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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Will benefits of nanopesticides outweigh costs?
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Vermont ruling on GM labeling case expected this spring; final court decision, end of year
Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell said Wednesday that he expects a judge to rule on dueling motions in the GMO ...
GMO fix for California’s drought-stricken almonds will not come easy
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African elites blame early puberty on GMOs, sabotaging nutrition-enhanced cassava, matooke
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Neither environmentalists nor industry happy with EU rules on GMOs
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Florida bills re-introduced to label GMOs and rBGH dairy
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Mapping marijuana’s genome could lead to medical discoveries
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Scientific consensus on GMO safety stronger than for global warming, PEW research center finds
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Record acreage of GMOs grown globally
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Cumbersome regulatory approval of GMOs in China hurts innovation
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GMO plant oil could be healthy, sustainable alternative for feeding salmon
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Gene silencing technology boosts levels of monounsaturated fats in flax
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Possible dialogue? Food Babe rebuffs criticism in science students “open letter”
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Science literacy doesn’t change minds about GMOs
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Are genomically recoded organisms needed to keep GMOs on a leash?
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Improved wheat varieties on horizon to address drought, flooding pests and stresses
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Arizona next to propose GM labeling
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Kevin Folta deconstructs Food Babe’s response to students in scathing fashion
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Urban consumers should pay more for lower-yielding non-GMO crops
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GLP radio interview: Girl Scouts refuse to bow to activist pressure to go non-GMO
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Two markets for dietary supplements: Non-GMO and ‘made with genetic technology’
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Will new Innate potato, with no ‘foreign’ DNA, satisfy anti-GMO critics?
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Recent “win” opening door to growing GM crops in Britain not really a victory
The European Parliament's decision on GM in January was hailed by the pro-GM campaign in the UK as a great victory ...
US consumers say they want GMO labelling but only 56 percent trust labels
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Pests invade Europe after neonicotinoids ban, with no benefit to bee health
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