Crops & 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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UK Ecologist: GMOs produce ‘monopoly’ and ‘monoculture’
"My profound fear is that we will all be subjected to a greatly reduced number of mass-produced, unhealthy monocrop foods," ...
Proposed congressional bill bans the cultivation of GMOs in Costa Rica
Opposition lawmakers and environmental groups today filed a bill to Costa Rican Congress to establish a moratorium on the cultivation ...
Should there be more marijuana genome projects?
The momentum for legalizing marijuana in the United States has been picking up steam in recent years, with nearly half ...
Consumers Union says labeling would not raise food prices, backs I-522
On Nov. 5, Washington state residents will vote on Initiative 522, a referendum that would require labels on foods that are ...
Teenage anti-GMO Internet sensation now blogs on HuffPo
The 14-year old Canadian girl, Rachel Parent, the founder of "Kids Right to Know", who became a cyberspace sensation by ...
Hawaii anti-GMO activists influence policy by spreading fear of biotech
Reason's Ronald Bailey explores Hawaii's anti-GMO activists, who spread false information to advance their political goals. Both the Hawaii County ...
Cost/benefit analysis of GM crops in sub-Saharan Africa
The International Food Policy Research Institute has released a study on the impact of GMOs in African countries: A variable ...
Traces of glyphosate on crops are not toxic to humans
Anastasia Bodnar from Biofortified explains why the traces of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, are not toxic to ...
UK Environmental Minister: Consumers care more about cost of food, not GMO controversy
Consumers no longer care about the issue of GM crops, the [UK] Environment Secretary claims. Owen Paterson insisted genetically modified ...
Using GMOs, scientists show how plants tell time
Plants use sugars to tell the time of day, according to research involving a University of York scientist which is ...
Judge rejects request by pro-labeling group to freeze ‘No on I-522’ campaign funds
A Thurston County judge rejected a request by the Moms for Labeling group Wednesday to freeze $3.5 million still unspent ...
European farming organizations demand greater access to GM crops
The organizations representing farmers in the four countries of the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Portugal and Romania have written ...
In Europe, debate intensifies over GMO food imports from US
The European Union has some of the strictest regulations in the world for genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, requiring extensive ...
Monsanto once supported GMO food labeling in Europe
The biotech company Monsanto, a major opponent of Washington state’s GMO-labeling Initiative 522, actually once supported the labeling of genetically ...
Washington State University researchers: GMO labeling is ‘useless,’ ‘misleading.’
Researchers at Washington State University’s Agricultural Research Center call an initiative to label genetically modified foods “useless information,” citing a ...
To build trust, scientists should be fighting for transparency, not against labels
Fighting labeling laws decreases public trust in genetic engineering, so scientists instead should work towards better transparency and improving public ...
Some organic brands oppose Washington state GMO labeling law
After the Grocery Manufacturers Association unveiled its list on donors, it was revealed that several organic food manufacturers actually oppose ...
International scientists challenge Swedish government over funding of Golden Rice trial vandalism
In a statement on Mark Lynas's blog, prominent plant and agriculture scientists called out the Swedish government for funding MASIPAG, ...
Chipotle’s claim of reduced GMO use crumbles under scrutiny
Dana Liebelson of Mother Jones investigates Chipotle's claims of reducing the use of GMOs and using locally sourced, organic ingredients. She ...
Organic industry would reap windfall with passage of I-522
In his blog Edible Intelligence, Sam Vance warns that with the passage of Washington State's I-522, large organic grocers like ...
Filipino NYU plant geneticist backs Golden Rice
In his latest statement in Rappler, New York University's Dean of Science Michael D. Purugganan writes why he supports Golden Rice and ...
Los Angeles city councilmen propose ban on GMOs
Los Angeles is considering banning the cultivation and sale of genetically modified organisms. If it does, the second-largest U.S. city ...
Food companies should reject anti-science claims and stand up for GMOs
Junk science is stalling important innovations in biotechnology, forcing companies to fold under intense pressure from anti-GMO activists ...
Nigerian Agriculture Minister urges faster acceptance of biotechnology in Africa
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Akinwumi Adesina, has called for an accelerated pace in Africa's use of biotechnology, ...
Catholic leaders: Transgenic plants must be used to feed poor
The Catholic Church supports GMOs, writes William Patenaude, an environmental regulator and author of the Catholic Ecology blog. Dr. Peter Raven, one ...
Key Chinese government officials back GMOs
The Chinese government has been rolling out statements and public events in support of GMOs, writes Wall Street Journal reporter ...
Washington Post editorial: Genetically modified crops should be part of Africa’s food future
(Summary) "Genetic engineering is not a magic bullet for Africa, but it can help battle pests and diseases, improve nutrition ...
