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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Citizen scientists embrace urban agriculture
City life may not seem conducive to agriculture but all across America, citizen scientists are learning about the latest methods ...
Cropland expansion in China has led to dramatic rise in carbon emissions
Over the last 300 years, the population of China has expanded and so has cropland to feed her people. To ...
Challenging tired arguments against GMOs
Steven Novella of the New England Skeptical Society has a thoughtful and entertaining piece on his Neurologica blog on the seven ...
Hydrocooling helps sweet cherries survive the long haul
People like their sweet cherries sweet but getting them from place to place in the modern world isn't without challenges ...
Not all science created equal: The genetically engineered crops story
In 1987 the US National Academy of Sciences stated there were no new risks from plants created using recombinant DNA ...
Can we ever have a civil debate about GMOs?
Every few years, it seems, there is a hot button issue that divides people in a way that goes far ...
GLP interactive infographic: Which GMO experts should you trust?
Who are the most experienced, trained, independent and trustworthy scientists and commentators on the GMO debate? Anti-GMO advocacy groups promote ...
Molokai, another Hawaii GMO battleground, rallies around farmers
It's often said that Hawaii is Ground Zero for the anti-GMO movement. However, as GLP contributing writer Joni Kamiya has written, ...
Does no-till agriculture boost global crop yields?
No-till farming is considered a key conservation agriculture strategy because it avoids conventional plowing and farming practices. It has been ...
Clothing may soon be made from plants rather than petrol based sources
Companies from Invista to Genomatica from BASF to Cargill and Novozymes are making biopased polymers designed to replace the synthetic materials used to make clothing, shoes, diapers and a ...
Anti-GMO forces leveraging September Montana GE wheat find
Last July, the Agriculture Department’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service found unapproved GMO wheat at Montana State University. The government ...
College student alert: Beer improves cognitive function
Flavonoids are versatile plant metabolites found in many plants - including hops, and therefore beer. A new study in Behavioral Brain Research found ...
Will Hawaii County judge follow Kauai’s lead in invalidating anti-GMO law?
In August, a United States magistrate through out a Kauai law that required seed and chemical companies operating in the ...
Greenpeace claims GM technology eclipsed by ‘safer’ genetic techniques, renews Golden Rice attack
Greenpeace is launching another offensive against Golden Rice, promoting organic-based agriculture as an alternative model and promoting alternative forms of ...
Ethiopia sidesteps enviros attempt to block GMO cotton imports
The Ethiopian government is inching towards opening its market to more GMO imports, particularly Bt cotton, which could jumpstart the ...
Wall Street Journal: GMO label promoters are ‘organic protectonists’
Many commentators frame the various state fights between those who support GMO labeling and opponents as a 'David versus Goliath' battles ...
Gluten-free fad food choice, rarely medically dictated
Millions of people have lately adopted a gluten-free diet by self-diagnosing with gluten sensitivities in spite of the fact there ...
Animated infographic: Story of biotech seeds
Crop Life International presents the "story of seeds"--an animated look at the evolution of germination. Seeds are the basis for ...
Nina Fedoroff’s Ted Talk: How to feed 10 billion dinner guests
How can we hope to feed a world population that is expected to reach 10 billion or more by 2050? That's ...
3 biggest truths about modern agriculture
Farming and food conjure up many images in people's minds: romantic visions of hardworking family farmers toiling away on behalf ...
Can the genetic techniques that turned corn into a staple transform the homely cassava?
Bill Gates spends a lot of his time probing the minds and work of researchers and analysts trying to solve ...
Opponents clash on Oregon GMO labelling debate
Representatives of the campaigns for and against the measure on the Nov. 4 ballot that would require labeling of food ...
Rich and famous embrace Vandana Shiva, wealthy self-described savior of the poor
Vandana Shiva, a global environmental icon and champion of peasant traditions, has been the guest of honor numerous times in ...
Monterey, California, hotbed of anti-GMO activism, home to new GMO corn farm
Somewhere near Paso Robles, John Howard and his team will be harvesting corn for the next few weeks. The exact ...
