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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Even this organic advocate thinks African farmers need herbicide
Why aren’t agroecological techniques farming spreading faster among poor farmers? If you are a farmer in the rural part of an ...
Organic Center challenges view that organic farming lags in sustainability
Organic farming has many environmental advantages when compared to conventional farming. Organic farming supports biodiversity and soil health, decreases nutrient ...
Meet the Press Online video debate: Should GMO foods be labeled?
Colin O'Neil, director of government affairs for the Center for Food Safety, and Val Giddings, senior fellow at the Information ...
GMO breeding: Years of practice but still divisive
Proponents and critics of genetic modification (GM) have been arguing over the potential impact of genetically modified organisms (GMO) on ...
GLP Infographic: All GMO research is industry funded? Biofortified analysis sets record straight
One of the most common criticisms of GMOs is that 'almost all the research is industry funded' and therefore cannot ...
Poll shows most Americans buy organic food based on fear, misconceptions
Young American consumers care about their food, but they’re also entirely baffled by what they’re eating. When brand consultancy BFG ...
San Juan Islands’ 2012 ban on GMOs: Incubator for debate
In 2012, a humble farmer in the off-the-beaten-track archipelago of the San Juan Islands fired a shot in the form of ...
Gates Foundation, GMO banana face renewed attacks
Among the controversial projects funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the development and testing of a biofortified ...
Millennials support sustainability and biotech
Health and nutrition related information are two important topics for US consumers, but recently there has been an increasing interest ...
Swiss GMO potato goes to field trial
The Swiss Agricultural Research Institute, Agroscope, wants to try growing genetically modified potatoes, reports the Swiss website Blick.ch. The goal of ...
Bee deaths and neonics: Inside story of Colony Collapse Disorder, Harvard’s Chensheng Lu’s crusade
Two "Harvard studies" by nutritionist Chensheng Lu are the linchpin of the claim that we face a global bee collapse ...
Axing of European science czar over GMO issues: 1 step forward for Greenpeace, 2 steps back for EU and science
Since 2012, the distinguished Scottish biologist Anne Glover has served as chief scientific adviser to the President of the European ...
Can GMO corn help Mexican farmers reduce pesticides?
Is there a way to reduce pesticide use? Scientists believe that insect-resistant maize could be the answer. Scientists have found ...
Food scientist Bruce Chassy: Although some GMO sympathizers embrace labeling, it’s a disaster in waiting
A number of prominent journalists, who report fairly and objectively about GMO foods, are urging food and seed companies to ...
Israel warming to GMO crops as eco tech solution
Supplying food to a growing population without destroying the world’s ecological systems is one of humanity’s great challenges. Israel is ...
Climate change challenges demand more than GMO seeds
When my daughter turned 7 last week, we celebrated with a homemade chocolate cake. I wonder whether she’ll be able ...
Amid maize famine, more Kenyans call for lifting GMO ban
With a virus threatening the crops of up to 70 percent of Kenya's maize farmers, a number of lawmakers are ...
Politics, economic self-interest driving China’s GMO corn ban
For 42 years, Don Villwock has grown soybeans and corn on 4,000 acres in southwest Indiana. He has endured low ...
Just label it: Risk expert says food companies’ fears about GMO stigmatization unwarranted
There are a lot of pros and cons about agricultural biotechnology, AKA GMOs. Factual pros and cons about human safety ...
Hepatitis B vaccine produced cheaply and efficiently using GMO corn
A small technology venture, called Applied Biotechnology Institute (ABI) in San Luis Obispo, CA, a lovely small city along the Central ...
Infographic: The more GMO corn grown in US the less harmful insecticides are used
The surprising inverse relationship between genetically modified crops and insecticide use in the U.S. (from Mark Lynas) ...
Oregon farmers sue Jackson county to overturn GMO ban
Jackson County voters passed a ban on GMO crops last May. Now the courts will test the ordinance's validity. Two county ...
World’s largest corn producer sues Syngenta over Chinese rejection of GMO corn
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., the world’s largest corn processor, sued Syngenta after China rejected its shipments of corn and products made from the ...
Oregon GMO labeling outcome, now too close to call, goes to recount
The battle over a measure to require labeling of genetically altered food appeared headed to a recount as new totals ...
Could Congress finally end the GMO labeling war?
Is the tide shifting on the state-by-state approach by anti-GMO activists to impose the labeling of genetically modified foods? ...
In push to snare low income shoppers, Whole Foods to put cigarette-like warnings on GMO foods
Whole Foods’ central conceit as a company is that it sells only the best, healthiest food—which sometimes requires paying more ...
UK scientists critical of axing of EU science advisor, EU GMO bans
The European Union’s de facto ban on genetically modified (GM) crops may have caused more harm than good, according to ...
