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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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 ...
Florida oranges may need rethink on use of GMOs, neonicotinoids to survive
Oranges and orange juice in the U.S. are under threat from a lethal, incurable bacterial infection known as "citrus greening," ...
Nigeria: Drought-tolerant seedlings boost maize production
the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, has developed some drought-tolerant maize varieties that are capable of maturing early ...
China continues to block GM corn from U.S.
China is set to keep rejecting U.S. corn shipments containing an unapproved genetically modified strain at least until the end ...
Why does the debate on GMOs matter?
Nathanael Johnson's six-month "Panic-Free GMOs" series at Grist recently ended with a whimper -- claiming "none of it matters" -- ...
Preventing hunger: Biotechnology can only help
If African countries can’t plant genetically modified crops to produce more and healthier food, vulnerable populations will be at risk, ...
Junk food lobby brings bag of dirty tricks to New Hampshire GMO labeling fight
In secret documents that I uncovered in November, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (aka food industry lobbyists) laid out its five-point plan for opposing the ...
New test can reveal GMOs in food
The first comprehensive test to detect genetic modification in food has been unveiled. As the abundance of genetically modified (GM) ...
Grain groups request Syngenta stop selling some GMO corn seeds
U.S. grain industry groups are urging Syngenta AG to stop selling new genetically engineered corn varieties that aren't approved in ...
GMO activists stage protest outside Greenpeace’s Brussels office
GMO activists launched a campaign to get EU approval for genetically engineered crops, staging a protest outside the Brussels office ...
GM crops could help to solve the problem of over-fishing
One of the thornier questions we face is how to feed a global population heading towards 10 billion and beyond ...
Will new lawsuit delay commercialization of AquaBounty’s GM salmon?
AquaBounty Technologies, makers of a GE salmon nearing approval, says a new lawsuit is just the latest attempt by opponents ...
Change in Right to Farm Act would reverse Big Island GMO ban
Hawaii state legislators have introduced a bill that – if passed – will overrule Hawaii County’s ban on new GMO ...
Will Kellogg follow Gen Mills and Post in non-GMO embrace?
Many brands are "playing a waiting game" right now to whether moves by General Mills and Post Foods to axe ...
Applying the ‘Bradford Hill’ criteria to assess GMO safety
Two anti-GMO advocacy groups attempted to use the Bradford Hill criteria to demonstrate a link between GMOs and adverse health ...
Monsanto is more than just GMOs
Monsanto makes money selling genetically modified seeds. Though once a broader-scale chemicals company, Monsanto's seeds and genomics business accounted for over ...
Anti GMO activist view of what sank Washington state’s GMO labeling initiative
Last November, a slim majority of Washington voters were persuaded that they did not need to know about the GMO ...
New Hampshire House rejects GMO food labeling
New Hampshire’s House killed a bill Wednesday that would have required genetically modified foods to be labeled. The House voted ...
In response to Grist’s Johnson, Mother Jones’ Tom Philpott argues GMOs lead ag down wrong path
In another response to Grist's Nathanael Johnson's recent series on GMOs, Mother Jones' Tom Philpott presents an anti-GMO view and ...
Hawaii County Council votes against full GMO ban
It was deja vu for the Hawaii County Council on Tuesday as it voted against a full ban on genetically ...
Bangladesh joins the global GMO club, introduces Bt brinjal (eggplant)
Bangladesh became the 30th country to cultivate a genetically motivated crop with the introduction this week of Bt brinjal--eggplant modified ...
Tanzania developing drought tolerant hybrid seeds
On January 10, the Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) project in Tanzania, in collaboration with the Commission for Science ...
Four trends driving food labeling
Like food, labels are something we need, but are at constant risk of abusing. The FDA regulates what can, as ...
General MIlls emboldens fringe groups by removing GM ingredients from Cheerios
This month General Mills announced that it would begin labeling its flagship product, the breakfast cereal Cheerios, as containing no ...
New Hampshire legislators on GMO labeling bill: ‘Makes no sense’
According to two members of New Hampshire's Environment & Agriculture Committee that studied House Bill 660, the bill to require ...
Monsanto’s kitchen: All the advantages of genetic modification without the Frankenfood ick factor
The company whose name is synonymous with Big Ag has revolutionized the way we grow food—for better or worse. Now, ...
Vitamin enhanced GM ‘Golden Orange’ grows faster, provides antioxidant protection
A team of researchers in Spain have engineered a "golden orange" that grows more quickly than conventional oranges and contains ...
