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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Scientific American’s new Food Matters blog is all about the science of food, including GMOs
Plant geneticist Pamela Ronald, who advocates a mix of organic and GM agricultural techniques, is among the many voices joining ...
China: As officials allow more GMOs, the public’s anti-GMO voices grow louder
A popular newspaper in China published an article by a prominent member of the anti-GMO community, prompting responses from pro-GMO ...
Washington State University ‘very close’ on celiac-safe wheat, herbicide-tolerant barley
Washington State University researcher Diter von Wettstein is pursuing two ventures that could boost markets for wheat and barley. Von ...
Food fight: GM Watch pointedly criticizes GMO reporting by Grist’s Johnson
In response to Grist's Nathanael Johnson, GM Watch continues the debate over the safety of GMOs ...
Grist’s Johnson: Golden Rice essential tool in fighting malnutrition
Grist's Nathanael Johnson jumps in with his own analysis of the Golden Rice debate ...
GLP’s Jon Entine’s America’s Web Radio interview on Golden Rice
Listen to GLP Executive Director interview about genetically modified Golden Rice on Ray Bowman's “Food and Farm” on America’s Web ...
Illinois: GMO corn failing to protect fields from pest damage
Researchers in the key corn-growing state of Illinois are finding significant damage from rootworms in farm fields planted in a ...
Traditional farming a better solution for African countries
Given the British government's approach to protecting the environment by trying to sell forests, culling badgers, and cutting environmental protection, the ...
Agricultural economist Alexander J. Stein addresses concerns about Golden Rice
International Food Policy Research Institute economist Alexander J. Stein wrote a response on her personal blog to points raised by ...
When a genetic solution saved the French wine industry
The mid to late 1800s was a very difficult time for the European wine grape industry. New pests associated with ...
Oregon’s GM wheat: Still no answer, records show concern over export markets
Four months after the discovery of genetically engineered wheat sent a shudder through one of Oregon's most significant international markets, ...
Restoring tomato flavor: More complicated than finding that perfect taste
Tomatoes are the #1-selling fruit or vegetable in the world today. Yet consumers complain about blandness of supermarket tomatoes and ...
Hypocrisy in the GM debate: What about untested medical supplements?
Why are so many people afraid of 'unregulated' GMOs when 'organic' grocery stores sell medical supplements that aren't regulated at ...
Real threat to food security is ginned-up panic over GMOs
There has been a lot of commotion about GMO crops in the press this summer. It amazes me that there ...
Tomatoes ripe for improvement
Science is trying to build a better supermarket tomato. At a laboratory here at the University of Florida’s Institute for Plant ...
Mark Lynas on Philippines travesty: True story about who destroyed Golden Rice GM rice crop
Did you hear that a group of 400 angry farmers attacked and destroyed a field trial of genetically modified rice in the ...
Journal article claiming GMOs might pass “genetic benefits” to weeds challenged
It is well accepted observation that when the pseudoscience or anti-science crowd runs out of supporting evidence (usually when it’s ...
Is it anti-science to be anti-GMOs?
“The science is quite clear: crop improvement by the modern molecular techniques of biotechnology is safe.” So asserts the consensus statement on ...
Grist vs. GM Watch: Is there a middle in the GMO debate?
GM Watch's scathing critique of Nathanael Johnson's efforts to find the middle ground in the GMO debate has not deterred ...
Prominent scientists and journalists in agreement: Golden Rice research should continue
Andrew Revkin weaves together narratives from journalists Amy Harmon and Mark Lynas about the critical need for Golden Rice trials ...
GLP Infographic: International science organizations on crop biotech safety
The web is overflowing with misleading infographics. Here's our own, more accurate list of 10 international science organizations that have ...
Time to stop fighting GMO labeling?
Familiarity will be a powerful dampener of Unreasoning Fear of GMOs; Perhaps we can nudge familiarity along with a out-and-proud ...
Would Golden Rice save lives in developing countries?
Following the recent destruction of Golden Rice field trials in the Philippines, the New York Times' Amy Harmon narrates the ...
U.S. farm, food groups want better oversight of GMO field trials
More than 150 U.S. farm and food businesses and organizations on Wednesday called for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ...
Greater Spokane Inc. comes out against Washington’s GMO labeling initiative
Later this year, Washington will vote on whether to label genetically modified foods, or GMOs, and the debate is starting to ...
More critics up against Kenya’s GMO imports ban
A senior US trade specialist has called on Kenya to lift its import ban on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) imports, saying it ...
Regulation gaps a double-edged sword for GM foods
Scientists and entrepreneurs have found some gaps in regulatory pathways that allow them to get their GM products to market ...
