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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Cause for concern over claims of “dangerous” glyphosate in wine, breast milk, cereal, etc.?
There is far less reason to worry about the 'dangers' of glyphosate when compared to other pesticide but many activists ...
EPA approves field trials of disease-resistant GMO citrus trees
The Environmental Protection Agency announced ... that it has given major Florida citrus grower Southern Gardens approval for large-scale field testing ...
Changing minds on GMOs, global warming: More information may not be enough
Because there is often a gap between science and public opinion, there is a need to better understand what factors ...
Anti-GMO activist-funded lab tests find micro-traces of glyphosate in popular foods
The herbicide residues were found in cookies, crackers, popular cold cereals and chips commonly consumed by children and adults, according ...
Indian anti-GMO philosopher Vandana Shiva doesn’t speak for India’s farmers
[Editor's note: Vandana Shiva, a controversial full-time anti-GMO activist, speaks at Drake University on November 16. Many critics say her claims ...
Is the herbicide glyphosate, often paired with GMOs, especially dangerous?
Why do advocacy groups campaign against the herbicide glyphosate and not other far more toxic agricultural pesticides? ...
Chile’s GMO schizophrenia: It exports seeds and imports crops, but doesn’t allow cultivation
Chile has a surprising export crop: seeds. It is currently the fifth largest seed producer worldwide, and the first in the production of genetically ...
Lawsuit targets Topco over micro-traces of glyphosate in ‘natural’ granola
Plaintiff Jason Scholder is taking on defendants Topco Holdings Inc. and Topco Associates LLC, the makers of Granola Oats, Honey ...
Nigeria’s top biotech regulator says nation needs GMOs for ‘socioeconomic survival’
The Director General of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr. Rufus Ebegba has declared that Nigeria’s Biosafety regulation of ...
How weeds can help with weed control
Farmers looking to reduce reliance on pesticides, herbicides and other pest management tools may want to heed the advice of ...
Organics v conventional v GMOs: Debate grows over farm yields and sustainability
Dubious research supports claims that organic systems can close the yield gap with conventional (and GMO) farming. Obsession with organic ...
Will Trump reduce regulation on GMOs?
Donald Trump’s presidency has the potential of being the greatest threat the organic industry has faced since the invention of ...
Millennials’ demand for organics ripples through supply chain
Co-packers should be concerned, along with distributors, farmers and even, heck, grain elevator operators. Their worlds are incrementally turning upside ...
Chinese crackdown on illegally grown GMO crops still leaves public queasy
China has spent billions on research of biotech crops, but it has not yet approved the planting of any GM ...
Should organic agriculture consider allowing gene-edited crops?
Proponents of agricultural biotechnology are calling for a reconsideration of the organic opposition to GMOs in light of [New Plant ...
Boulder farmers criticize ‘rushed, incomplete’ plan to phase out GMO crops
[In March, Boulder County, CO Comissioners decided to ban cultivation of GMO crops on county-owned farmland. The following is an excerpt from ...
Food companies may go ‘non-GMO’ for marketing reasons
[Editor's Note: The author of this excerpt, Shiloh Perry, is a communications assistant for the American Farm Bureau] Companies often make ...
GMOs can provide vegans improved alternatives to animal products, more nutritious plants
[Editor's note: Jayson Merkley is a contributor to Vegan GMO, an organization that advocates "for a rational approach toward biotechnology ...
Disease incidence trends in Europe v US shows GMOs have no negative health impacts
Genetically modified foods should be considered as safe as conventional choices, according to Dr. Timothy Griffin, associate professor at Tufts” ...
EPA approves Monsanto’s new dicamba formulation for use with herbicide-tolerant cotton, soy plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on [Nov. 9] approved Monsanto Co.'s XtendiMax, a powerful new formulation of the powerful weed killer ...
Talking Biotech: Corn genetic expert Wisconsin’s John Doebley on creating higher yields
University of Wisconsin geneticist John Doebley on creating higher yielding modern hybrid corn ...
GMOs’ innovation crisis: AquaBounty salmon’s 20-year odyssey through nets of regulations
Why are there no GMO animals on the market? Here is a case study: Two decades after the FDA began ...
Sustainable agriculture has major role in addressing climate change
Agriculture, including forestry and fisheries, is the sector most threatened by climate change. At the same time, the agricultural sectors ...
Are GMO crops improving children’s IQ?
[Danny Hakim's October 29th article in the New York Times appears to suggest] that planting GMO crops has 1) lead to ...
GMO crops not ‘contaminating’ nearby organic farms, USDA data suggest
In 2015, Oregon lawmakers passed House Bill 2509, which created mediation protocols for growers who believe nearby farming practices are ...
African Centre for Biodiversity claims South Africa’s GMO maize provides poor nutrition, will not help nation cope with drought
[Haidee Swanby is Research and Outreach Officer and Linzi Lewis is a Researcher at the African Centre for Biodiversity.] A new report by ...
UK research facility spent over $2.5 million to protect GMO wheat trial from threatened vandalism by anti-GMO activists
[Editor's note: Rothamsted Research is the longest running agricultural research center in the world. It has three campuses in Britain. The research ...
