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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Is GM corn being sold at an LA farmers market?
The following is an edited excerpt. When you Google Monsanto, the website link has both the company's name and its slogan ...
Former FDA official on GMO labeling: ‘Science doesn’t always win’
The following is an edited excerpt. Whether the food industry likes it or not, when it comes to GMO labeling, ...
Germany’s state-owned news service: ‘US Government in GM industry’s pocket’
The following is an edited excerpt. US diplomats lobbied aggressively to support its genetically-modified food industries, a campaign group has ...
Ghana needs biotech intervention to improve food security
Source – Vibe Ghana By By Bertha Badu-Agyei Date – 16 May 2013 Website – vibeghana.com There is hunger on the ...
Philippines: Biotech is worth pursuing
The following is an edited excerpt. Citing the potential of biotechnology to increase agricultural productivity, Department of Science and Technology ...
Monsanto CEO: U.S. Regulatory System Is ‘Functional’
The following is an edited excerpt. The head of the world’s largest seed company brushed aside suggestions the U.S. regulatory ...
Greenpeace moves anti-GMO jihad to Mexico
The following is an edited excerpt. Corn is the most important staple of the Mexican diet. Corn tortillas of many ...
Washington: I-522 debate offers chance for education on plant science
The following is an edited excerpt. Monday’s unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision for Monsanto Co. plays into the hands of ...
Monsanto: More Saint than Sinner
The following is an edited excerpt. Monsanto is the Devil Incarnate, a ruthless corporation hell bent upon forcing their unnatural ...
Union of Concerned Scientists embraces anti-science views on crop biotech
The following is an edited excerpt. Let me begin by saying I love the Union of Concerned Scientists. They’ve been ...
Bill Gates: Technology, including GE, key to reducing world poverty
The following is an edited excerpt. Nothing improves an economy as efficiently as agriculture, the Microsoft founder said. Investing in ...
US State Department promotes GE crops overseas; activists howl
The following is an edited excerpt. If you have a feeling that genetically modified (GM) foods are being forced upon ...
Anti-biotech critics propose killing Hawaiian papaya crop
The following is an edited excerpt. Genetic engineering opponents turned out in force Tuesday before the Hawaii County Council to ...
Voices come out in defense of Monsanto
Everyone's least favorite company has seen stories this week highlight its good side ...
Vermont: Legislature wants Monsanto to label its GMOs
The following is an edited excerpt. Monsanto, the often vilified agribusiness corporate giant, is back in the news. First, the ...
Himalayan sea salt promoted by activists as non-GMO has lead, arsenic, plutonium and more
The following is an edited excerpt. Yesterday I wrote about a website I found HERE and could not believe my eyes. It ...
The work of a scientist on GM crops in Africa
The following is an edited excerpt. She has addressed the world’s leaders at the UN. She has sat in the ...
Huh? Anti-biotech group confirms salt is definitely not a GMO
The following is an edited excerpt. Here's how we know that science is dead in the anti-GMO movement. The Non-GMO ...
Breakthrough GE potato doesn’t brown or produce potentially carcinogenic compound
Biofortified interviews the man behind a new genetically engineered potato that doesn’t brown when cut or fried nor make acrylamide, ...
Food activists claim pro-biotech forces promoting genocide
The following is an edited excerpt. While it is true regarding Reagan's apparent approval of genocide in Guatemala, the same ...
Anti-biotech activist Jeffrey Smith peddles pseudo-science
The following is an edited excerpt. When the definitive history of the GMO debate is written, Jeffrey Smith is going ...
Farmers who try biotech seeds come back for more
The following is an edited excerpt. Last year, too dry. This year, too wet. Spring planting is never perfect in ...
Sustainability bonus: Boll worm resistant cotton eliminates pesticide use
The following is an edited excerpt. Thanks to the genetic trait in our cotton that makes it resistant to the ...
Kloor blog deconstructs crop biotech labeling debate
The following is an edited excerpt. There are two camps that favor labeling genetically modified [GM] foods: 1) The “Right ...
Organic supporters peddle fear in push for labeling
The following is an edited excerpt. Most everybody knows that GMO labelling is the pet project of the U.S. organic ...
Nigeria pushes GM food crops
The following is an edited excerpt. Nigeria hopes to use biotechnology to help feed its growing population as the country ...
Monsanto folds after SCOTUS win, citing high costs of buying off scientists
The following is an edited excerpt. Hours after their victory in the Supreme Court, seed and chemical giant Monsanto filed for bankruptcy ...