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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Farmers should tell their own stories, not activists
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Films like “Food Fight,” “Farmageddon,” “Forks over ...
Syngenta expects ChemChina takeover will be approved by U.S. regulators by year end
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Syngenta AG, which has ...
Pakistan approves GMO corn for cultivation
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Croplife Asia, a non-profit ...
Talking Biotech: Cornell’s Ronald Herring rebukes GMO link to Indian farmer suicides
Cornell’s Ronald Herring rebukes GMO link to Indian farmer suicides ...
Anti-biotech hidden agenda: Link GMO feed to conventional dairy products to scare adoption of organics
Why is organic dairy, which industry leaders call a "gateway product", so important to anti-GMO movement? ...
Does biotech industry need communications, public relations makeover?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. I asked a few ...
Clear Labs offering first comprehensive GMO testing of food using latest in DNA sequencing
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Clear Labs--a food analytics ...
Discovery of plant “drought sensor” could lead to next generation of drought-tolerant GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. International research led by ...
Is labeling bill based on unscientific, arbitrary definition of GMO?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [T]here’s ...
NGO interference delaying Uganda’s GMO solution to Banana Wilt crisis
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Interview with Mr. Erostus ...
Monsanto’s latest herbicide-resistant GMO soybeans face regulatory delays at home, abroad
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Soybean growers looking to ...
Native American tribe joins lawsuit challenging FDA approval of GMO salmon
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A Native American tribe ...
High yielding GMO pigeon pea could help India cut food costs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On a campus in ...
USDA girds for battle over GMO labeling rules
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Over the next two ...
Independent economic think tank argues Australia should drop all state level GMO bans
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. All moratoriums on genetically modified ...
Why we don’t test GMOs like pharmaceuticals
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A very common question ...
Glyphosate found in 100% of wines tested in California–Reason for concern?
Just because we can now discover trace levels of a pesticide like glyphosate doesn't mean those levels are toxic ...
Is Cuban government doing pro-GMO outreach?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. With help from the ...
India’s biotech sector stalling because country lacks full-fledged regulatory body for GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The ongoing debate over ...
Does Dannon’s anti-GMO yogurt characterize moms as dumb, neurotic?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Go watch the latest video in ...
Monsanto rejects Bayer’s increased bid
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto Co. rejected Bayer ...
The world’s biggest seed companies are wooing
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. They call the giants ...
GMO crops, pesticides essential for no-till, dryland agriculture
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Fitness and health expert: 10 science-based reasons why I’m thankful for GMOs
Some vocal opponents of GMO foods are in the fitness community. There is a perceived belief that engineered foods pose ...
Russia bans cultivation of GMO crops, animals
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On July 3, 2016, ...
GMO labeling may be more about marketing than transparency
Is GMO labeling really about a consumer's right to know? Or is it about creating doubt about the safety of ...
USDA crafting rules to properly and promptly implement GMO labeling law
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Now that the GMO ...
