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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Scientists aim to genetically tweak photosynthesis in rice, increase yield by 50%
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. C4 photosynthesis is so ...
On USDA decisions to allow CRISPR-edited crops to forego additional regulation
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The first CRISPR-edited crops ...
GMO rice strain yields more, requires less fertilizer
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A strain of genetically ...
Organic industry distortions about GMOs means public opinion battle not over
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . . The ...
Farm association urges farmers to respond to Clif Bar’s ‘insulting’ anti-GMO video
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It saddens me to ...
National Academies GMO report is open access, identifies funding sources
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Josh Lancette: . . . ...
UK approves field trials of blight resistant GMO potato
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) ...
Claims organic food better for health, animals, planet ‘marketing hype’
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Conventional milk can be just as nutritious, beneficial for cows, farmers as organic
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . .“Organic” ...
India needs well tested, domestically sourced GMOs for second green revolution
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Non-GMO label lies to consumers, says plant scientist
Today's genetic modification techniques are far less intense and precise than older ones, yet many foods are now misleadingly labeled ...
Bayer wants more info, Monsanto more money as acquisition talks advance
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto. . . has still ...
State GMO labeling bills force conservatives to favor federal power over states
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Once upon a time, ...
Debate not settled, but food companies resigned to labeling GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Vermont will not implement ...
Delicious mutant foods: Mutagenesis and the genetic modification controversy
The best Italian pasta, Ruby Red grapefruits and 3,000 other crop varieties consumed by millions every day were created by ...
GMO regulations dissuade Brazil’s chicken industry from importing U.S. corn feed
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For Brazil’s enormous chicken ...
Congressman: VT law will cause ‘chaos’, voluntary federal GMO labeling law needed
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In three weeks, the ...
Clif Bar’s anti-GMO video promotes myths, misinformation, insults farmers
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In an interview for ...
Study finds dramatic local economic benefits to organic agriculture, surprising researchers
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In a report produced ...
‘Refuge-in-a-bag’ corn seed mixes may be accelerating Bt resistance in insects
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Farmers love "refuge-in-a-bag" (RIB) ...
EU Parliament says intensive agriculture, GMOs in Africa are ‘mistake’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For a large majority ...
Hawaii honey bee die-off points to likely culprits—Not pesticides, but varroa and viruses
Hawaii study may hold the key to the mystery of why honey bees are struggling ...
Privatization, consolidation of agricultural technology, not GMOs, threaten food security
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . .There ...
Russian scientists ask for partial lifting of GMO production ban
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Russian Academy of Sciences ...
Nigerian farmers object to EU making GMO decisions for them
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. We (a group of ...
Do you really understand modern farming? Scientist examines 10 truths of GMOs and organics
As the debate over GMOs has gone viral, city-dwellers often position themselves as experts on farming. But there's often a ...
Bangladesh farmers’ video: Bt brinjal requires no pesticides, higher yields
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bangladeshi farmers discuss their ...
