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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Tanzanian government says country is ready for GMO crops
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Permanent Secretary of ...
Senate Ag. Committee agrees on GMO labeling bill that would pre-empt VT law
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A landmark Senate agreement ...
Argentina, Monsanto finalize agreement on GMO royalties
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto Co. and Argentina ...
House committee questions EPA about leaked glyphosate report
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The EPA report that ...
Bipartisan Senate GMO labeling agreement under attack from activists
A bipartisan compromise on GMO labeling has been reached in the Senate. But the bill is still far from being ...
Is the precautionary principle guiding law or a political notion?
What is the precautionary principle, and how is it being used, or misused? ...
Pakistani scientists urge government to cut bureaucracy, allow for ‘biotech crops’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A panel comprising Pakistani scientists ...
Days before Vermont law goes into effect, Senate is getting close to GMO labeling deal
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) said late ...
Genetic modification of salmon ‘nothing to fear’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The public tends to ...
Organic seed in short supply due to cost of production, intellectual property rights
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A new report . . ...
India set to approve GMO mustard for commercial release
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The central regulator on ...
Would Brexit benefit GMO prospects in UK?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Ask almost any scientist ...
Plant pathologist Steve Savage discusses issues with, myths about organic food
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Crop breeding must speed up to keep up with climate change
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Crop yields will fall ...
Human genetic evidence suggests agriculture invented twice
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Philippine government sets up new inter-agency group to regulate GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Five government agencies will ...
Is best way to dispel GMO myths to label foods containing them?
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Robert Saik discusses upcoming documentary project ‘Know GMO’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Robert Saik is an agriculture ...
As Congress dickers over GMO labeling, Brazil may offer path forward
Can we look to Brazil, where GMOs have been labeled since 2003, to learn what the effects of GMO labeling ...
USDA quietly opens door to CRISPR crops, starting new era of agricultural biotechnology
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. USDA quietly opened the ...
IARC’s reassessment of coffee illustrates problems with its process, messaging
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West African countries eye Burkina Faso’s success with GMO cotton
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Can we finally make gasoline out of corncobs?
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Boston Globe calls Massachusetts GMO labeling bill “worst bill of all”
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Wheat aphid infestations in South Australia reignite debate over GMO crops
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The discovery of the ...
BBC debate: Are Monsanto, Big Ag taking over the world’s seed supply?
Do corporations, like Monsanto, control too much of our food supply, seeds, and farming technology? ...
Herbicide glyphosate facing ban in Europe? Here’s a backgrounder
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