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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Cornell plant geneticist: GMOs not a black and white issue
“The picture is complex, and if you only point to a part of it, you can probably find a part ...
GE vaccines a headache for organic livestock producers
Genetically modified livestock vaccines are causing consternation in the organic industry, which is having a hard time deciphering which vaccines ...
Ag companies accused of using ‘dangerous pesticides’ at Kaua’i test farms
The bodies and minds of children living on the Hawaiian island of Kaua‘i are being threatened by exposure to chlorpyrifos, ...
Scientist map genomes of 360 tomato varieties, pointing to untapped potential for breeders
The typical red, modern tomato is about one hundred times bigger than its pea-sized wild ancestor, which originally came from ...
In rejecting GMO shipments, is China more protective of health of its citizens than US?
Despite the exultation by some over seemingly anti-GMO policies coming from China, actions of Beijing are better understood as hardball ...
GMOs safe, increase yields but fears of ‘industrial ag’ energizes critics
To UC Berkeley’s David Zilberman, the solution [to a growing, hungry global population] is straightforward: genetically modified crops. The professor of ...
Is organic agriculture leading to an increase in antibiotic resistance?
Conventional agriculture is under attack by organic and anti-GMO activists for contributing to antibiotic resistance as the result of animals ...
Time lapse video: GMO Arctic Apple, awaiting US approval, does not brown over 24 hours
Two sliced apples sit on either side of a clock as a time-lapse video compresses 24 hours into 30 seconds ...
Ben & Jerry’s throws ‘food fight’ ice cream into Oregon GMO labeling battle
Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, jumped into Oregon's pro-GMO labeling initiative by unveiling a new flavor ...
Environmental Working Group: Biotech doesn’t deserve credit for reducing soil erosion
Genetically modified crops are unfairly getting credit for reducing soil erosion on U.S. farmland, an environmental group said. In a ...
Consumer Reports challenged for spreading misinformation on GMO labeling campaigns
Consumer Reports is widely known as a respectable organization that reviews and tests products on behalf of consumers. It is ...
As EU pesticide ban to ‘save bees’ backfires, focus of failure turns to activist politicians
Within only 10 months of the precautionary ban on neonicotinoid pesticides, farmers in the UK are reporting significant crop losses for ...
Using the term ‘superweed’ in GMO debate is misleading
Superweeds have been in been in the news a lot over the last few months. Most of the recent coverage ...
Critics of Bill Gates’ ‘industrial ag’ efforts in Africa take their case to Seattle
In Kenya, where he works with small farmers, Daniel Maingi “failed miserably” in his attempts to connect with agricultural organizations ...
Video: World Food Prize kicks off–Norman Borlaug’s legacy and challenges of global hunger
The World Food Prize annual gathering is being held this week in Iowa. Julie Borlaug, the granddaughter of Norman Borlaug, father ...
Robyn O’Brien defends anti-GMO crusader Don Huber: Whistleblower or crank?
Following news that Dr. Huber was in a car accident, food activist Robyn O'Brien paints a picture of a scientist ...
Why are “public good” GMO products sitting on developers’ shelves?
The U.S. National Academies of Science, as part of a new two-year study into the safety of genetically engineered crops, ...
‘Gene drives’ could circumvent anti-GMO hysteria but present unique risks
Wouldn't it be great if scientists could genetically engineer mosquitoes to be immune to the malaria parasite, thus protecting people ...
There’s more to feeding the world than high yielding commodity crops
Since the food price spikes of 2007-8, global hands have been wringing over the question, how will we feed the ...
Australia approves dual herbicide tolerant GMO canola
Australia's first dual herbicide tolerant canola varieties are set to be released next year. A canola with both triazine tolerance ...
Love organic Ruby Red grapefruit? Created by ‘atomic breeding’, anti-GMOers oppose labeling
Groups like March Against Monsanto continually share information that is not based on actual evidence, and it’s despicable how low ...
Infographic: How to avoid GMO corn? Turn back the clock 9000 years
In 9000 years, humans have altered sweetcorn to make it 1000 times larger, 3.5 times sweeter, much easier to peel and ...
Jimmy Kimmel: What’s a GMO?
This week the Jimmy Kimmel Live late night show sent their roving reporter out to a farmer's market to ask ...
Can psychology explain strident opposition by some to GMOs?
Strident opponents of crop biotechnology often claim that they can actually taste the difference between foods with genetically modified ingredients ...
Consumer Reports: Most processed foods labeled “natural” contain GMOs
A majority of U.S. packaged foods labeled as "natural" and tested by Consumer Reports actually contained a substantial level of ...
Foreign grain sales hold steady in wake of Montana GMO wheat discovery
More than a week after reports that genetically modified wheat unexpectedly turned up at a university research lab in Huntley, ...
Organic foods 4 to 8 times more likely to be recalled, regulators on the sidelines
Every day millions of shoppers are paying out as much as 50 or 100 percent more to buy organic foods ...
