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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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 ...
Believe it or not, GM was once considered Green tech
Until the German Green Party's politics got involved, GM was seen as a revolutionary success among of the "Green" movement ...
Using the tools of biotechnology to advance Dr. Norman Borlaug’s legacy
Three weeks ago I was travelling in central Kenya, meeting smallholder farmers who were growing improved bananas using the tools ...
Study finds no more genetically modified wheat in Oregon supply
A study by Washington State University has found no additional sign of the genetically modified wheat discovered at one Oregon ...
Scientists help deliver genetic one-two blow to deadly wheat disease
A new gene that will equip wheat plants to resist the deadly stem rust disease has been discovered by an ...
New biotech alfalfas aim to improve feeding efficiency
The petition to deregulate the second biotech alfalfa drew sparse public comment. Not unexpectedly, it drew far more anti-biotech responses ...
Scientific American: Labels for GMO foods are a bad idea
In response to pending GMO-label legislation around the country, Scientific American has denounced the mandatory labeling of GM food ...
Unscrambling the genetics of the chicken’s ‘blue’ egg
They are the latest foodie fashion and look set to become big business in the baking aisles of all the ...
GMOs and the “reverse halo effect”: Trust is key to dispelling consumer fear
The “reverse halo effect”: once something is labeled GM, it will be perceived as unnatural, therefore bad ...
Grist: Extremism in defense of GMOs is holding back science
Setting phasers to "utter destruction" is not the best approach to constructive criticism in GMO science ...
European Union tramples rights of GM growers
Last year, across the globe, 17 million farmers sowed billions of genetically engineered seeds in more than 420 million acres of ...
Unclear regulations for GMO food labeling make laws harder to enforce
The central government has made it mandatory to label all genetically modified foods sold in a packaged form, but the ...
Gaming with genes for the sake of a tree
The public are being asked to help in the fight against ash tree dieback by playing a computer game that ...
Hawaii: Anti-GM bill could force farmers to tear out their papayas
Big Island Rainbow papaya farmers may have to tear out their trees within 30 months if a new GM bill ...
Malicious harm to an devastated industry
A friend sends me a picture from the internet. It is shown here below. It originates from a Facebook effort ...
Swiss scientists spent 78% of research funds on security
The Swiss government will create a permanently protected area on federal land for experiments with genetically modified (GM) crops. The ...
Chile fights GMO in national protest against ‘Monsanto law’
Thousands of Chileans have rallied against a bill dubbed the “Monsanto law” that would let multinationals patent GMO seeds. Activists ...
Genetic engineering to facilitate food security
Dr Yaa Difie Osei, a Biochemist and Molecular Biologist, has noted that the country is positioning itself to tap deep ...
Genetically modified crops pass benefits to weeds
A genetic-modification technique used widely to make crops herbicide resistant has been shown to confer advantages on a wild form ...
Small farms Vs. GMOs and canola
Lane Country residents resubmit initiative to ban genetically modified crops in Oregon ...
Philippines: Department of Agriculture to sue ‘paid residents’ who destroyed Golden Rice
Six people have been identified in the vandalism of a Golden Rice field trial; authorities believe none of the vandals ...
How would you stop a vineyard apocalypse?
Imagine a bacterial scourge that was silently spreading from vineyard to vineyard, striking down grapevines in their prime, bankrupting wineries ...
A blanket ban on all GMOs would be misguided
For years, I taught a course on genetically modified organisms. First, we covered the biology behind GMOs so that students ...
Genetic engineering produces a genuine (regulation) monstrosity
Activists have warned for decades that genetic engineering would create some sort of monstrosity like Dr. Frankenstein’s creature. It turns out ...
Oil palm gene may be step to sustainable plantations
Scientists have identified the gene responsible for determining the yield of oil palm fruits. The discovery is being hailed as ...
Petition: Global scientific community condemns the recent destruction of field trials of Golden Rice in the Philippines
Research on Golden Rice at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is part of their humanitarian work to reduce vitamin ...
