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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Greenpeace calls on Philippines to scrap Golden Rice, claims it provides no vitamin benefits
Insisting on the potential threats of GMOs to human health and the environment, environmental groups urged Philippine Agriculture Secretary Proceso ...
GMO corn seed distribution trials in Uganda postponed to 2015
Maize farmers who have been expecting to plant new, improved maize varieties at the National Crop Resources Research Institute (NACRRI) ...
Why Europeans are reluctant to embrace GMOs
Many European Union countries do allow imports of GMO corn and soybeans from the U.S. Those GMO products are used ...
‘Non-GMO’ to trump ‘organic’ as new consumer buzz word in 2014
Consumers want 'Non-GMO' now, more so even than 'organic,' according to a new study published by Progressive Grocer. In their ...
Organic farmer call to action: We can work with GMO farmers to feed the world
The debate should not be whether organics or GMOs are best suited to meet global food challenges. That's a false ...
Honoring of Green Revolution’s Norman Borlaug ignites ideological skirmishes
Today would have been Norman Borlaug's 100th birthday. As the father of the Green Revolution he is credited with saving ...
10 GM crops reapproved for ‘confined field trials’ in India
Taking a major step forward to scientifically assess 'risk' and 'safety' aspects of transgenic crops, the Indian government's top regulator ...
Norman Borlaug’s daughter decries anti-GMO ‘fear mongering’
Julie Borlaug will be among dozens of family members coming to Washington next week to honor the 100th birthday of ...
Texas GMO labeling advocates face stiff opposition
When Eric Herm heard in 2005 that genetically modified cottonseeds were the latest innovation on the market, he thought he ...
China buys US corn despite unresolved GMO dispute
China bought its first U.S. corn in more than two months last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday, ...
Heinz latest target in false advertising lawsuits over ‘all natural’ claims and GMOs
Heinz has vowed to vigorously defend itself after becoming the latest food giant to be targeted in a false advertising ...
Bill Nye isn’t really an anti-GMO guy
The Physics Police blog uncovered an episode of Bill Nye's "Eye of Nye" from 2005 in which Nye might be ...
High level math literacy linked to GMO acceptance
Penn State University researchers say they may have found a link between math comprehension and people's ability to understand messages ...
India’s GM crop success bedevils critics
It’s best two dissect two separate strains of the [anit-GMO] argument [in India]: first, that there is a wave of ...
GMO labeling bill derailed in Florida
A bill that would have required companies to label genetically modified foods in Florida will likely not be heard in ...
Top 10 GMO answers that consumers want
The results of a new national survey, commissioned by GMO Answers and the Council for Biotechnology Information, identify the leading questions consumers ...
GM-free family farms can fight global food crisis
We have a global food crisis and it is getting worse. Transformative changes are needed in our food, agriculture and ...
Debate over GM crops heats up in Tanzania
Pelum Tanzania Country Coordinator, Mr Donat Senzia told 'Daily News' that local activists opposing genetic engineering are agents of European ...
Scientist challenges Hawaiin activist claim that GMOs increase use of toxic chemicals
On February 27, Paul Achitoff of the group Earth Justice opened an op-ed in Civil Beat with the emotive claim that “the ...
Going ‘GMO free’ fails to boost Cheerio’s sales
Plain old Cheerios are no longer made with genetically modified ingredients, but the switch hasn't yet translated to a boost ...
China’s ‘Dr. Oz’ stokes anti-GMO feelings
Cui Yongyuan, a former host of China's state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), has become known for challenging the authorities ...
Traces of GMOs in food shipments cloud trade ties
More than a dozen countries across the world are blocking, turning away or even destroying shipments of foodgrains and other ...
When informed, Philippine farmers ‘keen’ on GM eggplant
A study contends that 96 percent of Filipino farmers are willing to shift to a genetically modified eggplant and are willing to ...
Europe’s GM crop regulations are an outdated ‘roadblock’
Despite the absence of any evidence GM crops pose an intrinsic hazard, in Europe only one has been approved since ...
Q&A with Mark Lynas on GMOs
January 2013, amid a chorus of controversy, Mark Lynas—high profile environmental writer, activist, and researcher—publicly renounced and apologized for his ...
Q&A with Mark Lynas on GMOs
January 2013, amid a chorus of controversy, Mark Lynas—high profile environmental writer, activist, and researcher—publicly renounced and apologized for his ...
I grow GMOs, and I’m not ashamed or embarrassed
Yesterday, I testified before the Maryland State Senate Committee on Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee. I was speaking against SB778 "Genetically ...
