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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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 ...
GM corn in Mexico: Attack on the heart of maize biodiversity
“Corn’s genetic heritage is an intangible asset for all of humanity,” said Carlo Petrini, Slow Food’s president. “We must avoid ...
Wheat genome decoded, scientists hope for improved food security
Scientists have unlocked key parts of the complex genetic code of wheat, one of the world's most important crops, which ...
EU rejects Seralini report linking GM maize to cancer
The EU's food safety agency definitively rejected Wednesday a bombshell French report linking genetically modified corn to cancer, saying it ...
GMO scare: “A lot of hype with little substance”
If an organization has an issue with a product, any product, I agree that it has the right, perhaps even ...
GM crops are vital to Africa’s future
If our continent is ever going to feed itself, we’re going to have to beat the odds–and adopt the same ...
Mexico postpones GMO corn plantings
A temporary halt on the planting of GMO corn took place on Thursday, Nov. 22 as it was announced that ...
Kenya issues blanket ban on GM food imports
The recent Cabinet ban on the importation of GM foods citing health risks was unfortunate. It was clear proof that ...
Organic farmers condemn scientific method
If you don't believe in miracles like that organic produce is nutritionally superior or that you can taste GMOs in ...
Scientists: Kenya’s GMO ban will cripple research, deny food to hundreds of thousands
[S]cientists are raising alarm over the blanket ban imposed on genetically modified organisms by public health minister Beth Mugo. Researchers ...
Can organics and biotech crops coexist peacefully? Organic lobbyists hope not
Big Organics is accelerating its attacks on the just released USDA Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century report, “Enchancing ...
Scientists in UK urge more agricultural R&D
Forecasts of a world population of 9 billion has prompted the publication on Friday of Feeding the Future, a report ...
“Food police” routed, food movement failing
As Americans tuck into their turkey and dressing on Thursday, they might add one little item to the list of ...
Mexico takes a step toward allowing GM corn
As California voters were considering whether to require food with genetically modified ingredients to be labeled as such, the ongoing ...
Scientists in UK urge more agricultural R&D
Forecasts of a world population of 9 billion has prompted the publication on Friday of Feeding the Future, a report ...
Scientists in UK urge more agricultural R&D
Forecasts of a world population of 9 billion has prompted the publication on Friday of Feeding the Future, a report ...
Scientists in UK urge more agricultural R&D
Forecasts of a world population of 9 billion has prompted the publication on Friday of Feeding the Future, a report ...
Scientists in UK urge more agricultural R&D
Forecasts of a world population of 9 billion has prompted the publication on Friday of Feeding the Future, a report ...
Eating “GMO-free” is a luxury
In this modern age of plenty, we no longer worry about what to eat. Now, we agonize over what not ...
Scientists in UK urge more agricultural R&D
Forecasts of a world population of 9 billion has prompted the publication on Friday of Feeding the Future, a report ...
Genetic modification can help solve global food crisis
The biggest impact investor in the world, Bill Gates, believes one of the solutions to world hunger is through the ...
Prop 37: The failure of a fringe group
Those who fight against genetically engineered crops are fast becoming a fringe group. Despite years of hard scientific facts, they ...
Russia needs to defend itself against GMOs
Russia needs to enter a five-year moratorium on the use of GMO food products and growing of GMP plants. This ...
Will Obama deliver on campaign promise of GMO labeling?
The stance of the Barack Obama administration on genetically modified foods (GMOs) has been under great scrutiny for many years, ...
Thanksgiving: Millions will celebrate with a turkey that could never exist in nature
They will carve a bird with an oversize breast and legs too puny for walking. After more than a half-century ...
Why did Prop 37 fail? It wasn’t just the money
Michele R. Simon, a lawyer and paid writer and spokesperson for the Yes on 37 campaign argued that it lost ...
Anti-GM corn study reconsidered: Séralini finally responds to torrent of criticism
We are now two months into L'affaire Séralini—the publication of a maize rodent study by French scientist Gilles-Eric Séralini and ...
