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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US biotech groups lobby EU on 13 lagging GMO approvals
A consortium of U.S. commodity, seed and biotech groups has passed a letter to the European Health & Food Safety ...
Hershey drops bioengineered sugar from products
Just a day after competitor Nestle USA announced a similar commitment, the Hershey Co. said it will begin transitioning to ...
Food Babe’s shocking news: Food has chemicals in it!
“I couldn’t believe there was beaver’s ass in my vanilla ice cream, coal tar in my mac and cheese, yoga ...
Genomics holds potential for improving nutrition in crops
Renowned agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan said on Friday that making a hunger and malnutrition-free society should be the ultimate goal ...
Obama wants single food safety agency
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Indian government ‘decisive’ in changed GMO stance
On a fenced plot not far from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home, a field of mustard is in full ...
VIDEO: Are GM foods dangerous? Renowned science reporter takes on anti-GMO fundamentalists
The British YouTube rationalist and renowned ex-BBC Radio 4 and CBC science reporter with a degree in geology debunks pseudoscience, ...
Fruit tree gene could prevent GM cross-pollination with other plants
Genetically modified crops have long drawn fire from environmentalists, who worry that there could be contamination of organic food or ...
Orthorexia: Food Babe’s eating disorder
“There is just no acceptable level of any chemical to ingest, ever.” – Vani Hari A.K.A. Food Babe Everything is ...
What do off-patent GM soybeans say about possibilities of open source biotech?
As Monsanto's patent on GM soybeans expires this spring, where does this leave the conversation over corporate control in the ...
Anti-GMO fervor forcing ag companies to focus innovation on non-GMO technologies
The whole concept of genetically modified organisms is a political hot potato. You don’t need me to remind you of ...
Disgust over ‘unnaturalness’ of GMOs prime reason for opposition
Feelings of disgust are often immune to rationality. And with good reason: evolutionarily, disgust is an incredibly adaptive, life-saving reaction. We find ...
GM grass for dairy cows needs commercial partner, consumer acceptance
Some Victorian dairy farmers want the opportunity to grow genetically modified ryegrass. However they concede community acceptance of GM is ...
Greenpeace acts like corporations in agenda to discredit corporations
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Rep. DeFazio misleadingly links monarch butterfly decline solely to GMOs
Monarch butterflies are an unexpected victim of the widespread adoption of genetically modified crops, Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., said last ...
Will Ugandan farmers get to plant GM banana?
Bill Gates will be sharing his vision of how technology will revolutionize life for the world's poor by 2030 by ...
Media should examine bee age, not neonics to understand disappearing bees
Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder has always interested me, because I’m interested in insect pathology – and this is probably the ...
Salt-tolerant wheat can grow in difficult soil, ensure food security in changing climate
Researchers in Australia have developed a form of salt-tolerant wheat that could help address the global food crisis by allowing ...
Fox News embarrasses itself as urologist, medical professor opine (wrongly) about GMOs
If you think you’re getting accurate science from Fox News’ Sunday Housecall, you may want to think again. A segment they ...
Where’s the beef (and fat)? Are you ready for a juicy ‘test tube’ burger?
Lab created beef offers the possibility of ending the breeding of livestock for slaughter--and the ability to produce in vitro ...
Big Ag uses social media to twist GMO debate
Many consumers and food activists use social media platforms to stay informed and engage in important debates about the future ...
Indian farmers say GM cotton reduces pesticide use, improves yields
The debate over genetically modified crops rears its head every now and then, but for many farmers, it is an ...
Non-browning apple approved … Now comes the scare campaign?
The "rubber stamp" of regulatory approval, that takes millions of dollars and more than a decade to get, has been finally bestowed ...
Does it contain GMOs or protect rainforests? App scans food, provides label alternative
A new smartphone app may help concerned consumers bring social and environmental justice to the grocery store by supplying information ...
Is Nature safer, healthier in medicine and food? Deadly take on controversial topic
It's called the "naturalist fallacy". Naturalist beliefs that seeds or foods developed in part by scientists, often working in laboratories, ...
Parallel universe of scientists who doggedly oppose GMOs
A critical part of the scientific process is the conversation phase after the experimentation is done. Scientists share their findings with ...
Can color-changing flowers help change minds of GMO skeptics?
Nikolai Braun and Keira Havens, the two entrepreneurial scientists behind the Fort Collins, Colorado-based company Revolution Bioengineering, are in pursuit of ...
