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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EU GMO policy paradox: Farmers can’t plant GM corn, but it can be imported
The following is an excerpt. Europe needs to embrace genetically engineered crops or face economic decline, according to a group ...
GMO food labeling drive heats up
The following is an excerpt. New efforts to force labelling of foods made with genetically modified crops, including a bill introduced by ...
UK: The government’s backing of GM foods is short-sighted and wrong
The following is an excerpt. The call to relax the rules on GM crops from Sir Mark Walport, government chief ...
Farmers’ battles with weeds are aided, not hurt, by biotech
The following is an excerpt. When the biotechnology antagonists try to stoke fear by warning about “superweeds,” they make these ...
Video: Interview with CEO of AquaBounty
The following is an excerpt. Karl Haro von Mogel from Biology Fortified interviewed Ron Stonish, President and CEO of AquaBounty at the 2013 ...
Wary development NGOs should reconsider biotechnology
The world of science, technology and engineering might seem, for good reason, miles away from the day-to-day work of most ...
Federal GMO labeling bill introduced to Congress
Federal legislation that would require food labels to identify genetically engineered ingredients was introduced Wednesday ...
How GMOs affect the world, and Kansas State
A student-run newspaper features a two-part series about genetically modified crops, nutrition, and Monsanto's ties to Kansas State University ...
When hysteria about GMOs takes root
The following is an edited excerpt. A homeopath (which means that she’s reality-challenged to begin with), [Heidi Stevenson has] produced ...
Pig born using new GM technique
A new "gene-editing" tool has allowed scientists to create a disease-resistant pig. Can the new technique help to overcome the ...
Middle school experiment suggests health benefits of organic food — for fruit flies, at least
A student's experiment, published in the journal PLOS ONE, found that flies fed on organic fruits and veggies were healthier ...
Report on U.S. meat sounds alarm on resistant bacteria
The following is an excerpt. More than half of samples of ground turkey, pork chops and ground beef collected from ...
How will synthetic biology shape the future of agriculture?
Synthetic biology may have huge benefits for agriculture, but it will challenge human value systems ...
On GMOs, New York Times foodie Mark Bittman is a dark cloud in the brightening sky of reason
It’s challenging to name a more influential food writer than The New York Times’ Mark Bittman—nor one less informed and ...
Monsanto Protection Act? Separating the facts from the fury
The so-called "Monsanto Protection Act" is hardly the “most dangerous food act ever” or a “terrifying piece of policy," as ...
Ghana: Farmers receive education on modern biotechnology
Farmers noted that over the years several interventions of modern technology in increasing production were brought to their doorsteps yet ...
Namibia: Millers promise to strengthen anti-GMO measures
The following is an excerpt. Windhoek — Following revelations that maize meal available on Namibian shelves contain percentages of genetically ...
Golden promise: How ‘biofortification’ could soon be saving hundreds of thousands of lives
The following is an edited excerpt. Despite the rapid progress made towards reducing poverty in many developing countries in recent ...
Mark Lynas: ‘Biofortification’ could soon be saving hundreds of thousands of lives
The following is an edited excerpt. Despite the rapid progress made towards reducing poverty in many developing countries in recent ...
Q&A with Mark Lynas and plant geneticist Nina Fedoroff
Nina Fedoroff, a leading geneticist and pioneer in transgenics, critiques Lynas' recent speech and discusses the future of plant biotechnology ...
Q&A with Mark Lynas and plant geneticist Nina Fedoroff
Nina Fedoroff, a leading geneticist and pioneer in transgenics, critiques Lynas' recent speech and discusses the future of plant biotechnology ...
Q&A with Mark Lynas and plant geneticist Nina Fedoroff
Nina Fedoroff, a leading geneticist and pioneer in transgenics, critiques Lynas' recent speech and discusses the future of plant biotechnology ...
Q&A with Mark Lynas and plant geneticist Nina Fedoroff
Nina Fedoroff, a leading geneticist and pioneer in transgenics, critiques Lynas' recent speech and discusses the future of plant biotechnology ...
Q&A with Mark Lynas and plant geneticist Nina Fedoroff
Nina Fedoroff, a leading geneticist and pioneer in transgenics, critiques Lynas' recent speech and discusses the future of plant biotechnology ...
Q&A with Mark Lynas and plant geneticist Nina Fedoroff
Nina Fedoroff, a leading geneticist and pioneer in transgenics, critiques Lynas' recent speech and discusses the future of plant biotechnology ...
India farmer suicides a case of misplaced GM blame
The following is an excerpt. Numbers are hazy and disputed, but since 1995, facing crippling debt, thousands of Indian farmers ...
Taiwan clones world’s first spotted miniature pigs
The following is an excerpt. A Taiwan research team with members from National Chung Hsin University, Chung Shan Medical University ...
