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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Viewpoint: Glyphosate’s often overlooked role in sustainable farming
What IF glyphosate didn’t exist? The best answer to that question comes from Aimpoint Research. The food / ag wargame ...
Smart cities, smart farms: The rise of vertical farming in global urban agriculture
Climate-smart innovations combined with efforts to achieve food self-sufficiency are fueling the swift expansion of the global vertical farming market ...
As clouds form over migrant farm workers, industry looks towards AI and robotics
As domestic interest in farm work has declined, specialty growers are increasingly reliant on migrants who enter the country legally ...
Processed human sewage waste is sometimes used as cheap fertilizers. It’s potentially dangerous
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Viewpoint: Challenging food myths: What would it be like if we continue to demonize modern, high tech agriculture?
The current wave of food anxiety stems, in large part, from a misunderstanding of hazard versus risk. A substance can ...
MAHA proposed state-level restrictions on food additives gaining traction on the granola left and MAHA right
In a first-of-its-kind effort, the Texas legislature has passed a bill to require warning labels on foods such as Mountain ...
Viewpoint: With lower yields, the future of organic farming is endangered. It needs biotechnology
The EU should allow gene editing to make organic farming more sustainable, researchers say. To achieve the European Green Deal’s ...
The never-ending GMO debate: Pros and cons
According to the Genetic Literacy Project, “The most recent data from the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) ...
Viewpoint: Toxic chemicals in tampons? Unpacking the latest environmental activist group hysteria claim
The chatter about chemicals in tampons isn’t exactly a new thing; it’s more like a rerun of a series that ...
Food-borne illnesses are a growing problem. CRISPR-based biosensing may be key to food safety
The availability of safe food is crucial for maintaining both nutritional well-being and overall health security. Estimates indicate that 1 in 10 people ...
GLP spaces on X: Ice cream sales boost drowning risk? Confusing correlation and causation yields strange – and often harmful – results
Ice cream sales and drownings increase significantly during summer. Although these two outcomes are closely connected, they probably occur in ...
Viewpoint: The health and environmental impacts of glyphosate
A federal reckoning over glyphosate is imminent as the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement gains a foothold with Secretary ...
Organic farming acreage in the U.S. is in steep decline
[A]merica’s certified organic acreage fell almost 11% between 2019 and 2021. Numerous farmers who implement sustainable practices told The Associated ...
The latest gene edited crop: Oats with higher yields, more fiber and climate change resilient
For the first time, scientists have successfully edited oat DNA, a breakthrough that could accelerate the development of oats with ...
Chemicals in food packaging is an increasing health threat
A research study, published in the Nature Medicine journal, explores the health impacts of exposure to synthetic chemicals in food. The scientists identify ...
Viewpoint: Here’s why farmers use pesticides like atrazine and glyphosate—and why they are safe
Corn growers need access to all types of pesticides. [Glyphosate was] developed more than 50 years ago to control a ...
Why the right is rushing to ban lab grown meat that could save tens of billions of animals every year
Unlike plant-based meat substitutes like the Impossible Burger, lab-grown meat consists of actual animal tissue, but made without slaughtering animals ...
Viewpoint: ‘Kenya must balance GMO adoption against concerns about environmental impact and preserving traditional farming
Officials are urging Kenyans to trust science and embrace GMO benefits, but Kenya must proceed with caution. GMO foods are ...
Viewpoint: Are you a ‘culinary criminal’ for eating a hot dog?
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MAHA is anti-corporate and chemophobic; Farming in the U.S. is the opposite. What will give?
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Viewpoint: Challenging the FDA to closely regulate unreviewed chemicals in our food
Although a comprehensive fix to the “Generally Recognized” standard will require legislation from Congress, there are significant steps the FDA ...
When European politicians and ‘experts’ debate the future of farming, they listen to everyone but farmers
Georges Clemenceau once said war was too important to be left to the generals. Today, in Brussels, agriculture is too ...
Trump administration’s schizophrenic farm policy
Independent and organic farmers say chaos created by the Trump administration’s cuts has hurt their businesses, even as the US health secretary, Robert F ...
Viewpoint: How media coverage has undermined support for cultivated ‘clean’ meat
Is cultivated meat ‘real meat’? Does it pose any benefits? Is it an inevitable, necessary marker of change to the ...
Iran uses nuclear technology to produce drought-resistant rice
This rice variety was obtained through targeted mutagenesis methods and originated from the popular local native variety Tarom. Key features ...
GLP spaces on X: Bioweapons on the farm? Bad agriculture policy could be as harmful as bioterrorism
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Viewpoint: ‘I’m a mom and a farmer. Here’s why it’s safe to use pesticides
In addition to the title of mom, I also have the title of farmer, giving me firsthand experiences and understanding ...
