Kaua’i mayor reports on efforts to begin implementation of anti-GMO bill

Chris D'Angelo | 
For the first time since signing a controversial anti-GMO bill into law last month, Kaua'i County Mayor Bernard Carvalho reported ...

Block party: Are activists thwarting GMO innovation?

Nathanael Johnson | 
Is there evidence that groups fighting against genetically modified food have thwarted good technologies that would otherwise make agriculture more ...

Nobel Laureate Sir Paul Nurse calls campaign against GM crops ‘anti-science’ and ‘irresponsible’

Nobel Laureate cell biologist Sir Paul Nurse has termed the campaign against GM foods "irresponsible,” calling the whole debate against ...

Organic labeling: Is there a place for GM foods?

Dan Glickman, Kathleen Merrigan | 
For more than a decade, organic farmers, ranchers and food processors have been subject to rigorous annual inspections to ensure ...

Americans mildly concerned about GM foods, but confused as to what they are

Keith Nunes | 
Less than 10% of adults were “very” or “extremely” concerned about genetically modified ingredients when market research company NPD Group last ...
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Podcast: Part II of organic grower Jack’s Farm Radio interview with GLP’s Jon Entine

Jon Entine | 
In Part II of Dan Heckler's interview with GLP’s Jon Entine, the discussion turns to environmental sustainability and claims by ...

Activist researcher who destroyed GM potoatoes reinstated after no violence pledge

A researcher who was fired by Leuven University because she took part in protests against genetically modified crops has been ...

Whole Foods drops Chobani Greek-style yogurt in anti GMO effort

Stephanie Strom | 
Whole Foods says that as of early next year, its stores will no longer stock Chobani, a Greek yogurt brand ...

Maine governor says he will sign GMO labeling bill

Steve Mistler | 
Maine Governor Paul LePage has confirmed that he will sign a bill to require food producers to label products that ...

Field trials of GM oranges show promise in the fight against citrus-greening

Venessa Wong | 
Field trials of oranges genetically modified to contain a gene found in spinach are showing promise in resisting citrus greening—a ...

EU Commission renews bid to ban food from cloned animals

Charles Dunmore | 
The European Commission again proposed a ban on food and products from cloned animals, two years after rejecting a similar ...

Hartford Courant editorial slams GMO labeling bill

The GMO labeling bill recently signed by Connecticut’s governor is an unnecessary, feel-good measure that has little to do with ...
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MIT Technology Review makes ‘green’ argument for genetically modified food

Advances in genetic engineering have opened doors for scientists to tackle some of the biggest threats to agriculture in a ...

Fast growing, pest resistant GE poplar tree could revolutonize paper industry

Scientists at Oregon State University have developed a pest-resistant, faster-growing poplar tree that could be “especially useful in the paper ...

GM crop field trials cleared in India despite government official’s reservations

Priyanka Kakodkar | 
Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan of Maharashtra has cleared “no objection certificates” for confined field trials of several genetically modified crops, ...

GM technology an aid in the ‘long, hard fight’ against Texas boll weevil

Ron Smith | 
The boll weevil eradication program in Texas, combined with the use of genetically modified cotton varieties, has resulted in a ...
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Congress could be next GMO labeling battleground

Georgina Gustin | 
After the recent defeat of GMO labeling initiatives in Washington and California, the fight to require labeling for genetically modified ...

Monsanto has no influence on research by its fellowship recipients

Gabriel Sachter-Smith | 
Anti-GMO activists claim that research funded by Monsanto is biased, but no one has ever asked a Monsanto-funded researcher what ...

With GMO ban in place in Hawaii County, and citrus greening disease threatening, what does future hold

Richard Ha | 
A few days ago, we learned that the Florida citrus industry, which has lost more than a million acres to ...

US urges timely action by China on GM corn approvals

At least three shipments of corn have been rejected by Chinese officials, on the grounds that they contain an unapproved ...

With GM approval in Russia on the horizon, activist scientists call for 10 year moratorium

In an attempt to block the introduction of GM crops in Russian, an anti-GMO activist scientist organization is calling for ...

Nurse-mom endorses non-browning GM apples, provokes torrent of criticism

Studies have found that children are more likely to eat sliced fruit than whole fruit. But like many mothers, Sarah, ...

Whole Foods GMO labeling requirements could alienate food suppliers

Maxx Chatsko | 
With its voluntary GMO-labeling program that will be introduced in full by 2018, Whole Foods “will no doubt bolster its ...

Are GM seed companies engaging in ‘cigarette science’?

James Cooper | 
Anti-GMO activists often like to accuse the biotech industry of conspiring a “cover up” akin to the tobacco industry’s cover-up ...

Fascinating science behind development of Bt eggplant

Henrylito Tacio | 
Bt eggplant, which is genetically modified to produce an insecticidal protein, is safe to consume and can protect eggplant from ...

Fear of pesticides and GMOs may drive out Kauai’s biotech industry

Timothy Hurley | 
Kauai’s GM seed industry, which plays a “significant” role in Kauai’s economy, has been facing obstacles recently—namely the fear of ...
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No GMOs? How about a helping of irradiated mutant fruits and veggies instead?

David Ropeik | 
Although plants bred through industrial means like mutation breeding for genetic modification might seem dangerous, unnatural does not automatically mean ...
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