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Are GMO crops sustainable? Bullets fly over environmentalist Jon Foley’s controversial essay

Gloria Dawson | 
“Against my better judgment, I’m dipping my toe into the genetically modified organism debate," wrote University of Minnesota environmentalist Jon ...
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Monsanto develops hardier strain of corn that yields 4 times normal litigation (LOL)

Agricultural biotech giant Monsanto unveiled its latest strain of genetically modified corn Wednesday, claiming that the new, hardier seed yields ...

Biology Fortified profile: Do GMOs and sustainability go together?

Marco Rosaire Conrad-Rossi | 
Started on Halloween of 2008, Biofortified.org pooled together the work of various scientists who were frustrated by the environmental movement’s entire approach ...

Video: Feelings, Facts, Food and GMOs

Andrew Revkin | 
Andrew Revkin led a Google Hangout discussion with Shelley Boris, a chef committed to conscientious cuisine and author of “Fresh ...

On Maui anti-GMO tour, Don Huber refuses to engage scientists on questionable glyphosate claims

Harold Keyser | 
Dr. Don Huber spoke in Maui as part of an event that kicked off a political campaign to ban genetically ...

Will other companies follow Chipotle’s anti-GMO lead?

Shamus Funk | 
Chipotle's anti-GMO (genetically modified organism) mission coincided with a 30% jump in fourth quarter profits, and adaptable restaurant chains may soon ...

Video: New GMO labeling bill introduced in California

Dr. Ruth Kava, the American Council on Science and Health's (ACSH) Senior Fellow in Nutrition, discusses the new bill GMO ...

How to concoct a conspiracy theory about vaccines, GMOs, climate science and other controversial issues

Emily Willingham | 
A case study. 1. Find something online that is related to your subject. 2. Cherry-pick partial quotes that seem to support your position (here, ...

5 Surprises in the USDA’s study of GE crops

Nathanael Johnson | 
The USDA's study of genetically engineered crops in the United States is a pretty dry and unsurprising document, but when read ...
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Can farmers reduce toxic agricultural chemicals by tricking pests with pheromone-producing biotech plants?

Kenrick Vezina | 
Pesticides are necessary evil in farming, and are likely to remain so. But what if we could replace some of ...

Middle schoolers say, “Of course GMOs are not harmful, but maybe…”

Kathleen Raven | 
History laughs at the losing teams whose scientific theories crumble under the weight of evidence. The Sun orbits the Earth ...

Video: Mark Lynas says, “GMOs are green”

Lyndsey Smith | 
Mark Lynas, a UK-based environmentalist and former anti-biotech activist, spoke to Real Agriculture editor Lyndsey Smith before giving the keynote address at ...

USDA report says GM crops show mix of benefits, concerns 

Carey Gillam | 
After more than 15 years of using genetically modified crops, U.S. farmers are continuing to see an array of benefits, ...

Maui citizens group pushes for GMO moratorium

Chris D'Angelo | 
Come November, the citizens of Maui County could be voting on a temporary suspension of all genetically modified crop production ...
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How should Congress and the FDA respond to calls to label foods with GMOs?

Drew Kershen, Henry Miller | 
According to Henry Miller, a physician and the founding director of the Office of Biotechnology at the FDA, and Drew ...

European scientists on African mission to break biotech logjam

John Vidal | 
Africa is expected to be the next target of GM food companies, as European scientists and policymakers travel to Ethiopia ...
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I said Syngenta wasn’t listening to farmers about GMO corn—Maybe I was wrong

Dave Walton | 
Syngenta took exception to a couple of issues that raised on this site and responded to the question on if ...

The promise of GMOs evaluated: Herbicides

Anastasia Bodnar | 
As part of Biology Fortified’s serious The Promise of GMO‘s, geneticist Anastasia Bodnar, the co-founder of the website, asks: Have GMOs lived ...

GMO 2.0: New generation of blight-resistant foods

Laura Secorun Palet | 
Blight-resistant vegetables could be great for farmers, as well as for the environment. Potatoes are sprayed against blight up to ...

Southern sugar cane industry, threatened by deadly fungus, look to GMO solution

Brown rust fungus poses a serious threat to Louisiana's nearly $1 billion sugarcane industry. Thanks to funding from the American ...

Whole Foods under microscope for promoting pseudoscience on GMOs, health

Michael Schulson | 
A significant portion of what Whole Foods sells is based on simple pseudoscience. And sometimes that can spill over into ...

The Promise of GMOs: Do GM crops encourage conservation tillage?

Anastasia Bodnar | 
As part of Biology Fortified’s serious The Promise of GMO‘s, geneticist Anastasia Bodnar, the co-founder of the website, asks: Have GMOs lived ...
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Cereals reformulated to be non-GMO less nutritious than GMO versions

Elaine Watson | 
Post Foods’ new non-GMO Grape Nuts no longer include vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin B12 or vitamin B2 (Riboflavin), while ...

Agricultural scientist Steve Savage: Am I A “Shill For Big Ag?

Steve Savage | 
Because I blog, speak, and comment in support of various agricultural technologies, I am routinely accused of being a "shill ...

Green’s GM war costing millions of lives

James Delingpole | 
The Soil Association (SA), Britain's foremost organic food organization, is indirectly responsible for the deaths of millions of children because ...
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More risk from conventional breeding than with genetic modification

Maggie Koerth-Baker | 
Fred Gould, an entomologist at North Carolina State University, used Lenape potatoes as an example of risk and uncertainty. Often, people frame ...
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He said/She said: Are GMO “secrets” just inconvenient truths?

Gloria Dawson | 
Well know activist-author Robyn O'Brien's recent post on the Huffington Post's Food for Thought blog, slams GMOs in nine points ...
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