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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Syngenta awaits China’s approval for gene-modified corn
Syngenta is waiting for China to approve a strain of gene-modified corn present in several U.S. cargoes turned away from Chinese ports in ...
GMO labeling: bad for business, bad for consumers
When you go to the grocery store, you look for foods your family needs and likes, and, if you’re like ...
Swaziland has no infrastructure to embrace GM seeds
Countries in the South African Development Community (SADC) are not yet ready to accept the introduction of genetically modified seed varieties ...
Mark Bittman weighs in: How many cheers for Cheerios?
Well, a major and venerable American brand has gone and announced that it contains no genetically modified organisms (G.M.O.'s). Cheerios is G.M.O.-free! ...
Is Big Ag trying to max profits at the expense of health and environment?
A compelling narrative often makes a good engine to pull public policy. Unfortunately, this means we are sometimes unwilling to ...
Univ of Florida’s Kevin Flota faces attacks from anti-GMO activists
Kevin Folta, a professor and researcher in the University of Florida’s horticulture program, is facing another round of attacks from ...
Will a non-browing GM apple irreparably hurt the fruit’s image?
The non-browning Arctic Apple should appeal to consumers and food service companies, but will this benefit also make the GM ...
Why are liberals more averse to GMOs?
Anti-GMO movement activists, often progressive on other issues, are generally averse to food technology. Blogger Jayson Lusk discussed this phenomenon ...
GMO research ‘well underway’ in Tanzania
Researchers are working on genetically modified foods in Tanzanian laboratories, pending ongoing talks for possible field trials, according to a ...
Monsanto says biotech wheat moves closer to market
Monsanto, the world's largest seed company, said Wednesday it was making good progress on development of an herbicide-tolerant wheat, pushing ...
Nathaneal Johnson: All or nothing debate over GMOs–Does any of it matter?
Johnson bemoans that too much of the conversation about GMOs remains stuck on cliches and focused on extremes and ideology--not ...
How anti-GMO activists sell India ‘suicide seeds’ narrative
Over the past decade, the story of hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers being driven to suicide because of the failure of ...
10 reasons why anti-GMO and anti-vaccination movement are alike
The anti-GMO movements and anti-vaccination movements are probably two of the biggest and most well known pseudoscience movements out there, ...
Could mapped citrus greening genome save the Florida orange?
A University of Florida researcher has mapped the DNA genome of a new strain of citrus greening, which could help ...
GM halo effect: Can GM crops protect conventional and organic farming?
GM papaya in Hawaii is one of numerous examples of the so-called "halo effect"-- the sustainable benefits conferred on organic ...
Agriculture scientists support approving GM Arctic Apple but face resistance
An apple genetically engineered not to turn brown is putting the Agriculture Department and the apple industry on the spot ...
Developing world food crisis: Can hungry countries afford to say ‘no’ to GM crops?
In many countries GM crops are not accepted because they are thought to be unsafe for both human health and ...
GMO labeling push will propel certified organic market
The struggle over GMO labeling will push the growth of certified organic products in the US in 2014, according to ...
Sustainability rethink needed: GM farming promotes dangerous ‘externalities’
In the last 20 years, the development of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for the agriculture industry has resulted in a ...
Bt cotton attracting young farmers in India
Contrary to the perception that youngsters are abandoning farming, Bt cotton technology has attracted young farmers to cotton farming in the country, ...
GM salmon could double world production, if ‘Frankenfish’ fears don’t halt progress
A new type of Atlantic salmon, engineered by biotech firm AquaBounty Technologies, could double world production of the fish. But ...
Angry mob more frightening than GMOs
The Frankenstein metaphor that opponents of genetically modified food use to promote their fears is more apt than they realize ...
UK minister: Europe risks becoming ‘Museum of World Farming’ if it votes no on GM corn
Britain's farm minister called on the European Union to approve a strain of genetically modified maize in a vote later ...
Frankenpolitics: The Left defense of GMOs
The global movement against genetic modification, it is fair to say, does in general spring from the green left side ...
Why I’m still skeptical of GMOs
Over the weekend, listservs, blogs, and Twitter feeds lit up with reactions to Amy Harmon's New York Times deep dive into the politics ...
Why Ghana needs crop biotechnology
Ghana is at the cross roads, debating the introduction of genetically modified crops (commonly referred to as GM crops) into ...
U.S. food industry giants fire preemptive strike, seek federal GMO law
Giants of the U.S. food industry, who have spent millions fighting state GMO initiatives, are taking a page from their ...
