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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Shortages may trigger food wars by 2050
Within a few more decades, dire food shortages may lead to global-scale conflict, warned a top plant scientist in the ...
Guidelines needed for safe GM crop field trials in Indian
Agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan has stressed the need for revising the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority Bill, which will lapse along with ...
Connecticut’s GM seed opposition is assault on science
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Organic’s rejection of GM foods is unfortunate ‘green’ food fad
Organic agriculture is a mainstay of the modern environmental movement. Proponents say organic food is better for the environment because ...
Celebrity chef champions sustainable seafood, includes farmed salmon on menu
Celebrity chef Rick Moonen was a champion of sustainable seafood long before it was the cool thing to do. When ...
Hawaii papaya growers proud of GM Hawaiian papayas
In this era where shippers and processors are taking extra steps to ensure consumers know their products are free of ...
Vermont’s GMO labeling bill reminiscent of overturned rBST labeling law
Vermont is again poised to be the one who steps out on labeling requirements. In 1995 it mandated the labeling ...
Africa lagging behind in GE crops acquisition
African economies are still lagging behind in acquisition of agricultural biotechnology and particularly genetically engineered crops. A report by International ...
Anti-GMO activists target Hawaii’s critical role in seed research and development
Most of us associate seeds and commodity crops with the Midwest, but Hawaii is crucial to cutting edge research in ...
Top Ghanaian politician calls for GM foods ban
Samia Yaaba Nkrumah, chairperson of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), has expressed reservation over attempts to introduce genetically modified foods ...
Marker-assisted DNA screening results in new super hybrid crops in record time
Alan Krivanek, a tomato breeder for Monsanto, dons a white protective suit, wipes his feet on a mat of disinfectant ...
Strawberry not sweet? Blame its genetics
If you've ever bitten into a strawberry and wondered why it doesn't taste as sweet or as good as others ...
Are farmers around the world less eager to embrace crop biotechnology?
A recent report in Bloomberg suggested that crop biotechnology is not being embraced as eagerly in industrialized countries, but the ...
Anti-GMO activists embrace Russia’s Putin
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev recently told a group of leaders from rural settlements that when it comes to food ...
What if activists fought against all technology like they oppose biotechnology?
Think about the technology you have around your house. Maybe your TV, DVD player, your smartphone, your tablet. Maybe you ...
Widespread misinformation about GM foods common even in farm country
A recent trip to my local farm supply store reminded me of why it's so important that each and every ...
What are the fixes if the world’s banana crops succumb to disease?
TR4 is the natural born killer of the banana world, capable of wiping out entire plantations within two to three ...
How to feed a world with 9 billion people in 5 steps
When we think about threats to the environment, we tend to picture cars and smokestacks, not dinner. But the truth ...
New GM omega-3 seeds approved for trials in Britain
Permission has been granted by the British department of environment, food and rural affairs for the planting of a genetically ...
GMO labeling bill may expose Vermont to $8 million lawsuit
A GMO food-labeling bill overwhelmingly OK’d in the Senate this week may not inform consumers about what’s in their food ...
French farmers and seed firms vow to fight new ban on GM corn
French farmers and seed firms have vowed to fight a ban on genetically modified corn at the country’s top administrative ...
Video: Story of Bt brinjal in India
"The Story of Bt Brinjal in India" documents the process of development, deregulation, demand and debate about Bt brinjal (eggplant/aubergine) ...
Hidden costs in GMO labeling
Mandatory GMO labeling would require a huge addition in infrastructure needed to segregate grain. True traceability in our food supply ...
Anti-GMO fear of ‘foreign’ genes? Ferns are latest examples of ‘natural’ genetic modification
Ag biotechnology opponents fret that transferring genes across species is "unnatural" and "dangerous." But it happens in nature--naturally. A study, ...
Anti-GMO organizations join lawsuit defending Kauai ban
A federal judge has agreed to allow the Center for Food Safety, Earthjustice and several other organizations to join a lawsuit to defend ...
Californian scientists bust GMO myths
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are a hot topic all over the world. There are questions about production, safety and regulation ...
Vermont senate move mandatory GMO labeling law forward
The Senate gave a decisive 26-2 vote Tuesday for a bill that would require labeling of foods that contain genetically ...
