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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Busting organic myth: Pesticide residues widely present in organic foods
There are several different reasons people are willing to pay more for organic produce, but many consumers do so believing that it ...
Pakistan needs strong regulatory system and neutral biosafety committee for GM crops
The country is heading for commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) crops, in the absence of a strong regulatory system, trained ...
Ghana Public Health Association calls for toxicological tests on GMOs before reaching market
The Ghana Public Health Association (GPHA) has called for detailed transparent toxicological tests on all Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) before ...
Frosty response to Arctic Apples from Canadian grocers
The genetically modified Arctic Apple is expected to get a frosty response from some grocery stores across the province if ...
Northeast Dairy Foods Association criticizes Vermont leaders for ‘acting rashly’ on GMO labeling
The recent signing of the food-labeling bill by Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is unfortunate on many levels. Gov. Shumlin had ...
Orlando Sentinel hosts GMO debate: Who wins on the science?
When a debate gets as contentious as that on GMOs, juxtaposed viewpoints can serve to put many dimensions of an ...
Non-GMO and organic food supplier claims GMOs not needed to feed world
For a growing global population facing dwindling resources, non-GMO plant-based proteins are the future, says 29-year-old non-GMO and organic soybean ...
Storify: Would shouting stop if GMOs were labeled?
Many people think that labeling GMOs is a simple bit of text. And that if we just would put something ...
Mark Bittman’s moderation on GMOs may be too late to rescue foodies links to fear tactics
For GMO opponents, it’s been a good news/bad news week. The good news: Vermont became the first state to mandate the labeling ...
Economist: In promoting food scare, quirky Vermont could kneecap crop biotech progress
Will Vermont's GMO label, if upheld, really promote consumer choice as its supporters claim? In reality, feeding the unfound fear ...
Progressive’s dilemma: Can Big Ag Monsanto shed it’s bad guy ‘evil’ reputation?
It all used to be so easy. There were the good guys, us, and there were the bad guys, them. Then I meandered ...
GMO labeling laws would push higher costs from producers to consumers
Despite the ever-growing ways that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates what Americans can consume, FDA does not currently regulate genetically ...
Mark Lynas provides photo proof disputing failure of Bangladesh Bt brinjal
Once again media reports have emerged claiming that genetically modified pest-resistant Bt brinjal (eggplant) has failed in the field and ...
Antibiotic resistance now major threat to public health
The Lechuguilla Cave in New Mexico is a network of chambers stretching 1,600 feet underground. The bacteria that grow on ...
Public debate reignites in China following investigation of illegal GMO corn and cotton
A war of words in China has reignited public debate over just how far genetically modified food - still mostly ...
RNAi technology promising in developing gluten-free wheat
Genetic modification of wheat genes to 'silence' protein fractions toxic to those with celiac disease holds promise for cereal development, ...
Regulatory delays and ‘Jurassic Park’ may have ruined prospects for AquaBounty GE salmon
The Maynard-based biotech company AquaBounty has been working to get a genetically altered salmon that grows faster than conventional, Atlantic ...
Food Fight: Anti-GMO Friends of the Earth attacks study on deceptively marketed organic foods
This article was written by Kari Hamerschlag, a former Latin studies major, who now works for the anti-GMO advocacy organization Friends ...
Crops deliver less nutrition with more carbon dioxide in air, biofortification in GE crops can help
Feeding everybody in the world has always been a challenge. Feeding them well just got even tougher. Some of the ...
Big Food needs to get behind GMO labeling standard to prevent ‘hodgepodge’ of state bills
Tiny Vermont is on the verge of giving Big Food a huge headache. Late last month, the Vermont legislature passed ...
Renewed push to suspend agreement prohibiting GM crop production in Nicoya, Costa Rica
The Federation of Guanacaste Municipalities (FEMUGA – Federación de Municipalidades de Guanacaste) has requested that Nicoya’s Municipal Council suspend the ...
Vermont’s GMO labeling bill is a “mess”
Before most legislatures built in their own capacity for doing deep analyses of bills before they’re passed, we used to ...
Why the love for new technology in gadgets but not new technology in farming?
Thinking about the March Against Monsanto, what do people do to vent their frustrations at corporations like this one? They ...
Do Michael Pollan’s criticisms of GMOs make science sense? (Answer: No)
Michael Pollan, a UC-Berkeley journalism professor, activist, author, and journalist, is often portrayed as a civil debater who can fairly argue ...
GMO critic NY Times foodie Mark Bittman says dangers of crop biotechnology “overrated”
In a reversal, New York Times food writer, Mark Bittman--a frequent critic--says the dangers of GMOs is exaggerated. He contends ...
Nigeria needs to adopt latest technology in farming to achieve food sufficiency by 2015
The advice was that Nigerian should learn to key into world best practices by adopting the latest technology if they ...
Video: Inside Vermont’s GMO labeling controversy
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is expected to sign a bill on Thursday mandating the labeling of genetically modified foods. That ...
