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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Do-it-yourself biotechnology could reduce fear of GMOs
Removing the "unknown" factor from biotechnology with citizen science and DIY projects could increase acceptance of GMOs ...
There are more than just two sides to the GMO labeling debate
Labeling foods containing GMOs may seem like a simple issue, but there are a multitude of perspectives that shape the ...
Africa: GM bacteria ‘could eliminate’ sleeping sickness
Releasing tsetse flies that carry genetically modified bacteria resistant to the parasite that causes sleeping sickness could eliminate the disease ...
Huge gap between cost estimates for GMO labels
Washington state voters will decide next month on the fate of Initiative 522, which would require special labels on some ...
Activist-scientists slam biotech under UN banner
Organic activists have released a statement about the need to switch to a system that recognizes farmers as both producers ...
Washington State GMO labeling could cost households $520/year
In a recent report, the Washington Research Council reveals the story behind Washington State's Initiative 522 to label food containing ...
Organic agriculture cannot feed the world
We’ve written before that, despite organic activists’ claims to the contrary, conventional agriculture (a.k.a. non-organic) is the only way to ...
Governor wades into hawaii pesticide debate as kauai poised to take action
Gov. Neil Abercrombie is trying to cool the heated debate over GMOs and pesticides on Kauai by promising that the state will ...
Peddlers of disinformation shape GMO discourse
Influentials are the information brokers that have major media platforms and big receptive audiences. For example, on the GMO issue, ...
A genetic solution to canola crop losses
The "green seed problem" is a long-standing issue that causes millions of dollars annually in canola crop losses for Canada. Canola is ...
Language can have significant effects on the perception of GMOs
Language is a powerful tool for influencing the public's perception of an issue. Words like "Frankenfood" and "genetically modified" have ...
Hawaii County council keeps anti-GMO bill alive
Hawaii County Council met on Monday in an eight-hour discussion regarding two anti-GMO bills, hearing from scientists and other professionals ...
Righteous condemnation of ‘anti-science’ bias won’t change minds of GMO critics
The ABC recently reported that 400 people in the Philippines trampled vitamin-enriched “golden rice” trial crops because of fears to human health ...
Anti-GMOers in Hawaii rely on steady diet of vicious scare mongering
The Hawaii GMO Justice Coalition is an interesting Facebook page full of the A’ole GMO websites, scare mongering memes, Evict ...
Washington State: Near-record funds are fueling GMO labeling campaign
Both sides of the GMO labeling campaign in Washington State have seen near-record donations from businesses and individual donors ...
“Monsanto Protection Act” extended by U.S. House vote
The U.S. House has voted to extend Section 735 on GM crops. A coalition of anti-GM groups has asked the ...
Reddit takes on Jeremy Seifert’s “GMO OMG” film
Much of the web-based scientific community has not taken well to "GMO OMG" director Jeremy Seifert's recent crusade of self-promotion ...
Enough known to prove GM foods are safe, claims European Commission’s chief scientific adviser
Describing the rejection of GM foods as a “form of madness I don’t understand,” the European Commission’s chief scientific adviser, ...
Modified brinjal given go-ahead
The High Court on Monday cleared the way for the government to release the genetically modified (GM) crop – Bt ...
Genetically modified rice brings benefit to wild neighbors
Rice containing a transgenic modification that makes it resistant to a common herbicide can pass that genetic trait to weedy ...
Ghana begins testing for GM cotton production
The western African country of Ghana has begun testing four genetically modified (GM) crops, including cotton, for commercial production. The ...
Auckland Council at odds with government on stricter GM rules
Auckland Council and the Government are on a collision course over rules for genetically modified crops after councillors decided to ...
The Italian job: Farmers facing pests pay dearly for Europe’s anti-GM stance
Despite insect infestation threatening their crops, Italy recently became the ninth country in the EU to eliminate the possibility of ...
GMO labels proposed in Washington “bewilder more than explain”
Prior to November's I-522 vote to label GM foods, the campaigns have released television advertisements showing real-life labels. The labels, ...
Campaigns against vaccination, GMOs reflect similar biases
The backlash against GMOs reflects a broader anti-science sentiment which delays important emerging technologies ...
British Columbia: Union of B.C. Municipalities passes resolution to ask the province to ban GMOs
Municipal politicians rejected genetically engineered food by a narrow margin at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Vancouver Thursday ...
Imagine a world without orange juice
Imagine a world without orange juice. Heck, I can’t even imagine a morning without this delicious drink. It’s been a ...
