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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Mark Lynas: Time to call out the anti-GMO conspiracy theory
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How to recognize questionable information about genetically modified organisms
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Exposing the tyranny of the food fascists
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Seeds of biotech resentment part 4: Distrust of science
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Montana: Food fight brewing over genetically modified ingredients
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Could genetic engineering save the citrus industry?
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Genetically modified crops are overregulated
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Brazil aims to sway China on GM soy, corn
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Michael Pollan: Monsanto’s influence preventing debate on GM labeling
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Scientists sequence kiwifruit genome
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Infant formula: Baby’s first GM food
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Sweden: Busting the myths about genetically modified crops
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Video: Genetically engineered crops in wake of Proposition 37
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David Suzuki: GE trees pose environmental threats
The following is an edited excerpt. Deforestation is already an enormous problem, and the last thing we need is to ...
Trader Joe’s under fire for selling GMOs
The following is an edited excerpt. Grocery chain Trader Joe's is now the focus of an effort by the Consumers ...
Harvard professor urges Ugandans to embrace ag biotech
The following is an edited excerpt. During a recent speech, Professor Calestous Juma, the Director of the Science, Technology and ...
Connecticut: Don’t label GE food
The following is an edited excerpt. The recent call for labeling of foods containing genetically engineered ingredients — especially on ...
Kenya: National Biosafety Authority to ensure GM foods’ safety
The following is an excerpt. Dr Willy Kiprotich Tonui is the chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Biosafety Authority ...
UK: GM crops aid farmers, citizens and the environment
The following is an edited excerpt. Biotechnology has delivered an increase in farm income while providing substantial benefits to both ...
Washington: One grocer already labeling GMO products
The following is an edited excerpt. Before Stephen Trinkaus slapped “GMO Alert!” labels on dozens of products in his Bellingham ...
Scientists clash over future of GM crops in India
The following is an excerpt. Science sought to shed light on the issues and future of GM food crops in ...
Activist groups pressures Abbott to remove GMOs from infant formula
The following is an edited excerpt. Shareholders of Abbott Laboratories will vote on whether the manufacturer of Similac, a leading ...
General Mills maintains opposition to labeling GMOs
The following is an edited excerpt. Ken Powell, chairman and CEO of General Mills, restated his opposition to mandatory labeling ...
The ignorance of Whole Foods
Henry Miller argues that the folks running Whole Foods are misguided at best when it comes to biotech ...
Navigating the agricultural biotech minefield: When an MIT study is not an MIT study
Thanks to a credulous Reuters report, a shoddy piece of pseudoscience is making the rounds as “an MIT study” linking ...
Transgenics: A new breed of crops
The following is an edited excerpt. A whole new generation of GM crops is now making their way from laboratory ...
Nature’s must-read issue on genetically modified organisms
Keith Kloor dissects and summarizes Nature magazine's special issue on genetically modified organisms ...
