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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Chipotle’s non-GMO announcement overshadows some facts
When fast-food chain Chipotle announced yesterday that it had ditched ingredients containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs), you may have looked at ...
Why young Americans are cynical about GMOs, climate change
The growing distrust among Americans towards scientists and their work is well documented. In an era in which scientific output ...
PepsiCo targeted in campaign by GM labeling proponents
Backers of mandatory labeling for genetically modified foods launched a campaign aimed at turning back food company lobbying against labeling, ...
China tightens GMO research safety protocols
China plans to increase its oversight of genetically modified crops due to heightened public concern over Beijing's ability to keep ...
In a blind taste test, organic or conventional, can you tell the difference?
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Are GMOs increasing profits of farmers and biotech companies at environment’s expense?
Many people, particularly those embracing organic foods, worry whether GMOs might negatively impact the environment. What does the evidence say? ...
U.S. defends Greenpeace India’s right to campaign against GMOs, energy projects
The United States has expressed concern that India's crackdown on the activities of the Ford Foundation and Greenpeace India could ...
Federal court upholds Vermont GMO labeling law while case continues
A Vermont law that could make the state the first in the country to require labeling of genetically modified food ...
Anti-GMO activists misusing FOIA chills science debate, research
One morning in early February I received an unusual email. It was from my colleague here at University of Florida, ...
Video: Canadian scientists say glyphosate hazard but not health risk
In March, the World Health Organization released a report that listed glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic to humans." Glyphosate is widely used ...
As success grows for Bangladesh’s Bt brinjal (eggplant), Mae-Wan Ho renews GMO disinformation campaign
The sky is falling in Bangladesh, at least according to anti-GMO campaigners determined to reframe as a failure one of ...
Gluten-free fits food myth narrative about eating ‘unnatural’ foods
There is a growing sense that people — in particular those who don't suffer from celiac disease — are being a ...
Beyond familiar GMOs: How biotech is improving other products
Most everyone knows that biotechnology produces cures and therapies for healthcare; but not everyone knows that biotechnology is also applied ...
Letter to Dr. Oz: ‘Your rebuttal full of logical fallacies’
Dear Dr. Oz, As a TV host, book author, and "America's Doctor," you hold a powerful and privileged position to ...
Judge GMOs by improved traits not breeding process
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HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on Oz: ‘Worst person in scrubs that has ever been on television’
John Oliver outlines what, exactly is problematic about Dr. Oz and the nutrition supplement industry. He calls out Dr. Oz, who ...
Consumer Reports ‘pesticides in produce’ guide sidesteps science, promotes organics
Consumer Reports 30-page “From Crop to Table: Pesticide Use in Produce” stumbles yet again on the science and is heavy ...
Chipotle caught lying on GMO-free claim
The fear of ‘Frankenfoods’ remains so widespread, so deeply—if wrongly—embedded in the popular ‘natural’ foods movement that Chipotle stands to ...
Anti-GMO groups in Bangladesh spread misinformation about Bt eggplant ‘failure’
Recent news reports in Bangladesh have suggested a growing food and farming disaster linked directly to GMOs. It's a manufactured ...
Is organic farming anti-science? Organic dairy farmer’s appeal for co-existence
GLP's newest contributing writer, a Canadian, is a former conventional farmer who went organic a few years ago. Now she ...
Has agroecology been hijacked by activists more concerned about anti-GMO purity than sustainability?
Agroecology is widely touted as an alternative to farming that uses GMOs. Yet it's really about, or should be about, ...
Nigerian president signs law to usher in GMOs
Nigeria has finally joined the league of biotechnology countries with the signing the National Biosafety Agency Bill into law by ...
Voluntary GMO labeling bill stalled in committee
House Agriculture Committee lawmakers want more control over deciding which government agency -- the Agriculture Department or the Food and ...
Mark Lynas on his “conversion” and his dedication to helping poor farmers
Mohammed Rahman doesn’t know it yet, but his small farm in central Bangladesh is globally significant. Mr. Rahman’s pest-resistant eggplant ...
Permitting GMO animal feed but not food creates dilemma under Europe’s new law
It’s all very well choosing not to eat genetically modified (GM) food, or even banning it entirely, but what if ...
Chipotle says it serves no food with GMO ingredients in 1,800 outlets
“This is another step toward the visions we have of changing the way people think about and eat fast food,” ...
