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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Monsanto wants to help honeybees fight mites with biotech
A new weapon in that fight to save honeybees could be RNA molecules that kill a troublesome parasite by disrupting ...
GE pioneer Roger Beachy: I got into biotech to reduce the use of chemical pesticides
One of the founding fathers of agricultural biotechnology, best-known for his pioneering research on virus-resistant plants, Dr Roger Beachy caught ...
Japan aims to restart buying U.S. western wheat as early as August
Japan aims to restart buying U.S. western white wheat as early as August, industry sources said, after halting imports of ...
Grist finally acknowledges ‘no health threats from GE foods’
It’s hard to make the case that we should trust science on global warming while scoffing at the statements of ...
UK: Gene discovery offers hope for weed control
The following is an edited excerpt. British scientists have discovered a gene called AmGSTF1 that could make weed killers more ...
Harvard scientist reports on Canada’s anti-science, anti-GE left
The following is an edited excerpt. While recent political trends in North America have bred legislation that reflects the irrational ...
Pakistan: Food Minister for using biotechnology to reduce food insecurity
Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Hayat Khan Bosan on Monday stressed the need to promote biotechnology in ...
Will European GM regulations survive new trade negotiations?
The EU's strict regulations on GM foods may be endangered in EU-US trade negotiations due to America's comparatively less stringent ...
Biotech in Hawaii: Visit to Monsanto Piilani farm on Maui
The following is an edited excerpt. I recently spent nine glorious days on the beautiful island of Maui in the ...
What do the creationist & anti-GMO platforms have in common?
Creationists and the Anti-GMO crowd (hereafter referred to as anti’s) crowd share a foundational base. Creationism, or Intelligent Design (ID) ...
What do the creationist & anti-GMO platforms have in common?
Creationists and the Anti-GMO crowd (hereafter referred to as anti’s) crowd share a foundational base. Creationism, or Intelligent Design (ID) ...
Hawaiian farmers rally against GE ban
“I’m here to save my job,” the woman explained as she waved to a honking line of vehicles crawling by ...
Bangladesh: Use biotech to boost productivity
Gone are the days of conventional practices of cultivation reliant mostly on traditional knowledge handed down from generations. In Bangladesh, ...
What do the creationist & anti-GMO platforms have in common?
Creationists and the Anti-GMO crowd (hereafter referred to as anti’s) crowd share a foundational base. Creationism, or Intelligent Design (ID) ...
What do the creationist & anti-GMO platforms have in common?
Creationists and the Anti-GMO crowd (hereafter referred to as anti’s) crowd share a foundational base. Creationism, or Intelligent Design (ID) ...
Risk analysis is only one element of public acceptance
The following is an edited excerpt. In his paper, "The real and perceived risks of genetically modified organisms," Helge Torgensen ...
So science might have gotten it wrong… Now what?
The following is an edited excerpt. This week I learned about an unfolding scientific debate that’s got me thinking about ...
What do the creationist & anti-GMO platforms have in common?
Creationists and the Anti-GMO crowd (hereafter referred to as anti’s) crowd share a foundational base. Creationism, or Intelligent Design (ID) ...
Inside the mind of an anti-GE activist: Homeland security is working for Monsanto
When we see photographs of rats grossly deformed by massive tumors after eating genetically engineered corn laced with Roundup, it’s ...
Eco-zealots want you to believe eating GM crops is dining with the devil
The Daily Mail offers a thorough summary of the GM issue, in particular its contentiousness in the UK ...
Roseanne Barr Effect: Should crop biotechnology supporters engage science rejectionists?
Evidence shows that the more informed a person is the more entrenched their views become. What, then, is the best ...
The Internet zoo weighs in on GE wheat
The following is an edited excerpt. At a supermarket in London, a student named Flo Wrightson Cross picks up a ...
Anti-GE attitudes are akin to green cultural imperialism
The following is an edited excerpt. 'The environmentalists' opposition to GM is akin to green cultural imperialism. Green attitudes to ...
Unraveling five popular anti-GE claims
The following is an edited excerpt. The mainstream scientific community, specific science organizations and the scientific literature converge on the ...
India: Ag minister makes strong pitch for GE crops
The following is an edited excerpt. A strong pitch for genetically-modified (GM) crops revived again with agriculture minister Sharad Pawar ...
British attitudes to GE crops are still divided
The following is an edited excerpt. According to a Farmers Weekly survey, a majority (61%) of farmers in the UK ...
Australia/New Zealand food regulators challenge Carman anti-GMO pig study, endorse GM corn and soy
Regulators Australia/New Zealand have added their voice to mainstream scientists around the world challenging the Carman pig study as "junk ...
