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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Uganda GMO maize trials shows promising results
Results from the ongoing confined trials in Uganda on genetically modified maize that is resistant to the stem-borer are having ...
Tanzania: Farmers eagerly await a change in law to start planting GM cotton
The [Tanzanian] government has been advised to allow cotton farmers in the country to use Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in ...
Grocery Mantufacturers Association faces lawsuit over illegal GMO labeling campaign donations
A lobbying group for major American food manufacturers has violated campaign finance laws in its attempt to block a measure ...
Logical fallacies lead liberals to believe misinformation about GMOs
Normally a crusader for science and reason, popular liberal talk show host Bill Maher falls short when it comes to ...
Creator of Golden Rice weighs in on the continuing debate
(Summary) Ingo Potrykus, chairman of the Golden Rice Humanitarian Board and former professor of plant sciences at the Swiss Federal ...
Borlaug: Biotech a necessary tool for increasing food security
Norman Borlaug's granddaughter explains why scientists must find better ways to make GMOs resonate with people in wake of negative ...
Retired Kauai exec says Bill 2491 exaggerates GMO health concerns
The following open letter was written by E. Alan Kennett, an executive for 20 years in the sugar industry on ...
Tasmania: Poppy growers may consider legal action if GMO ban is not lifted
The Government's moratorium on genetically modified crops expires next year. Yesterday, more than 100 protesters marched through Hobart, demanding the ...
Canada: Monsanto to begin testing new GM beans
New varieties of genetically modified soy beans are being grown and tested in Essex County. Monsanto, a well-known agricultural biotechnology ...
Does glyphosate used with herbicide resistant GM crops lead to chemical addiction?
To understand the environmental effects of GMOs, I started by looking at plants genetically modified to be insect-resistant — and concluded that ...
Opponents of GM crops like Golden Rice are ‘wicked’, says UK Environment Secretary, setting off tempest
UK Environmental Secretary's harsh words against anti-GMO activists starts a firestorm of discussion, renewing the debate over Golden Rice ...
Flood-resistant rice to be developed in the Philippines
Plant breeders are starting to develop flood tolerant rice potentially using genes “COP1” and “Kidari” that can turn out to ...
Ecoterrorism in the Philippines funded by Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
[The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation] financially supports Philippine activist group MASIPAG and supposedly addresses the effects of the Green ...
Something fishy: GM salmon in purgatory as EPA drags feet on approval
Despite the safety of GM salmon, common misconceptions still fuel fear among grocers and consumers ...
Science panel says GMO labeling would cost — but how much remains unknown
Labeling genetically engineered foods would come at a cost, but it’s impossible to say how high it will be, says ...
Greenpeace continues to resort to ecoterrorism and publicity stunts
On August 8th, Greenpeace activists descended on a test plot of Golden Rice in the Philippines and ripped up the ...
Environmental groups frustrated by Kauai mayor’s recommendation to defer Bill 2491
Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr.’s recommendation that the Kauai County Council defer Bill 2491 for two months stirred up a wide ...
Monsanto protesters toss money off balcony in Congressional offices
BuzzFeed Politics reported that Capitol Police took the cash, believed to be around $500, into evidence. Three people were also "taken ...
Why Northeast Ohio farmers disagree about the latest farm technology
On Saturday, protestors in Akron, Cleveland, and hundreds of cities worldwide will take part in the second annual March Against ...
Biotechnology at the center of this year’s World Food Prize symposium
It is an intriguing question, and some potential answers may readily come to mind: Discovering the New World; going to ...
Personal values not science drive views on GM foods
Because individual values dictate the attitudes with which we approach GM food, scientists should frame their messages to align with ...
EU governments ignoring their own scientific risk evaluation committees for political gain
EU governments are ignoring on their own scientific risk evaluation committees and creating false pseudo-scientific documents for political gain. In ...
Behind the science of GMOs lies human achievement
The debate around GMOs seems to miss an important point - that the technology was born from scientific investigation, not ...
Scientists turn to GM wheat to avert potential global crisis
Rising populations, new diseases and climate change threaten the wheat yields that sustain much of the planet. But, scientists have ...
Mandatory labeling of GMOs deserves a warning label of its own
Washington State is about to become the latest battleground in a cynical, well-coordinated scare campaign against genetically engineered (GE) foods. Initiative ...
Study demonstrates net environmental benefit of GM crops
Touting the environmental friendliness of insect-resistant, GM crops — demonstrated in a new study on Bt corn -- may be a ...
With 2000+ global studies affirming safety, GM foods among most analyzed subjects in science
Anti-GMO activists can no longer claim that there is no independent research of GMOs. There are now more than 2,000 ...
