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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Ugandan finance minister supports biotech bill
The minister of state for Finance in charge of Planning, Matia Kasaija, has refuted claims that government has withdrawn the ...
Modern foods genetically modified for centuries
For the health-conscious, the prevailing wisdom is that natural food is the best food. But no matter what studies of ...
Maui locals sue in attempt to stop anti-GMO voter initiative
A group of Maui County residents and organizations are suing in an attempt to stop a county voter initiative to ...
DC nonprofit donates $78,000 to Vermont’s GMO labeling law fund
Vermont has raised more than $300,000 in private donations since May to help defend its GMO labeling law in federal ...
Vietnam green-lights first GM corn crop cultivation but ‘disturbing questions’ remain
Vietnam has green-lighted the cultivation of its first genetically modified (GM) corn crop after leaving a number of disturbing questions ...
Oregon GMO labeling backers open new campaign office, focus on door-to-door canvassing
Oregon is gearing up for a high-profile food fight this election season: a November vote on whether to require food ...
Media attacks on GMO critics ‘simplistic, misleading representation’
Hot on the heels of a much publicised article in the New Yorker that set out to attack Vandana Shiva ...
New Cornell project to strengthen voice for science and depolarize debate around GMOs
A new international effort led by Cornell will seek to add a stronger voice for science and depolarize the charged ...
29-year study of trillions of meals shows GE crops do not harm food-producing animals, humans
According to GMO critics, livestock around the world are developing cancer and dropping like flies after eating genetically engineered feed ...
Oregon’s GMO labeling initiative depends on ‘urban’ votes
The fate of Oregon’s genetically modified organism labeling initiative will hinge on whether heavy spending by opponents can overcome the ...
Kauai’s anti-GMO bill defeat shows legal system favoring ‘corporate control’
A federal court recently ruled that Kauai County’s right-to-know law dealing with genetically modified organisms and pesticides is unenforceable. The court ...
Indian government’s indecision on GMO trials stranding research in labs
The government’s continued flip-flopping over field trials has disappointed Indian research scientists. Delhi University has spent 18 painstaking years developing ...
GM might be best hope for saving coffee from ‘looming Coffee Apocalypse’
Scientists have managed to sequence the java genome, a breakthrough that brings new insights into the venerated bean while also ...
Filipino farmers faction calls for ‘immediate halt’ to Golden Rice trials
A year after the uprooting of Golden Rice, more than a hundred farmers, scientists, consumers and basic sectors are calling ...
Hornless cattle make case for gene editing and less restrictive regulation of GM animals
Will new gene editing techniques that don't involve the insertion of "foreign" genes soften the opposition to genetic modification? Researchers ...
Ag department accused of ‘industry-friendly approach’ in regulating outdoor GMO tests
At a secret location among the vineyards of California's Central Coast, a plot of genetically engineered corn is producing proteins ...
GMO fears are ‘mirror image’ of climate change denial
Back in July, the bipartisan Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture subcommittee held hearings on the subject of whether food ...
Biotech ‘critical’ tool for Nigeria’s food security and industrialization
Despite the availability of biotechnology and all its potential, Nigeria is yet to fully tap from biotechnology to feed its ...
Genetic engineering could save Florida’s $9 billion citrus industry from deadly disease
The $9 billion Florida citrus industry is being threatened by a disease believed to have originated in China known as huanglongbing, commonly referred ...
Do GMO farms ‘contaminate’ neighboring crops? A farmer’s view of co-existence
Skeptics of GMOs often voice concern over cross-pollination--what activists say is the potential for the 'contamination' of neighboring fields by ...
If GMOs are so harmful, where are the ‘victims’?
According to the anti-GMO Center for Food Safety, “It has been estimated that upwards of 75 percent of processed foods ...
First trial of GM crops rich in omega-3s harvested in UK
Britain’s first trial of GM crops enriched with nutrients to improve health has been successfully harvested. Following a groundbreaking field trial, ...
Moving closer to GM cup of coffee
A consortium of scientists announced in Science that they've sequenced the coffee genome for the first time. By determining all of the ...
Audio: Lobbying on GMO labeling now ‘booming business’
Interview with Carey Gillam, a food and agriculture reporter for Reuters. Across the globe, 64 countries have enacted mandatory labeling laws for GMO ...
GMOs for Dummies!
Marc Brazeau who blogs at Food and Farm Discussion Lab has posted an extremely useful guide covering many key GMO ...
NaturalNews endorses GMOs as solution to bee crisis
Here we go again, folks. Recently Natural News published an article titled “New, all-natural pesticide unveiled by scientists – and ...
Agriculture official speaks out against GM ban in Vietnam
Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Dang Huy Dong last week said the ministry had worked with the Ministry of ...
