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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Monsanto backing away from GE crops in Europe
The following is an edited excerpt. Monsanto is not pushing for expansion of genetically modified crops in most of Europe ...
Japan suspends some imports of U.S. wheat after GM wheat discovered in Oregon
The following is an edited excerpt. Japan has suspended some imports of wheat from the United States after genetically engineered wheat ...
A skeptical look at NYC’s “March Against Monsanto”
The following is an edited excerpt. First off, if you’re going to have a protest about how we’re all being ...
GM wheat growing on a farm in Oregon: So what?
The following is an edited excerpt. It's no big deal because the answer is that it is as at least ...
Former anti-GM writer: Movement continue to disappoint
The following is an edited excerpt. Here are three questions to ponder today. 1. What does it say about a ...
Why genetic modification myths are so appealing and powerful
The following is an edited excerpt. While I admire this optimism and agree that we should continue to engage in ...
Transgenic salmon hybridize with trout, produce sterile offspring
A recent "worst case scenario" breeding experiment has opponents of the AquAdvantage salmon unduly scared ...
Study claims GE salmon can breed with brown trout and pass on genes
The following is an edited excerpt. Scientists from Canada say that transgenic Atlantic salmon can cross-breed with a closely related ...
Senate rejects GM food labeling measure, farmers relieved
The following is an edited excerpt. On Thursday, the U.S. Senate rejected an amendment to the 2013 U.S. Farm Bill ...
Roundup-resistant bees seized in Illinois, sparking legal controversy
The following is an edited excerpt. The Illinois Ag Dept. illegally seized privately owned bees from renowned naturalist, Terrence Ingram, ...
Research on GE salmon and trout ignores that offspring are sterile
The following is an edited excerpt. The authors used fertile AquAdvantage(R) Salmon and mated them with brown trout in the ...
Ghana approves transgenic cotton trials
The following is an edited excerpt. The Ghana National Biosafety Committee has granted approval to conduct trials of Genetically Modified ...
Unapproved GE wheat found in Oregon
The following is an edited excerpt. Unapproved genetically engineered wheat has been discovered in an Oregon field, a potential threat ...
Biotech crops do not produce new allergens or toxins
The idea that GM crops might result in novel allergens is "at best wildly misleading and at worse an all-out ...
UK supermarkets give green light to GE animal feed
The following is an edited excerpt. Last month three U.K. supermarkets admitted publicly that it was impossible to guarantee that ...
Science is laughing at the anti-GE movement
The following is an edited excerpt. It is time to come clean about something that is deeply troubling to me. ...
GE purple tomato may help to fight cancer
The following is an edited excerpt. British scientists have created purple tomatoes that appear to protect against cancer The GM ...
Transgenics could head off ‘the end of orange juice’
The following is an edited excerpt. Recent coverage in the national news media is reporting the very real possibility of ...
On genetically engineered food, let the market decide
The following is an edited excerpt. The movement to force the labeling of genetically engineered food is gaining momentum. Federal ...
The precautionary principle stops GM eggplants in the Philippines
The Court of Appeals in the Philippines recently put a stop to field tests of insect-resistant Bt eggplant crops, preventing ...
Philippines: Court stops field testing of GM eggplant
The following is an edited excerpt. The Court of Appeals has stopped the nationwide field testing of genetically modified eggplants ...
GM foods and Jewish law: A Rabbi’s perspective
The following is an edited excerpt. As our knowledge of our world broadens and through science we come to new ...
Court rules in favor of GE alfalfa
The following is an edited excerpt. Barring a major legal reversal, it appears that genetically engineered alfalfa is here to ...
Why the “March on Monsanto” hurts the hungry
The following is an edited excerpt. May was March-on-Monsanto month. An array of celebrities, ranging from Danny DeVito to Dave ...
Food companies struggle to replace GM ingredients
What exactly does it take to gain certification as "non-GMO" food? ...
Australia: When GMO bans are lifted, premium green brands will suffer
The following is an edited excerpt. Lifting Tasmania's ban on genetically engineered crops would devastate producers relying on green branding, ...
Anti-GMO marches stumble
The following is an excerpt. Protesters with a group calling itself “March against Monsanto Coachella Valley” staged rallies in Indio ...
