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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Left McCarthyism? SF Pacifica radio station KPFA blacklists scientist because he’s not anti-GMO
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The following is an ...
Prices for crops in Scotland, Germany could rise if GMOs banned
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Plans by Scotland, and ...
GMOs in US vs. EU: United States regulates usage while Europe fears risks of technology
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. While the U.S. and ...
Bees to birds: Have neonics and other pesticides ushered in a bird apocalypse?
The hysteria generated by a select group of advocacy scientists warning that bees are endangered is now being focused on ...
244 reasons why GMOs are safe: Global science organizations endorse crop biotech
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Currently there is a ...
How to cut farm use of pesticides: GMO moths, but anti-biotech groups wary
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An invasive species, the diamondback ...
Critic claims Golden Rice may never be introduced, better Vitamin A deficiency solutions exist
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Few GM crops are ...
‘GMO-free’ Chipotle sued for serving soft drinks, meat, dairy linked to crop biotech
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Colleen Gallagher filed a ...
Should social and political factors have a role in GMO regulation?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. India's former Union Agriculture Minister, ...
Séralini and other researchers critical of GMOs publish study claiming glyphosate may lead to liver, kidney problems, but scientists skeptical
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Long-term exposure to tiny ...
Talking Biotech: Using spinach gene, GE citrus fights disease devastating Florida oranges
Orange producer Ricke Kress on how genetic engineering can defeat devastating citrus greening disease ...
Charles Benbrook funded by Big Organic to publish on issues central to their anti-GMO market strategy
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Activists warn Monsanto poised to become Big Veggie
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Broccoli, the original superfood, ...
GMO gluten-free wheat could be savior for celiac sufferers, but anti-biotech campaigners block it
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Wheat is one of the ...
Marijuana genome mappers claim goal is to prevent Monsanto ‘takeover’ of pot business
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A team of researchers ...
Indian government must layout national policy as it loosens restrictions on GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Biotech crop research in ...
Greece and Latvia will not grow GMO maize approved by EU
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto said it would ...
Sustainable potato that resists blight given green light by USDA, but anti-GMO activists remain opposed
Sustainable potato that reduces browning and bruising and lowers presence of potentially cancer-causing chemical now has added benefit of resisting ...
Kashi cereal has Non-GMO label–and glyphosate residue
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How scientists evaluate potential health problems of GMOs
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Vietnam requiring foreign firms build GM corn plants as condition to enter market
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Celebrity chef Rick Bayless calls Mexico’s lifting of GMO ban ‘immeasurable cruelty’
7The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A recent ruling in ...
FDA using DNA to track foodborne illness before it spreads
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Investigations into foodborne illness ...
After threats of violence against prof Folta, U Florida reallocates Monsanto science donation to food pantry
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The University of Florida ...
Bt crops safe to eat, reduce pesticide use and collateral damage to beneficial insects
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Crop loss due to ...
Vandana Shiva, activists spread misinformation about GMO mustard up for deregulation in India
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Personalities that aspire to ...
A mess: PLOS mistakenly publishes rejected ADHD-herbicide paper, retracts it
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