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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China plans to scale up cultivation of homegrown potatoes, likely investing in genetic tech
The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture started the year with an awkwardly named but nevertheless resonating event — at the "Potato ...
Cloned white Angus could double beef production in 10 years
Dr. James West, associate professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University and chief science officer of CAG, has developed a way ...
Massachusetts lawmakers to put GM labeling bill on governor’s desk this session
A food fight is shaping up between advocates clamoring to require labels on products that include genetically modified ingredients and ...
No climate benefit to biofuel crops
Nearly all of the studies that have been used to promote the deployment of biofuels over the past two decades ...
Mimicking Climategate, anti-GMO activists fund legal attack on biotech academics
US Right to Know, funded mostly by organic activists, is using the Freedom of Information Act to target scientists it ...
Bangladesh to adopt GM cotton in 2016
The government will introduce genetically modified (GM) cotton in 2016 to increase production of Bangladesh's key raw material for textiles, ...
Washington Post: Denying scientific consensus on GMOs victimizes developing countries
But the biggest gap between public opinion and scientific consensus in the United States is not in the realm of ...
China increasing support of GMO research, public education
Research and commercialization of genetically modified organisms (GMO) are expected to gain momentum in China after years of GM crop ...
Center for Food Safety will defend Jackson County, Oregon in GMO lawsuit
Local anti-GMO forces celebrated a Friday ruling allowing them to join Jackson County in defense of last year’s voter-passed ban ...
Assessing impact of India’s 5-year GMO Bt brinjal ban
Monday was the fifth anniversary of the imposition of a moratorium on the commercialization of genetically modified brinjal by the ...
Rebranding genetic modification as ‘ethical crop breeding’
Genetic modification (GM) should be re-branded as ‘ethical crop breeding’ with the patented technology used for ‘the greater good’ rather than ...
Rethinking “pro-GMO” and “anti-GMO” labels
Journalists and commentators often use the terms "anti-GMO" and "pro-GMO" as shorthand to guide the reader through ideological thickets. But ...
The Original Frankenfoods: Origins of Our Fear of Genetic Engineering
The anti-GMO community has gotten a lot of propaganda mileage out of demonizing GM crops as Frankenstein's creation. GLP guest ...
Genetic engineering needs space from regulators
The newly approved, genetically engineered “Innate” brand of potato is quite remarkable. It is bruise resistant and contains 50 to ...
Small but growing number of farmers switch to non-GMO
While non-GMO crops are a small percentage of the total number grown, there is still a market overseas for those ...
Audio: Why Mark Lynas changed his mind on GMOs
Dominic Lawson interviews people who have changed their mind on controversial matters. He asks the environmentalist Mark Lynas, who was ...
Keith Kloor on Bill Maher, vaccines and GMOs: “Nobody makes liberals look like asses more than Maher”
Bill Maher, the comedian and host of his own HBO show, is God’s gift to conservatives. Nobody makes liberals look ...
What turned the organic movement against GMOs?
The idea behind the organic movement has some virtues: using fewer chemicals that might be more dangerous, reducing logistics and ...
Syngenta now faces 360 lawsuits from US farmers
Farmers and farm businesses in 20 states have now filed more than 360 lawsuits against agricultural chemicals-maker Syngenta, and hundreds ...
Will Tanzania follow Burkina Faso in embracing GM crops to fight ravaging diseases?
There is a groundswell of popular support for crop biotechnology among African farmers, with Uganda and Burkina Faso the most ...
Anti-GMO sociologists mute attacks on biotech, urge greater sensitivity to cultural impacts
At the National Research Council's public webinar on GM crops, three sociologists, known for their concerns about the cultural impact ...
False claim of ‘no consensus on GMO safety’ at heart of Vermont’s labeling bill
Several food industry trade groups, including the Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA), filed suit in June 2014 to prevent Vermont’s ...
Genetically engineered ‘on-off switch’ could activate drought tolerance in plants
An innovative 'on-off' switch added to a plant protein may one day allow farmers to prep crops for drought by ...
Sequencing genome of brewer’s yeast could lead to new flavors, strengths and qualities
Imagine ales with a richness of flavour you never before imagined, lagers that can be brewed warm, or a Trappist-style ...
Genome tracking tech could make improve food safety and reduce food fraud
Each year foodborne illnesses caused by these microorganisms sicken 48 million Americans, hospitalize 128,000 and kill 3,000.... Food fraud is ...
Alison Van Eenennaam: Genetically engineered animals critical for food production
Genetically engineered food animals could provide a sustainable means to feed a fast-growing world population, yet regulatory hurdles keep such ...
