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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VIDEO: Maui mayor neutral on law to restrict GMOs
Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa is keeping a neutral stance on the GMO debate as a petition has surfaced seeking a ...
Danger in food scares over GMOs almost never real, but fear itself kills
It's easy to scare people about what's in their food, but the danger is almost never real. And the fear ...
Congressional briefing raises concerns about new GMO crops with 2,4-D herbicide resistance
The next argument over genetically engineered crops has arrived with Dow AgroScience’s bid to gain federal approval for soybean and ...
Fear sells and Academics Review uses it too in misleading attack on organic marketing
Academics Review recently released a searing attack on the organic industry, claiming it has gained market share by promoting fear ...
Information about GMOs missing on food labels
The Food and Drug Administration does not require clear identification and labeling of food products made with genetically engineered plants ...
GMO ban organizers in Jackson, Oregon now pushing for broader labeling measure
Many said our victory was impossible. They said the out-of-state chemical corporations would use their money to twist the truth ...
Monsanto’s ‘evil’ practices touted by anti-GMO campaigners are business norms
Let’s try to unravel a little bit about this Monsanto business. The rabid fervor it has managed to inspire in ...
Chicken Coop project traces genetics, history of multi-talented domestic chicken
Who cares how the chicken crossed the road; the intriguing question is now did it become such a multi-tasker. Nature's ...
In landmark case, Australian court rejects organic farmer’s claim of GMO “contamination”
Western Australian Supreme Court Justice ruled that organic farmer Steve Marsh lost his organic certification because of the Australian organic ...
Senior Chinese official: GMO ‘cutting-edge global technology’ despite criticism
A stream of public criticism from retired military officials against China’s rising engagement with genetically modified food doesn’t amount to ...
Demand to “prove” safety of GMOs is scientifically absurd
The latest discussions (debates? arguments? long drawn-out 140-character battles?) have related to the safety of GMOs. Without exception, the argument from ...
Role of biotechnology in global food security cannot be dismissed for ideological reasons
Biotechnology sceptics have a right to question the role of biotechnology in global food security. But they are wrong to ignore ...
GMO science denialists? ENSSER challenges WHO, National Academy of Sciences on GM safety
When activist anti-GMO writers like Michael Pollan challenge the National Academy of Sciences and other global science bodies that have ...
GMOs safe but food producers not educating consumers on benefits
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are the future of the world’s food supply. But America’s GMO producers — including growers in ...
Australia: Verdict due in landmark legal battle over GM “contamination” of organic farms
Justice Kenneth James Martin is set to hand down a verdict this Wednesday - 2pm Perth time - in the ...
Two Nebraska farmers: There’s enough room for GM and organic agriculture
For Scott Kinkaid and Tim Nissen, the arguments over genetically modified food hit close to home. Kinkaid grows soybeans and ...
52 countries and 47 US states join anti-GMO March Against Monsanto
The March Against Monsanto took place late May in over 400 cities worldwide. As many as a million people are estimated to ...
Nobel laureate in medicine: GMOs are ‘key tool’ to address global hunger
Each year several million children either die or suffer irreparable developmental defects because of vitamin A deficiency. Countless others are harmed ...
Organic apple growers not threatened by GE apples but impractical re-defining of genetic ‘contamination’ in organic standards
There is an interesting new "GMO" apple nearing approval in the US and in Canada called the "Arctic Apple." Certain ...
GM food fears block creation of new craft beers
For brewers today, there are few options for generating new yeasts to create tasty new craft beers. While the genetic ...
GMO science denialists? ENSSER challenges WHO, National Academy of Sciences on GM safety
When activist anti-GMO writers like Michael Pollan challenge the National Academy of Sciences and other global science bodies that have ...
European Food Safety Authority greenlights Monsanto’s new GM soybean crop
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has delivered a positive scientific opinion on Monsanto's MON 87769 soybean crop, which has ...
Kevin Folta’s GMO primer: Genetic modification in crops is simply precision breeding
Eleven years ago when I began my career as a professor at the University of Florida, I would enjoy the sunny drives downstate from Gainesville ...
Uproar among French scientists over acquittal of anti-GMO activists who destroyed experimental GM grapevines
French scientists are up in arms over the recent court acquittal of 54 anti-GMO activists who destroyed 70 experimental transgenic ...
Federal agriculture minister backs use of GM technology in Australia
Federal Agriculture Barnaby Joyce has weighed into the controversy over South Australian Agriculture Minister Leon Bignell’s appearance at an anti-Monsanto ...
GMO debate entrenched in 1980s narrative of ‘synthetic monsters’ and ‘mad scientists’ in Hazmat suits
I’ve explored the genesis and amplification of varied media narratives, from Jared Diamond’s collapse meme and Paul Brodeur’s power lines/cancer connection reportage to Vandana ...
Future GM foods like wheat, rice and salmon face even greater hurdles than today’s GM corn or soy
For many corn and soybean farmers in the U.S., the new normal is to plant genetically modified crops. But considering how ...
