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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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 ...
Conflicting views on GMOs: How do we know what to believe?
How do we know who or what to believe, seeing that GMO advocates and opponents make very contrasting claims and ...
Reflections on why Australian organic farmer’s GMO contamination court case flopped
As Schopenhauer once said, "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it ...
Idaho farmers divided on GMO labeling
Some Idaho farmers would like the Legislature to pass a bill to forestall a statewide initiative that would require labeling ...
Monsanto perfecting GMO wheat: Are the public and farmers ready?
The facility has dozens of rooms just like it. But inside this particular 10-foot-by-20-foot growth chamber at Monsanto’s global research ...
How dubious research critical of GMOs and glyphosate gets published
I’ve added the journal Interdisciplinary Toxicology (interTOX) to my list. The journal is associated with the Slovak Toxicology Society (SETOX) ...
Hawaii’s GMO lesson: Public interest research future of GE technology
If you read the social media, you’d believe that genetic modification of crops is being done almost solely by the ...
Seed companies feed home gardeners’ concerns about GMO seeds
A couple of seed catalogs came during the hustle and bustle of the holiday season and I put them aside ...
Why Britain is going its own way on GMOs
Britain will grow GMOs now the EU compromise is official. Support in Britain over the last few years has only ...
New British minister backs GM crops as more eco-friendly
Genetically modified food should be grown in Britain because it is more ‘eco-friendly’, the Environment Secretary claimed yesterday. Publicly backing ...
Cornucopia Institute: Organic farms industrializing–As sustainability benefits of GMO crops rise
According to key organic supporters, organic farming is no longer the idyllic image that the multi-billion dollar industry promotes. And ...
New EU GMO approval system could open door to Britain, other countries approving more GE crops
You could call it a victory for common sense. The European Parliament is expected to confirm an astonishing departure from ...
GMO foods most likely to be served next
Currently, the list of genetically modified organisms that could end up at your dinner table (assuming you live in the ...
USDA considers categorizing GM sorghum as noxious weed
Word filtered from U.S. Department of Agriculture sources is that a genetically modified sorghum developed for use in cellulosic ethanol ...
Finding genetic traits in crops could help plants survive in warmer, drier world
Sometimes it pays to have wild and quirky relatives. That's certainly the case for staple crops that help feed the ...
Mining genetic wealth of agricultural gene banks
Agricultural gene banks hope soon to cease serving primarily as warehouses for plant seeds and start capitalizing on the often ...
Herbicide-tolerant crops still need diverse weed management
Crops that have been genetically modified (GM) to be tolerant to herbicides have been widely grown in the U.S. since ...
UK advisor holds up GMO crops as more environmentally friendly than organic
Organic farming could be worse for the climate than conventional farming methods, one of the government’s scientific advisers has said, ...
Genetic descriptors published for Africa’s baobab—the ‘tree of life’
A new publication, 'Descriptors for Baobab,' opens the way for accelerated and better-standardized research into this iconic tree. This highly ...
Salt tolerant gene indentified in soybeans
A collaborative research project between Australian and Chinese scientists has shown how soybean can be bred to better tolerate soil ...
GM crops safer for farmers and consumers because less chemicals used
Don Lee, genetics professor at University of Nebraska, spoke to Susan Winsor, the managing editor of Corn and Soybean Digest, ...
Considering the three types of reasons people oppose GMO foods
When it comes to arguing about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) there is a big obstacle: the name GMOs describes things ...
African Christian asks: Is genetic engineering contrary to the Bible?
In Africa, where the battle over GMOs is intensifying, some critics claim genetic engineering violates Christian dogma. Is that accurate? ...
‘Non-GMO’ genetic tool helps yogurt fend off bacterial viruses
Two years ago, a genome-editing tool referred to as CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) burst onto the scene ...
