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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Hartford Courant editorial slams GMO labeling bill
The GMO labeling bill recently signed by Connecticut’s governor is an unnecessary, feel-good measure that has little to do with ...
MIT Technology Review makes ‘green’ argument for genetically modified food
Advances in genetic engineering have opened doors for scientists to tackle some of the biggest threats to agriculture in a ...
Activist researcher who destroyed GM potoatoes reinstated after no violence pledge
A researcher who was fired by Leuven University because she took part in protests against genetically modified crops has been ...
Whole Foods drops Chobani Greek-style yogurt in anti GMO effort
Whole Foods says that as of early next year, its stores will no longer stock Chobani, a Greek yogurt brand ...
Maine governor says he will sign GMO labeling bill
Maine Governor Paul LePage has confirmed that he will sign a bill to require food producers to label products that ...
Congress could be next GMO labeling battleground
After the recent defeat of GMO labeling initiatives in Washington and California, the fight to require labeling for genetically modified ...
Monsanto has no influence on research by its fellowship recipients
Anti-GMO activists claim that research funded by Monsanto is biased, but no one has ever asked a Monsanto-funded researcher what ...
With GMO ban in place in Hawaii County, and citrus greening disease threatening, what does future hold
A few days ago, we learned that the Florida citrus industry, which has lost more than a million acres to ...
US urges timely action by China on GM corn approvals
At least three shipments of corn have been rejected by Chinese officials, on the grounds that they contain an unapproved ...
Fast growing, pest resistant GE poplar tree could revolutonize paper industry
Scientists at Oregon State University have developed a pest-resistant, faster-growing poplar tree that could be “especially useful in the paper ...
GM crop field trials cleared in India despite government official’s reservations
Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan of Maharashtra has cleared “no objection certificates” for confined field trials of several genetically modified crops, ...
GM technology an aid in the ‘long, hard fight’ against Texas boll weevil
The boll weevil eradication program in Texas, combined with the use of genetically modified cotton varieties, has resulted in a ...
Whole Foods GMO labeling requirements could alienate food suppliers
With its voluntary GMO-labeling program that will be introduced in full by 2018, Whole Foods “will no doubt bolster its ...
Are GM seed companies engaging in ‘cigarette science’?
Anti-GMO activists often like to accuse the biotech industry of conspiring a “cover up” akin to the tobacco industry’s cover-up ...
Fascinating science behind development of Bt eggplant
Bt eggplant, which is genetically modified to produce an insecticidal protein, is safe to consume and can protect eggplant from ...
Fear of pesticides and GMOs may drive out Kauai’s biotech industry
Kauai’s GM seed industry, which plays a “significant” role in Kauai’s economy, has been facing obstacles recently—namely the fear of ...
No GMOs? How about a helping of irradiated mutant fruits and veggies instead?
Although plants bred through industrial means like mutation breeding for genetic modification might seem dangerous, unnatural does not automatically mean ...
With GM approval in Russia on the horizon, activist scientists call for 10 year moratorium
In an attempt to block the introduction of GM crops in Russian, an anti-GMO activist scientist organization is calling for ...
Nurse-mom endorses non-browning GM apples, provokes torrent of criticism
Studies have found that children are more likely to eat sliced fruit than whole fruit. But like many mothers, Sarah, ...
Grist’s Nathanael Johnson’s GMO archives: Wading through the ideological thicket
The GMO debate is wrought with arguments based on emotion, not facts. Grist's Nathnael Johnson has been wading through the ...
Former EPA scientist: GMOs are not an improvement
The promise that genetic modification of crops is an “immensely beneficial technology” is “inaccurate, misleading and biased,” writes Ramon Seidler, ...
Ghana has ‘no option’ but to adopt GM technology
Ghana will adopt the use of genetically modified crops, says the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Joe ...
Grocery industry calls on FDA to define ‘natural’ to include GM food
The Grocery Manufacturers Association has called on the Food and Drug Administration to define the ‘natural’ claim on food labels ...
China Food Fight: GMOs in crosshairs as grassroots suspicion of US simmers
The anti-GMO sentiment in China has been gaining traction as many activists “describe their cause as patriotic.” Students looking for ...
Concerns raised over ‘Franken-carnations’
The UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has raised concerns over the use of ornamental carnations in ...
Anti-GMO activists continue to promote retracted Séralini study
The anti-biotech community “has simply dismissed that the scientific integrity of the now-retracted [Séralini] study was ever in doubt,” writes ...
Podcast: Organic grower Jack’s Farm Radio interviews GLP’s Jon Entine on GMOs and sustainability
In his exploration of the ins and outs of genetically modified food, organic farmer Dan Heckler interviews GLP's Jon Entine ...
