Agriculture & 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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Biotech industry focuses on CRISPR, new gene breeding techniques to break regulatory logjam
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Will new dicamba and 2,4-d herbicide mixes pose drift threat to Texas wine growers?
As Paul Bonarrigo watched his grapevines dwindle, he was confident that heavy-duty herbicides, probably sprayed on crops by a nearby ...
Environmental groups push stricter pesticide rules, including glyphosate ban, in Hawaii
Hawaii residents concerned about pesticide use by major agriculture companies on the islands are planning a push to strengthen regulation ...
Why business journalists should not write on science: Washington Post botches India GMO cotton exposé
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Europe, Canada demonstrate challenges of regulating pesticides
The new Trump Administration is now taking shape, amid bountiful signals that it will not blindly accept or rubberstamp previous ...
Farmers worry over weed control in corn as EPA mulls future of atrazine
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Japan may expand GMO labeling laws, include more foods
Japan is considering expanding the scope of mandatory labeling of ingredients containing genetically modified crops from the current 33 food ...
Millennials favor organic foods with their minds, not their wallets
There are many divides among Americans when it comes to their views and practices about food, but one of the ...
If consumers embrace it, gene editing could cut livestock feed costs
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Understanding transgenics: How genetic modification in conventional crop breeding and GMOs differ
“GMOs are a hot topic and very misunderstood by many,” [Bejo Seeds Senior Tomato Breeder Doug Heath] says. “It is ...
EU panel concludes organic food may offer limited health, sustainability advantages
This report reviews existing scientific evidence regarding the impact of organic food on human health from an EU perspective, with ...
Bacteria carried by Varroa mites may be key to unlocking mystery of honey bee deaths
A University of Wisconsin-Stout biology professor and his students may have made an important discovery in the effort to determine ...
What’s the most sustainable cover crop? It’s not mixture but monoculture
Research thus far has consistently found that cover crop polycultures are not necessarily better than cover crop monocultures. This is now ...
Ghana’s new guidelines on GMOs could speed release of water-efficient rice, pest-resistant cowpea
Ghana’s National Biosafety Authority (NBA) ... issued guidelines for the release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) [in December], a landmark step forward for ...
Talking Biotech: Kentucky’s Paul Vincelli, Florida’s Kevin Folta: Drop ‘GMO’ to improve public discourse on biotech
Kentucky's Paul Vincelli, Florida's Kevin Folta: Drop 'GMO' to improve public discourse on biotech ...
Teenager raped to death in US Animal Research Center (NY Times’ Michael Moss’ F in journalism)
In January 2015, New York Times journalist Michael Moss skewered the research protocols of the US Meat Animal Research Center ...
Commercial release of nontransgenic, high oleic acid safflower expected in 2018
The managing director of a company commercialising a safflower variety with unprecedented levels of oleic acid expects the first commercial plantings ...
Farmers criticize use of non-GMO labels
I’ve committed myself to the same job that tens of thousands of other farmers have committed to as well. It ...
Crops raised for industrial meat production contribute to unsustainable agriculture practice
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Could sustainable weeding provide alternative to pesticides in herbicide resistant plants?
Farmers are concerned about weeds becoming resistant to herbicides used on crops that have been genetically modified to withstand herbicides… ...
Scientists say Séralini’s latest GM corn study contained faulty experimental design
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Hunt’s slammed for ‘No GMOs in sight’ tomato marketing ploy
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Argentina’s soy farmers, seed sellers near agreement on GMO seed royalties
Argentine soy farmers and the companies that sell them genetically modified seeds could be close to a breakthrough in negotiations ...
GMO labeling law makes ‘Biggest Science Setbacks of 2016’ list
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Séralini paper: Molecular analysis shows GMO corn differs from non-GMO–Is difference meaningful?
In the US, the Food and Drug Administration ... GMO crops are deregulated once nutritional and compositional “substantial equivalence” is demonstrated ...
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Uganda promotes new drought tolerant, disease resistant maize varieties
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