Crops & 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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Will anti-GM Europe change its mind about GM foods?
While the United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina and China and many other countries have warmly embraced genetically modified crops, Europe ...
Mexican scientific community split by legal battle over GM corn
The Mexican scientific community has been torn apart by a legal battle over transgenic maize (corn). Almost a year after ...
GM herbicide-resistant crops, herbicides not sustainable weed control
The Register's agriculture writer, Donnelle Eller, recently reported on a startling new arrival in the state: A "superweed" that may ...
US trade official: Biotech and organics can work together to sustainably feed growing planet
Jack Bobo, chief of Biotechnology and Textile Trade Policy and senior advisor for biotechnology in the Department of State's Bureau ...
Not just GM seeds: Monsanto innovates in traditional plant breeding
After a decade concentrating on seeds and genetically engineered “traited” crops, Monsanto is broadening its focus into traditional plant breeding, ...
Transparency and dialogue needed to figure out solutions in GMO labeling debates
In all countries in which genetically modified (GM) food is sold, such as Australia and the US, the issue of food ...
Second Chinese citizen connected to alleged 5-year GM seed theft scheme arrested
U.S. authorities arrested a second Chinese citizen in connection with an alleged conspiracy to steal high-tech corn seed developed by ...
Hawaii legislators’ anti-GMO campaigns support ‘trendy activism’ while creating more problems
Dear Senator Brian Schatz and Representative Tulsi Gabbard, This week has definitely been a bomb of a week with the ...
EPA official to Maui GM ban committee: GE papaya safe to eat
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials told a Maui County Council committee they haven't heard of any health issues related to eating ...
Dietician’s concerns over GMOs prompt embrace of organic foods
As a dietitian, I rarely recommend anything to a client that I wouldn't do myself. So when it came to ...
Indian ag scientist: Blaming GM crops entirely for farm problems an ‘oversimplification’
Eminent agriculture scientist MS Swaminathan has said it is not right to put the entire blame on the GM (genetically ...
Indepedent analysis says Maui could lose hundreds of jobs, millions of dollars if GM ban passes
More than 500 jobs and millions of tax dollars could be lost if a moratorium on the cultivation of genetically ...
Univ of Florida scientists say anti-GMO public sentiment having ‘detrimental’ effect on crop research
University of Florida researchers are making significant advances in genetic engineering — breeding strawberries, papayas and tomatoes that are disease-resistant ...
How private, profit-driven investment shapes GM industry
Research into GM crops has always been largely driven by the private sector, even though a 2000 report from the Commonwealth Biotechnology ...
GMO ‘super banana’ aims to tackle food security by addressing malnutrition
Scientists are hoping to improve food security through greater yields and less waste, particularly in the face of climate change, ...
Rejected U.S. corn triggers Chinese consumers’ ‘concern’ over GM foods
The announcement that quarantine authorities have returned 1.25 million tons of U.S. corn shipments after detecting an unapproved genetically modified ...
Oregon GMO labeling initiative heading for November ballot
Campaign organizers say they'll submit more than 150,000 signatures on Wednesday to place an initiative on the November ballot that ...
Video: Smart phones and scannable label codes could resolve GMO labeling fights
Could technology solve the GMO labeling fight? Secretary of agriculture Tom Vilsack discusses the use of smart phones and scannable ...
Is genetic modification of foods ‘ethical’?
Food is cultural, social and deeply personal, so it’s no surprise that modifications to the way food is produced, distributed ...
Parents seeking non-GMO foods driving organic sales
Parents' desires to avoid genetically modified organisms (GMO) are partially driving the increased sales of organic products, according to a ...
Dispute over use of GM seeds in El Salvador cited as cause of delay on aid package
Even as the White House scrambles to deal with the flood of child migrants from Central America, a $277 million ...
Republished Seralini GM corn toxicity study now ‘infamous’ for poor quality
The strange odyssey of the paper, Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize, by Seralini ...
Anti-GMO sentiments lean to ‘obsessive’ in Arizona
His story is typical of those who preach the dangers of eating genetically modified organisms: Four years ago, Jared Keen ...
Vermont pro-GMO labeling groups play Monsanto ‘fear card’ in deceptive fund-raising effort
If the Internet is your source of record, and the Vermont labeling debate is on your radar, you might think ...
Rust threatening wheat crops worldwide could be thwarted with genetics, but anti-GMO fervor remains challenge
Scientists worldwide are racing to develop rust-resistant wheat varieties before wheat crops worldwide succumb to the deadly disease, wheat rust ...
Critical evaluation of Ecuadorian worker study suggesting glyphosate might cause extensive health problems
Recently a concerned mother reached out to me[Chair of the University of Florida Horticultural Sciences program Kevin Folta] about information on ...
Tanzanian farmers push for GM Bt cotton approval now
The Tanzania Cotton Board (TCB) is advocating cultivation of GMO in the country stressing that not allowing to do so ...
