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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Addition of Hawaiian bees to endangered species list unrelated to honey bees
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service added 49 species of plants and animals to the endangered species list on [Sept ...
Genomics will allow plant breeders to use seed banks more effectively
There are vast numbers of seeds in gene banks around the world. A new approach uses their genomes to predict ...
India’s inconsistency on GMOs: endorse GM mosquitoes, oppose GM mustard
Politicians... in India have been pretty receptive to GM technologies for control of dengue and chikungunya... Such political support for GM ...
EU Parliament, bucking EU Commission, opposes authorization of five new GMOs
The European Parliament opposed the European Commission plans to authorise five GMO products, maize Bt11, 1507 and MON810 (seeds and ...
How are family farms faring as companies buy land to meet growing organic food demand?
Farmers... want to meet the growing demand for organic, but are faced with several challenges to increasing acreage. Most significantly ...
Cargill to offer Non-GMO certified sugar, sunflower oil and sweetener
Cargill, one of the world’s biggest wholesale food suppliers, has bowed to consumer trends... The US company handles millions of ...
Greenpeace scientist Doug Parr on GMO debate: “Facts matter less”
Many people criticize Greenpeace for backing the scientific consensus when it comes to climate change, but not when it comes to the safety of GMOs ...
Tanzania kick starts GMO era with field trial of drought-tolerant GMO maize
Tanzania planted its first genetically modified maize research trials [Oct. 5] under an initiative that is building a new model for ...
‘Advocacy research’ tying neonicotinoids to bee deaths debunked, but still effective propaganda
...[A] worrisome... trend is the increasing frequency of articles containing flawed “advocacy research” that is actually designed to give a false result. This ...
Michael Pollan claims ‘Big Food’ out-lobbies the ‘food movement’
Simply put, [Big Food] is the $1.5 trillion industry that grows, rears, slaughters, processes, imports, packages and retails most of the ...
Farmers get higher prices for non-GMO soybeans, but are they worth the extra labor?
In the late 90s, many farmers went all in on biotech crops... But as crop prices falter, and some Americans ...
Monsanto’s Robert Fraley: Next GMO crops to focus on nutrition, climate change
The first genetically modified row crops of any kind—herbicide-resistant soybeans and cotton protected against the bollworm and other pests—were introduced ...
CRISPR could be used to make virus-resistant crops without introducing foreign genes
Plant viruses are ubiquitous in natural environments and can severely limit plant growth and fertility. Globally, viruses are a significant ...
DuPont-Pioneer collaborating with non-profit to develop gene-edited, disease-resistant maize
Although controversial, genetically modified (GM) crops constitute one option for increasing yields and have not been proven to be dangerous ...
Will GMO mustard suffer same fate as GMO eggplant in India?
With the deadline of submitting comments of stakeholders on genetically modified mustard... coming to an end... both anti and pro-GM ...
Anti-GMO activists’ attempt to stage circus debate on GMOs at Cornell University flops—but not before they spread misinformation
In poking through my Twitter feed I find a curious post. It is being circulated that I agreed to do ...
Will US cut off support for WHO’s IARC over pilloried glyphosate cancer report?
Regulatory agencies in the US, Europe and most recently Australia have concluded that the International Cancer Research Agency botched its ...
Glyphosate in wine and cereal? Why dubious detection methods undermine GMO scare claims
Two NGO commissioned studies found parts per billion concentrations of glyphosate in wine and oatmeal. Are these findings cause for ...
Video: Non-browning GMO golden delicious apples harvested commercially for first time
Okanagan Specialty Fruits (OSF) announced [October 3] that it has successfully completed the first commercial harvest of its non-browning Arctic® Golden ...
Is India flouting its own laws in GMO cotton intellectual property dispute?
Monsanto’s ... Bt cotton has spawned the mother of all intellectual property (IP) disputes in India... . . . . Using ...
Do GMO enzymes used in natural flavorings and cleaning products promote allergies?
Genetically modified enzymes used in food, perfumes, medicine and cleaning products are “potent allergens” and should be tested like other ...
With school budgets tight, New York state PTA proposes spending more for non-GMO food
...[T]he New York PTA has released its Proposed Resolutions for 2016. ...[including] a proposal aimed at taking any genetically engineered foods, or ...
Are poorer consumers avoiding fresh produce because of fear-based organic food marketing?
New peer reviewed research published in Nutrition Today shows fear-based messaging tactics used by activist groups and some organic marketers that invoke safety concerns ...
Kenyan authorities now deny that they approved field trials of GMO maize
The National Environmental Management Authority has denied claims it approved GM insect-resistant maize for trial. . . . . Nema’s ...
Bayer’s proposed takeover of Monsanto has GMO critics taking aspirin
Politicians and activists have been speaking out against Bayer's acquisition of Monsanto. Should consumers and farmers worry about the increasing ...
Plant scientist Kevin Folta receives Borlaug CAST Communication award
While the public has embraced the latest technological advances that put ever more sophisticated smartphones into your hands, agricultural scientists ...
How one writer-mother became a GMO myth-buster
...And an increasing number of science-minded, pro-GMO writers and activists are speaking up to defend the potential benefits of GM foods ...
