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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Kauai residents win lawsuit against DuPont for property damage from farm test fields
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GPS, drones, robots: Precision agriculture transforming food and farming
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Dow Chemical’s Enlist Duo weed killer—designed for use with GMO seeds—tied up in lawsuit
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Amid review of glypohsate, EPA official said he favors biopesticides
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Under pressure to manage both weeds and pollinators, Midwest farmers face perfect storm
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Why GMO-giant Monsanto made offer for Syngenta’s chemical-focused company
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Ugandan ruling party greenlights vitamin A enhanced GMO “super bananas”
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Panera latest consumer-senstive food company to ditch controversial ingredients
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Agroecology can ‘save the world’ from GMO-led industrial agriculture
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African rejection of hybrid and GMO seeds in favor of heirloom varieties promotes food crisis
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History of farming suggests science is not the enemy of natural and nutritious food
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Mark Bittman: Food movement has bigger issues to tackle than GMO labeling
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Food industry group appealing latest Vermont GMO labeling ruling
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Millennials drive fast food to change: From non-GMO to antibiotic-free pledges
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