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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GMOs won’t kill you, but that organic cupcake might
With the level of scrutiny that goes into genetic modifications versus the level of scrutiny in the organic food industry, ...
As California Prop 37 vote nears, media anti-Prop 37 bias emerges
The latest polls suggest a neck and neck race in the final days of the vote over the California genetically ...
Farmers union protests genetically modified alfalfa in eastern Canada
The discourse surrounding a new genetically modified crop is heating up. The National Farmers Union is protesting the possible introduction ...
Kenyan scientist dismisses French GM study results
A leading Kenyan scientist has disputed the recent findings by a French scientist that rats that fed on Gm food ...
Prop. 37 is in dead heat
Once riding high, Proposition 37, the statewide ballot measure to label genetically engineered foods, has seen its voter support plummet ...
Papal advisory body says GM food represents provides medical benefits
The president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences—an advisory body that is not part of the Church’s teaching authority—told the ...
GM cows used to produce milk that protects against HIV
Despite the misgivings that many people have surrounding cow’s milk, it is a good source of nutrients such as calcium ...
Would Proposition 37 really cost, or tell, consumers more?
Discussions of Proposition 37, the initiative that would require labeling of many genetically engineered foods, tend to bring up two ...
India: Ban on GM crops’ field trials not the solution, adequate regulation needed
The interim report of the Technical Expert Committee appointed by the Supreme Court for help in hearing a petition to ...
Mother Jones makes case against Prop 37
California's Proposition 37, a ballot initiative that would require the labeling of genetically modified foods, is coming down to the ...
American Academy of Pediatrics says conventional/GM foods as healthy as organics
In its first official report on organic foods, the academy said that organic and conventionally produced foods are nutritionally equivalent ...
Chefs back Prop. 37 on food labeling
More than 350 top chefs this week came out in favor of Proposition 37, the initiative that calls for labeling ...
Questionable GM test ban? Debate over permitting GM foods in Indian fields is controversial on several levels
Last week a Supreme Court-mandated panel of experts that was to recommend, or ban, field trials of genetically modified (GM) ...
Groups win challenge regarding gene altered crops
A federal judge has sided with environmental groups that challenged the planting of genetically-modified crops on National Wildlife Refuges in ...
Midwest farmers praise drought-resistant corn for good yields
With the corn harvest underway in the Midwest, farmers are evaluating the performance of new drought-resistant corn varieties after the ...
Geneticists developing hens resistant to flu deadly to humans
Research scientists at Australia's national science research agency are using a technique called gene silencing to “switch off” virus genes ...
Debating the alleged dangers of genetically modified crops
The Australian science site The Conversation recently carried a story from a scientist with CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, challenging ...
Follow the money: Roots of the anti-genetic engineering movement
Like much that transpires in politics, most of the anti-genetic engineering campaigns we’ve seen over the past 30 years are ...
GM crops to boost Malaysia’s food security
Rapid population growth, climate change, escalating food prices, diminishing agricultural land and water resources pose a serious setback in increasing ...
Scientists advance the mapping of the barley genome
In a major advance that will unlock the benefits of the mapping of the barley genome--one of the world's most ...
France says no need to revisit Monsanto maize approval
A study last month pointing to health risks from a type of genetically modified maize and a related pesticide did ...
Indian farmers protest Monsanto GM corn field trial in Haryana
Carrying banners and placards featuring monster corn, farmers protested outside the Regional Research Station where open air GM corn trials ...
South Africa: Draft changes to GM label laws published
New draft laws will compel industry to label food containing genetically modified (GM) ingredients. This comes after a protracted row ...
Syria: Assad approves law on GM food as deadly conflict rages
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, where more than 33,000 people have been killed in 19 months of conflict, issued a ...
Scientists call out French researchers to release GMO test data
More than 700 scientists and academicians have signed petitions calling on French researcher Gilles-Eric Seralini to release research data behind ...
Indian Scientific Advisory Council recommends GM crops for nutrition security
The Scientific Advisory Council (SAC) on Biotechnology and Agriculture to the Prime Minister of India recommended a judicious blend of ...
India: Genetically modified foods capped for 10 years by Supreme Court panel
The fate of genetically modified (GM) food crops in India has been virtually sealed. After the damning report of the ...
