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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Is Monsanto hedging its bet on GMOs?
Is genetically modified seed giant Monsanto doing the unthinkable and moving away from genetically modified seeds? I've called Monsanto's press ...
Fish farmers in Washington state split over introduction of transgenic salmon
Fish farms in Washington are still not happy with an updated bill that intends to label transgenic fish. Transgenic is ...
Ecologist magazine pushes ‘Agent Orange’ demonization of GM corn, soybeans
A new report published today examines the dangers of the pesticide 2,4-D - an ingredient of Vietnam's Agent Orange - ...
China’s economic reasons for rejecting GM corn
Back in the beginning of December, China blocked 5 shipments of corn from entering the country. The General Administration of ...
Can genetically modified crops end hunger in Africa?
The African Union declared 2014 the Year of Food Security. The plan is to eradicate hunger on the continent by ...
Fears about technology and food are misplaced
If fire was the first technology, then farming was the first applied science. For thousands of years, farmers and inventors ...
Scientists square off against activists over Golden Rice
It is an unusual scene, which took place January 23 in front of the Greenpeace-quarters in Brussels: For once demonstrated ...
Ethiopian farmers plan summer planting of Bt cotton
Ethiopian farmers are preparing to plant genetically modified cotton seedlings when the rainy season gets underway in June, in a ...
A protestor’s view of Monsanto shareholders meeting
At the Monsanto shareholders' meeting on Tuesday in which activists called for a vote on whether the company should enact ...
“Organic Shmorganic” says Slate: Organic produce no healthier than conventional
Does feeding your child organic food really makes a difference to his health, considering that he’s been known to lick ...
Hawaii’s Grassroot Institute takes stand against anti-GMO activism
The Grassroots Institute of Hawaii has submitted testimony to the Maui Council on GMOs in response to the Kauai anti-GMO ...
Genetics gives hope of species-specific pesticides, minimal collateral damage
Imagine a future in which we no longer use pesticides. Instead, we use weevilicides or rootwormicides, targeted with exquisite precision ...
GMOs matter most where climate change and population growth are challenges
The question of how we produce food, as the global population heads for nine billion in 2050, must be addressed ...
Hawaii: Time for the state legislature to weigh in on GMOs
Now that the 2014 legislative session has begun, Hawaii lawmakers are deciding whether the state should have a role in ...
Video: In search of the mystery glyphosate pathogen with Kevin Folta
Dr. Kevin M. Folta, from the University of Florida, discusses the case of Dr. Don M. Huber, and takes down ...
GMO resources and the science surrounding them
The GMO Skeptic-Forum has gathered a broad selection of popular websites, databases, and subreddits containing information on GMOs and the ...
New Hampshire: Why I voted to kill the GMO labeling bill
New Hampshire State Representative Tracy Emerick explains why he voted to kill his state's GMO labeling bill: What seemed the ...
Are organic farmers over-using pesticides?
If you think you don't need to wash organic food before you eat it, I think you need a sanity ...
Anti-GMO activists escalate attack on Golden Rice
Golden Rice (GR) is genetically engineered to contain increased levels of beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A (also known as ...
Minnesota farmer on why it’s okay to feed your family GMOs
It may seem like “GMO free” label indicates the food is better than those without the label, but that can’t ...
Organic food’s success driven by confusion about GM crops
U.S. sales of organic food and beverages soared from $1 billion in 1990 to $26.7 billion in 2010. Sales in ...
Pakistan draws biotech policy map
The Ministry of National Food Security in Islamabad has started process to formulate a ‘national biotechnology policy’, and was working ...
Genetically-modified purple tomatoes edges closer to market
The prospect of genetically modified purple tomatoes reaching the shelves has come a step closer. Their dark pigment is intended ...
Minnesota farmer on why it’s okay to feed your family GMOs
It may seem like “GMO free” label indicates the food is better than those without the label, but that can’t ...
Jackson County, Oregon GMO battle heats up
Some organic farmers have come together to oppose what they see as a growing threat from genetically modified crops contaminating ...
Deconstructing the debate over GM Arctic Apples
The Arctic Apple is not yet on the market. It's currently under approval in Canada and the US. If approved, ...
Four trends driving food labeling changes
What's likely to happen with four of the most common food labels -- natural, organic, country-of-origin, and GMO -- in ...
