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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Greenpeace’s war on world health
The following is an excerpt. If there's anything more annoying than a huckster, it's a self-righteous huckster working for a ...
GM food: A better way of farming or a health risk?
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European association for bioindustries: “Scientific consensus on GM greater than climate change”
The following is an excerpt. “The scientific consensus on genetically modified [GM] crops is even greater than that for climate change”, claims ...
French vineyards turn ‘green’ using genetics, robots
The following is an excerpt. An Earth-friendly future for French wine could include disease-resistant grapes, solar-powered robots, and lighter packaging, ...
Jamaica: Senate approves bill to protect plant genetics
The following is an excerpt. THE Senate on Friday passed the Bill providing for the protection of Jamaica's plant genetic ...
Can biotechnology be open-source?
As the Supreme Court watches Monsanto battle small farmers over GMO patent rights, some are suggesting that open-source biotechnology could ...
Biotechnology: Teaching the controversy?
Is the American Museum of Natural History helping the public learn about biotechnology in its fine new exhibit on food ...
GMOs and The Mark Lynas Conversion: Round Two Roundup
The GLP digs through the fallout from Mark Lynas's public "conversion" from anti-GMO to pro-science activist ...
Institute of Food Science & Technology to sponsor free food science webinar
FoodManufacture.co.uk and the Institute of Food Science & Technology are sponsoring a free public webinar on food science and technology ...
Institute of Food Science & Technology to sponsor free food science webinar
FoodManufacture.co.uk and the Institute of Food Science & Technology are sponsoring a free public webinar on food science and technology ...
Institute of Food Science & Technology to sponsor free food science webinar
FoodManufacture.co.uk and the Institute of Food Science & Technology are sponsoring a free public webinar on food science and technology ...
Monsanto versus the people
Exploiting their patent on transgenic corn, soybean and cotton, Monsanto asserts an insidious control of those agricultural industries in the ...
Institute of Food Science & Technology to sponsor free food science webinar
FoodManufacture.co.uk and the Institute of Food Science & Technology are sponsoring a free public webinar on food science and technology ...
Like it or not, the future of food involves GM
With consumer demand for minimally processed, fresh-like food, it is inevitable that food ingredient innovation will step up to meet ...
Safer food: New biotech uses DNA to screen for bacteria faster than ever
Chicken meat and other foods will be able to be screened for bacteria even faster and more effectively than ever, ...
Institute of Food Science & Technology to sponsor free food science webinar
FoodManufacture.co.uk and the Institute of Food Science & Technology are sponsoring a free public webinar on food science and technology ...
UK government’s enthusiasm for GM not matched in developing nations
Britain wants GM food to be grown commercially. After years of encouraging developing countries in Africa and elsewhere to grow them, but unable to ...
Future of food: GMOs and test-tube burgers
As long as we keep trying to replicate the past, we’ll limit innovation. “Food nostalgia” may be ignorant and unsustainable, ...
Why I changed my mind about GMOs
Lecture to Oxford Farming Conference, 3 January 2013 I want to start with some apologies. For the record, here and ...
Biotechnology vs organics: Which is more sustainable?
Indulging in a romanticized image of the farming industry stands in the way of progress. We need a technologically sophisticated ...
Australian debate over Seralini paper continues
The Australian anti-GMO NGO Safe Food Foundation has reaffirmed its support for the much-derided Seralini paper in the wake of ...
Greenpeace’s disinformation campaign against Golden Rice, and science, prevails in China
In late summer, the Asian arm of Greenpeace issued an alarming press release headlined: “24 children used as guinea pigs ...
Kenya’s ban on GM foods is a big blow to biotech research
Research institutions, Universities and consumers are biggest losers in a new directive by the Government to ban trade and importation ...
Anti-GMO hoax targets Kaiser-Permanente health group
Last night, a large number of web sites proudly announced that the Kaiser-Permanente health group had advised its subscribers to ...
India: The growing doubt over GM crops
[T]he central character of Indian agriculture, the farmer, is a pitiable picture, with the burdens of ever increasing cost of ...
Dr. Oz “denigrates” organic consumers
In Time magazine, Dr. Mehmet Oz, who once told millions of viewers, "I want you to eat organic foods" and ...
Are genetically modified crops finally on their way out of India?
Predictably, the recommendation by an experts’ panel appointed by the Supreme Court - that trials of genetically modified (GM) crops ...
