Bangladesh, ...
What do the creationist & anti-GMO platforms have in common?
Creationists and the Anti-GMO crowd (hereafter referred to as anti’s) crowd share a foundational base. Creationism, or Intelligent Design (ID) ...
Risk analysis is only one element of public acceptance
The following is an edited excerpt. In his paper, "The real and perceived risks of genetically modified organisms," Helge Torgensen ...
Uganda’s first GE bananas due In 2016
The following is an edited excerpt. Banana farmers and consumers in Uganda should expect to experience the first local genetically ...
The Internet zoo weighs in on GE wheat
The following is an edited excerpt. At a supermarket in London, a student named Flo Wrightson Cross picks up a ...
Anti-GE attitudes are akin to green cultural imperialism
The following is an edited excerpt. 'The environmentalists' opposition to GM is akin to green cultural imperialism. Green attitudes to ...
Unraveling five popular anti-GE claims
The following is an edited excerpt. The mainstream scientific community, specific science organizations and the scientific literature converge on the ...
India: Ag minister makes strong pitch for GE crops
The following is an edited excerpt. A strong pitch for genetically-modified (GM) crops revived again with agriculture minister Sharad Pawar ...
British attitudes to GE crops are still divided
The following is an edited excerpt. According to a Farmers Weekly survey, a majority (61%) of farmers in the UK ...
Australia/New Zealand food regulators challenge Carman anti-GMO pig study, endorse GM corn and soy
Regulators Australia/New Zealand have added their voice to mainstream scientists around the world challenging the Carman pig study as "junk ...
Anti-biotech activists would the let Hawaiian papaya go the way of the Dodo
In the 80s, Hawaii's papaya crop was almost wiped out by the ringspot virus. Today the crop thrives because most ...
Video: Pro-GE rally encircles Hilo, Hawaii government buildings
The following is an edited excerpt. A group comprised of a number of agricultural businesses, united in their opposition to ...
GE can reduce gas output from cattle
The following is an edited excerpt. A growing population and greater wealth will mean more demand for meat in developing ...
Natural News advocates eco-terrorism against GE sugar beets
The following is an edited excerpt. It appears as though some Americans may finally be waking up to the grim ...
South Korea to decide on U.S. wheat imports this week
The following is an edited excerpt. South Korean millers will decide this week whether to lift a ban on U.S ...
GE comes to the fashion world
The following is an edited excerpt. 'Genetically modified' (GM) has been associated for a long time with food. Now scientists ...
