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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Pro-biotech academic researchers contacted by Monsanto under fire
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Monsanto on why corporations work with academics
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Glyphosate: Real risks, benefits of poster child for GMO debate
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League of Nerds calls glyphosate ‘probably carcinogenic’ classification ‘Andrew Wakefield science’
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Regenerative Organic Agriculture claims to ‘heal nature’, ‘give life deeper meaning’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. My Father, Robert Rodale, ...
New York Times publishes emails of Charles Benbrook, paid organic consultant who produced ‘industry talking points’
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Talking Biotech: Talking chemophobia with SciBabe; Kevin Folta answers questions
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‘Know GMO’ documentary, filming in Africa, challenges anti-GM scare campaign
Documentary filmmakers travel to Uganda with hopes of bringing better understanding based on facts, evidence and science to the greater ...
Poland becomes tenth EU country to opt out of GMO cultivation
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Poland has just registered with ...
Regulatory creep creating ‘anti-competitive obstacles’ for US biotech
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Kenyan government should allow science to guide GMO policy
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How supercomputers and plant genetics provide farmers better seeds
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Anti-E.coli proteins from GMO plants could make meat safer
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Dr. Oz claims herbicides linked to GMOs cause hormonal problems
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Should there be limits on FOIA requests used to harass scientists?
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Claim GMO labeling opponents outspend pro-labeling groups 50 to 1
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Lawsuits filed claiming Monsanto’s glyphosate caused workers’ cancer
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A U.S. farm worker ...
Energy Dept. funds epigenetic project on sorghum response to drought
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. UC Berkeley is leading a ...
Industrial agriculture, not GMO cotton, root of India farmer suicide problem
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Since the mid-1990s, around 300,000 ...
Ecomodernist environmentalist movement stumbles in European rollout
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30 scientists announce support of Scotland’s GMO ban
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Kenyan agricultural scientists win international award for genetic work unappreciated at home
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Scientists’ and policymakers’ concerns mount as weed resistance to glyphosate increases
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South Australian farmers petition government to lift moratorium on GMO crops
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Consumers may not perceive GMO labels as warning, study suggests
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RNA interference technology could reduce weeds’ resistance to herbicide, but questions remain
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