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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Western Australian organic farmer’s grounds for appeal in GE canola ‘contamination’ case unclear
Kojonup organic farmer Steve Marsh took his neighbour Michael Baxter to court earlier this year, claiming GM canola drifted onto ...
Univ of Hawaii reviews environmental impacts of GM crops
RoundUp Ready® (RR) crops and other herbicide-resistant GM crops have increased the use of no-till agriculture, which conserves topsoil and ...
Interactive Map: Bangladesh farmers’ dramatic success with pesticide-reducing Bt brinjal
A new interactive map published by partners of Bangladesh's Bt brinjal project, the first GMO food crop grown in South ...
Harmful GMO insulin meme illustrates how ‘deadly’ anti-GMO movement can be
What happens when a tabloid-respect-for-the-truth meets a life-saving breakthrough in medical technology? You’d get something like this: Chances are you ...
Neil deGrasse Tyson shows GMOs are not liberals’ equivalent of climate denial
I once asked Twitter to name the liberal equivalent of conservatism's climate change denial: that is to say, an issue ...
What does a GMO potato look like?
Potatoes: As of May 15, 2014, there are no GMO potatoes available for consumer purchase, but they are being tested ...
Neil deGrasse Tyson defends pro stance on GMOs following video
This brief clip of me was posted by somebody: Everything I said is factual. So there's nothing to disagree with ...
GMO controversy ‘more cultural than scientific’
Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, remain controversial, but like so many other politically hot topics, the controversy is more cultural ...
Politics alert: Is Obama Administration holding up approval process for AquaBounty GM salmon?
The mood at AquaBounty Technologies a year ago was buoyant. Regulators had released a draft assessment of the company’s genetically ...
Public fears stall approval of GM crops for commercial planting in China
Despite recent research advances, such as a new strain of wheat that resists destructive mildew, commercial planting of genetically modified food ...
Kansas tea partier finds common cause with liberals on GMO labeling
Todd Tiahrt is a proud former member of the House tea party caucus. He claims to have a “100 percent pro-life ...
Reflecting internal rift, Indian government puts field trials for 15 GM crops on hold
The battle over testing of genetically modified crops in India took a new turn this week with the Bharatiya Janata ...
‘Level playing field’ needed for biotech in agriculture
The use of biotechnology is big within the health industry, the area of industrial envrionment and agriculture, but while it ...
Bt cotton helped Indian farmers, but success not uniform
Cotton is a light and breathable fabric but it sure does get itself into some very contentious debates. It has been a central ...
Video: Neil deGrasse Tyson says ‘chill out’ to activists: GMOs perfectly safe
Beloved Cosmos host Neil deGrasse Tyson emphatically defends GMO foods in a recently unearthed old video, sparking responses all over ...
Safeway shareholders reject GMO labeling, garners only 10 percent support
Shareholders at Safeway have rejected a proposal from the Green Century Equity Fund calling for mandatory GMO labeling on its ...
Vermont raised over $160,000 in private donations to defend GMO labeling law
Vermont has raised more than $160,000 in private donations to help defend what would be the nation's first GMO labeling ...
‘Big Oil’ can’t ‘buy’ science organizations on climate change, neither can Monsanto on GMOs
Would you eat a plant that makes its own toxic pesticides, contains DNA from viruses and bacteria, sports genes that ...
Boston Globe joins other liberal publications in opposing mandatory GMO labeling
The push for GMO labeling has been the most successful in New England states so far, but now, the region's ...
China insists on GMO-free corn exports from U.S.
U.S. corn supplies will be even bigger next year if China keeps import curbs on a genetically modified variety of ...
Africa losing opportunities to reduce poverty because of ‘dysfunctional’ GM debate
Opportunities to enhance crop yields and reduce poverty in Africa are being lost because of a “polarised public debate” on ...
India should not rush to decide on GM crops without rational public debate
The public debates on GM began with the unannounced entry of Bt cotton in Gujarat, where the farmers had grown 21,000 acres ...
NaturalNews’ Mike Adams’ genocidal views on GMOs mainstream among environmental activists
NaturalNews founder and editor Mike Adams is known for his extremist views on GMOs, the latest being his threats to ...
Food industry spent $9 million lobbying against GMO labeling laws in first quarter
The food industry spent $9 million lobbying Congress to oppose laws requiring labeling for genetically modified products in the first ...
Indian government delays approved GM crop field trials following pressure
The Centre has put on hold field trials of genetically-modified (GM) crops following pressure from the Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM) ...
GM corn no longer resistant to tropical pests in Brazil
Genetically modified corn seeds are no longer protecting Brazilian farmers from voracious tropical bugs, increasing costs as producers turn to ...
Label this: Anti-GMO activists’ stance posing ‘actual threat’ to public health
This spring, Vermont passed a law requiring any food that includes genetically engineered ingredients - otherwise known as "GMOs" for ...
