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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European Anti-GMO “resistance industry” threatens biosecurity in Tanzania
Scientists are attempting to combat food security issues in Tanzania with genetically modified crops, writes Sharon Schmickle in The Guardian. "African ...
Washington state I-522 GMO labeling measure headed for defeat
After a contentious battle, the fight for GMO labels in Washington has ended back where it started: Consumers rejected the ...
EU Commission recommends approval for Europe’s third ever GM crop
The European Commission proposed on Wednesday that governments approve only the third ever genetically modified crop for cultivation in Europe, ...
UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization study investigates impacts of biotech in Africa
Scientists and agriculture researchers from around the world examined 19 smallholder farms in Africa and how they utilize biotechnology ...
Kaua’i anti-GMO ‘Witch Trials’ continue, as Mayor faces death threats for bill veto
After years of debate and controversy, the Kauai Council passed the anti-GMO, anti-pesticide Bill 2491 last month. But last week, ...
EU prepares draft of GMO maize cultivation approval
The European Union is on course to approve cultivation of a new type of genetically modified maize for the first ...
Farmers on Hawaii’s Big Island say proposed bill could kill local dairy industry
The only way to stay in business as a dairy farmer is to also grow corn, Tom Callis reports in West ...
Opinion: The real point of GM food is corporate control of farming
Colin Tudge, co-founder of Campaign for Real Farming, writes in Ecologist magazine that corporate control of GM technology is choking ...
Annie Leonard video: Labeling necessary ‘solution’ to empower people
Annie Leonard, a proponent of sustainability and director of the Story of Stuff Project, released a video about how to ...
Open letter to CEOs of ‘BigAgTech’: Change stance on GMO labeling, build consumer trust
To reclaim consumer trust, agriculture companies must change their stance on labeling and support it, rather than fight it ...
Opinion: Hawaii Island Bill 113 is misguided, anti-science
Dr. Susan Miyasaka, a Hawaii native and Agronomist at the University of Hawaii's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, ...
China’s anti-GMO activists exploit fears of infertility
In a new blog post by Kevin Folta, interim chairman the University of Florida’s horticulture program, he describes the anti-GMO ...
Biofortified debates Consumers Union over GMO regulation, safety and labeling
Watch as two scientists debate the GMO controversy, covering a range of topics including general safety, feeding studies and the ...
Frankenfoods? Debunking 13 Myths Behind GMOs
Buzzfeed has joined the GMO debate, addressing some common myths behind GMOs using short, animated clips. Opponents of Genetically Modified ...
Uganda scientists develop wilt resistant banana
Researchers at Kawanda national agricultural research laboratory have developed new varieties of bananas resistant to the devastating banana bacterial wilt ...
Geneticist who helped commercialize world’s first GMO food signs “non consensus” on GMO safety statement
(Summary) Dr. Belinda Martinuea, a former member of the Michelmore Lab at the University of California Davis Genome Center, who ...
Labels could disarm the emotional and political triggers of GMOs
Grist's Nathanael Johnson examines the complex issue of labeling, outline some of the numerous problems and some of what he ...
Anti-GMO ‘zombie myths’: Influential enviro leaders such as Paul Ehrlich spread propaganda
In his latest blog post, Discover's Keith Kloor addresses the spread of popular anti-GMO myths, such as the supposed rise in ...
Humboldt County, CA: Group hopes to put GMO ban on 2014 ballot
Ten years after legal flaws sent an anti-GMOs measure to a withering end at the ballot box, a new group ...
GM rice passes safety tests in China
Researchers at China’s Agricultural University have concluded that testing on transgenic rice has so far brought no abnormalities. The results ...
University of Hawaii anti-GMO scientist supports Hawaii Island Bill 113
Hector Valenzuela, professor and Crop Specialist at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, writes in the Honolulu Civil Beat that GMOs have not ...
Serbia to allow import of GMOs under strict control
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Dragan Glamocic said in Brussels on Tuesday that Serbia will change the law ...
University of Washington professor speaks out in support of I-522
The Seattle Times sat down with Phil Bereano, a professor emeritus of technical communication and co-founder of AGRA-Watch, a group ...
I-522 becomes most expensive initiative battle in Washington State’s history
A ballot measure in next week’s election will give voters the chance to make Washington the first state to require ...
Biotech could improve sugarcane farming in India and beyond
According to the director of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, scientists and sugarcane farmers should use the tools of ...
Manila: Department of Agriculture allows field trials for GM crops
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will allow field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops even as innovative technologies may potentially ...
Deconstructing the GMO debate: The difference between reason and ideology
In his blog Neurologica, Steven Novella, MD, argues that ideology is rampant in the debate over GMOs and it's important to ...
