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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A tale of two tomatoes: An exploration into the hostility towards GE foods
In her quest to learn about the fears and opposition that genetically engineered foods face, Amanda Maxham, Ph.D, a writer ...
Who is going to pay for Kauai’s pesticide and GMO bill?
Kauai's Bill 2491 would require major oversight of any GMO or pesticide use in Kauai, yet there has been no ...
Agriculture groups in Washington oppose food labeling bill I-522
Due to its potential financial cost and unclear regulatory requirements, over 30 agriculture groups oppose Washington State's GMO food labeling ...
Are engineered foods evil?—A reply to Scientific American’s David H. Freedman
A former Research Director of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research in France takes Scientific American to task for ...
Film review: “GMO OMG” documentary falls short of science
Jeremy Seifert’s new documentary “GMO OMG” opens with a series of maudlin pastoral scenes—sun-dappled forests, kids playing outdoors, a close-up ...
Kauai’s passionate anti-GMO march aims to sway local biotech vote
On the normally placid main street on Sunday afternoon, thousands of people marched in protest. As they snaked down Rice ...
Genetically engineered tomatoes squashed?
After using modern techniques to develop and test tomatoes for desired qualities, researchers will turn to more conventional hybrid breeding ...
Oregon: Anti-GMO group renews push
An organization seeking to ban genetically modified crops is challenging Lane County officials’ rejection of its initiative. Support Local Food ...
Scientists, journalists and farmers join lively GMO forum
The current Boston Review hosts a discussion forum about GMOs, where professionals in agriculture, journalism and academia respond ...
IRRI releases video thanking scientific community for continuing support
Dr. Gerard Barry, the Golden Rice Network Coordinator at IRRI, expresses his gratitude in a recent video to those who supported ...
Pennsylvania considers labeling law for GMOs
With Pennsylvania farmers producing record corn and soybean crops this year, the debate over identifying for consumers what is genetically ...
“GMO OMG”: An interview with the director
After being intrigued by the new "GMO OMG" documentary, Grist's Johnson interviews the film's director to learn more about his ...
Group of farmers request Supreme Court hearing against Monsanto
A group of U.S. farmers is not giving up its fight against biotech giant Monsanto after a lower court ruled ...
GM crops: African opposition is a farce, says group led by former UN secretary general
Concern in Africa over genetically modified crops has been dismissed as fear of the unknown by an environmental group chaired by Kofi Annan, ...
Hawaii: Big issues on Big Island with GMO ban debate
The debate over GM foods in Hawaii is a serious (and often volatile) one, as demonstrated by a recent 6-hour ...
Heirloom tomatoes could save mankind
When I came home from the farmer’s market last week juggling two giant bags of tomatoes, my kids looked at ...
Labeling GM foods, and other “Krafty” stuff
Beginning with a case in Kraft Mac'N'Cheese, Cami Ryan, a researcher with the University of Saskatchewan, explores the misleading labeling ...
The Brits aim to genetically engineer their own beans
Essentially little more than navy beans covered in a tomato-based sauce, baked beans are one of the more popular foods ...
“There is no bee crisis,” environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg says
Contrary to what you may have heard, there is no “bee-pocalypse.” There is lots of alarmist talk about colony collapse ...
Kauai’s GMO debate widens the gap between farmers and concerned residents
Supporters of Kauai's resolution 2491 claim pesticide use is causing a rise in cancer, while opponents of the bill fear ...
Stop saying GMOs are safe, says Greenpeace
Greenpeace today accused the Philippine government of misleading the public into thinking that field trials of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) ...
Anti-GMO acting troupe takes it to the streets
The work of an anti-GMO group called MoveOn, which wants to impose mandatory labeling of GMO crops on Americans, brings ...
Spain considers trial release of genetically-modified olive flies
Genetically-modified olive flies will be released in a Catalan olive grove if a field trial proposed by British biotech company ...
Despite what some GMO opponents accuse, Monsanto does not pay off columnists
Among many lovely conversations with readers at the Farm Progress Show this week, one exchange has had me thinking, ever since. He ...
Is this the start of a GM future for Irish farming?
In July 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency gave Teagasc permission to start a controversial, three-year, field-based research study of a genetically modified ...
Protecting farmers, consumers and crops through genetic engineering
Crops engineered to produce Bt, a pest-killing toxin, have been shown to decrease the use of noxious chemical insecticides; however ...
Truth a casualty in Kauai GMO-pesticide debate
If truth is the first casualty of war, it was body-bagged a long time ago in the pitched battle being ...
