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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Why communicating the science risks of GMOs is so challenging
The science of agricultural biotechnology is a proxy battleground for many people with political or cultural objections to GMOs, much in ...
‘Giving EU countries right to block GMOs on non-scientific grounds sets dangerous precedent’
Speaking after the European Parliament's debate on the possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of ...
Hungary plans to initiate anti-GMO European alliance
Hungary will initiate a joint alliance of European Union member states rejecting the use of genetically modified organisms in farming with the aim to ...
Chinese grown GM rice ‘significantly reduces pesticide use’, improves farmer health
Through the analysis of the data collected from the physical examination from farmers in China, a new study shows that GM ...
Why organic seedless watermelons could be considered GMOs–Or chemically-created mutants
Is a seedless watermelon, including those sold as organic, a GMO, a hybrid, or something else altogether—a chemically altered mutant? There is ...
U.S. regulators to blame for lack of progress in biopharming
Dr. Henry Miller’s cri de coeur is well-earned: he was the founding director of the FDA’s Office of Biotechnology (too ...
Buzz on how the housefly genome will help cure human disease
Insects that humans have always regarded as nothing but pests are being exploited for good purposes —as genomic sources of ...
Forget GMOs: Surgeon General has determined that DNA is dangerous to your health!
OMG! Deoxyribonucleic acid risks contaminating all of our food. Where is Gary Hirshberg when we REALLY need him! Just Label ...
Following ‘superbug’ genes in cattle could shed light on antibiotic resistant germs
Researchers at Colorado State University are investigating the weighty topic of antibiotic resistance – an issue with ramifications for global ...
Farm grown vs. wild salmon: Genetics offers gauge to sustainability, productivity comparisons
Hatchery salmon and their potential impact on wild populations have been a sticking point in ongoing discussions about seafood sustainability, ...
Anti-GMO Scotland bucks UK support for growing genetically engineered crops
New legislation which will give European Union member states a greater say over whether or not they grow genetically modified (GM) ...
Simplot’s Generation 2 Innate adds late blight resistance
Back in December, the USDA public comment period opened up for a next-generation transgenic potato variety developed by Simplot. The ...
South Australian farmers lobby against GM moratorium
Opponents have dismissed a new push to overturn a moratorium on genetically modified crops (GM) in South Australia. Grain Producers ...
Girls Scouts reject attempts by anti-GMO parents to use their kids in fear campaign
The Girl Scouts cookie-selling fund-raising season kicked off this week, again pitting anti-GMO moms against the venerable scouting organization in ...
New generation herbicide-tolerant soybeans, cotton gain USDA approval
Monsanto Co. received final U.S. approval on Thursday for herbicide-tolerant crops to be used with a new herbicide the company ...
On GMO labeling: Are consumers getting label fatigue?
Shoppers are shelling out a lot of money for products they believe are good because of clever marketing, labeling, and ...
South’s original peanut provides genetic diversity
In one field just outside Charleston grows the South’s original peanut, long thought to be extinct but now primed for ...
Germany appears headed for complete GMO ban
After the European Parliament on Tuesday, 13 January passed a new Directive on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) in Europe, the ...
Could genetically engineered chickens reverse the avian flu epidemic?
Genetically engineered chicken could be more effective than vaccines at preventing transmissions of avian flu—a disease that can be devastating ...
Farmers Union not on board with GM-Free Wales
The Welsh Government has been urged to firmly set out is position on genetically-modified crops following an European Parliament vote ...
Local food to eclipse organic, as consumers begin to doubt definition
New consumers continue to enter the organic category for the first time, but the health halo cast by the US ...
Chinese publish genome of Tibetan barley
Scientists from a genomics organisation in south China's Shenzhen City on January 13, 2015 published the first genetic map of ...
GM banana trial delayed in Iowa due to shipping issues
A controversial plan to have Iowa State University students eat genetically modified bananas has been delayed, apparently because of issues ...
Europe’s GMO compromise: Is the glass half full or half empty?
Is the glass half full or half empty? Today the European Parliament passed proposals to allow EU member states to ...
Macmillan/McGraw-Hill bows to anti-GMO protestors, revises 6th grade textbook
A sixth-grade science textbook has a caused a dustup over what anti-GMO parents content is a one-sided presentation of GMOs ...
Is there a scientific basis to the paleo diet?
The problem with modern diets is that they rely too heavily on modern, processed foods. If only we emulated the ...
