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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Subway’s phase out of meat raised with antibiotics smart, kowtowing to activists not always wise
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Congressman, professor argue organics promotes sustainable sustainability
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Ecomodernism embraces GMOs, unites moms of different political stripes
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How Europe is starving Africa by blocking GMOs
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Omega-2 oil squalene may soon be produced in biotech tobacco rather than extracted from sharks
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Antioxidant producing GMO tomatoes could lead to inexpensive medicinal compounds
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International Agency of Research into Cancer (IARC) is ‘confusogenic to humans”
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Scare stories on ‘uncontrolled spread’ of GMOs spreading uncontrollably: They’re misguided
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WHO’s IARC: Red meat is as ‘dangerous’ as glyphosate (and 476 other carcinogenic threats)
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Biotech advocates misjudged depth of distrust of corporations
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Europe’s “coalition of the ignorant” opposes GMOs, hurt poorer countries
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GMO cassava could alleviate B6 deficiency in developing nations
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CRISPR poses challenges to regulators of traditional crop biotech
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The genome editing technique ...
Bt cotton not to blame for Indian whitefly epidemic
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Facing drought-induced food shortage, Zimbabwe confronts GMO dilemma
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Talking Biotech: Genetic improvements and virus resistance of cassava, African staple
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Audit: USDA regulators don’t consider past non-compliance when approving biotech field trials
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If GMOs are safe, why aren’t they labeled? Straight answer to a valid question
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European Food Safety Authority challenged to educate public on nuances of GMO risk analysis
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Senate panel warms to GMOs
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Biotech key to increasing yields to meet growing global food demands
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Voice your thoughts on White house biotech regulation reform proposal
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