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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Wheat growers’ association president wants GM wheat introduced to improve crops
Farmers need a strong voice in Washington, but also in their respective state capitols, notes the current president of the ...
Greenpeace, Chinese official claim GM soybeans cause infertility, warn against US grain imports
GMO food is closely identified as a tool of Western strategic policy among Chinese military men, regardless of whether there’s ...
Big Ag fights back against New York’s GMO labeling bill
Recently, the lead sponsor of New York’s GMO labeling bill went on public radio and said that relabeling foods wouldn’t ...
Small-scale African farmer calls for Kenya to lift ban on GMOs
United States President Barack Obama’s ringing endorsement of biotechnology in agriculture has the potential to inspire hearts and minds in ...
Argentine neuroscientist who challenged safety of glyphosate in Monsanto’s Roundup dies
Dr. Andres Carrasco, an Argentine neuroscientist who challenged pesticide regulators to re-examine one of the world's most widely used weed ...
64 countries that have GMO labeling laws
Sixty-four nations enforce consumer "right-to-know" laws on GMO food, while the United States has little regulatory framework surrounding genetically modified ...
Anti-GMO SHAKA Movement paying $5 per signature collected in support of petition to ban GMOs in Maui
Activists pushing for a moratorium on genetically modified farming in Maui County are stepping up their efforts to gather signatures ...
GM crop licensing blocked in Lahore, Pakistan; National Bio Safety Committee’s power challenged
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court has issued a stay against issuance of licences for genetically modified ...
Food companies need to ditch defensive strategy and launch positive campaign about GM crops’ merits
If biotech’s big guns want to seize the initiative in the GMO debate, they should ditch their defensive strategy (telling ...
Readers react to Los Angeles Times’ editorial pointing out flaws in California’s GMO labeling bill
The Times points out many of the flaws in legislation (SB 1381) proposed in the California Senate that would require ...
Busting organic myth: Pesticide residues widely present in organic foods
There are several different reasons people are willing to pay more for organic produce, but many consumers do so believing that it ...
Pakistan needs strong regulatory system and neutral biosafety committee for GM crops
The country is heading for commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) crops, in the absence of a strong regulatory system, trained ...
Ghana Public Health Association calls for toxicological tests on GMOs before reaching market
The Ghana Public Health Association (GPHA) has called for detailed transparent toxicological tests on all Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) before ...
Frosty response to Arctic Apples from Canadian grocers
The genetically modified Arctic Apple is expected to get a frosty response from some grocery stores across the province if ...
Northeast Dairy Foods Association criticizes Vermont leaders for ‘acting rashly’ on GMO labeling
The recent signing of the food-labeling bill by Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is unfortunate on many levels. Gov. Shumlin had ...
Orlando Sentinel hosts GMO debate: Who wins on the science?
When a debate gets as contentious as that on GMOs, juxtaposed viewpoints can serve to put many dimensions of an ...
Progressive’s dilemma: Can Big Ag Monsanto shed it’s bad guy ‘evil’ reputation?
It all used to be so easy. There were the good guys, us, and there were the bad guys, them. Then I meandered ...
GMO labeling laws would push higher costs from producers to consumers
Despite the ever-growing ways that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates what Americans can consume, FDA does not currently regulate genetically ...
Mark Lynas provides photo proof disputing failure of Bangladesh Bt brinjal
Once again media reports have emerged claiming that genetically modified pest-resistant Bt brinjal (eggplant) has failed in the field and ...
Non-GMO and organic food supplier claims GMOs not needed to feed world
For a growing global population facing dwindling resources, non-GMO plant-based proteins are the future, says 29-year-old non-GMO and organic soybean ...
Storify: Would shouting stop if GMOs were labeled?
Many people think that labeling GMOs is a simple bit of text. And that if we just would put something ...
Mark Bittman’s moderation on GMOs may be too late to rescue foodies links to fear tactics
For GMO opponents, it’s been a good news/bad news week. The good news: Vermont became the first state to mandate the labeling ...
Economist: In promoting food scare, quirky Vermont could kneecap crop biotech progress
Will Vermont's GMO label, if upheld, really promote consumer choice as its supporters claim? In reality, feeding the unfound fear ...
Antibiotic resistance now major threat to public health
The Lechuguilla Cave in New Mexico is a network of chambers stretching 1,600 feet underground. The bacteria that grow on ...
Public debate reignites in China following investigation of illegal GMO corn and cotton
A war of words in China has reignited public debate over just how far genetically modified food - still mostly ...
RNAi technology promising in developing gluten-free wheat
Genetic modification of wheat genes to 'silence' protein fractions toxic to those with celiac disease holds promise for cereal development, ...
Regulatory delays and ‘Jurassic Park’ may have ruined prospects for AquaBounty GE salmon
The Maynard-based biotech company AquaBounty has been working to get a genetically altered salmon that grows faster than conventional, Atlantic ...
