Crops & 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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Panama to use GM mosquitoes to battle deadly dengue
Two weeks ago, Panama declared a dengue outbreak, that up to that point, had affected more than 3,100 people and killed ...
U.S. agriculture can change the GMO conversation
Despite the head start biotechnology opponents have, there’s still plenty of opportunity for farmers, ranchers and the biotechnology industry to ...
An example of how much pesticides have changed
The pesticides that farmers use to protect their crops have changed a great deal over the last few decades. While ...
Humanity needs science, not ideology
Vaccines once faced the same scrutiny GM crops face today and are now widely accepted. But can the science of ...
Anti-GMO take on USDA green-lighting of corn and soybean with herbicide 2,4-D resistance
The USDA recently gave a virtual green light for Dow's new GE corn and soybean seeds, but according to opponents, ...
Is there a farmer and consumer backlash against GM crops?
Most US consumers say they want genetically modified food labelled (it isn't) and believe that they don't eat GM food ...
Russia moves to legitimize GM seed imports, spur research
Russia has introduced a registration system for foods containing genetically modified organisms that could drag the illegal import of genetically modified seeds ...
Food First anti-GMO activist Lappé challenges Grist’s coverage of GMOs as naive
If you’ve been reading the running commentary over at Grist for the past six months, journalist Nathanael Johnson has been opining about ...
Sustainability case for GE crops
The public debate about food has become deafening. "Local" and "organic" are mantras of the organic lobby, but organic food ...
Grist for the genetic engineering mill
A “what I’ve learned about GMOs” (“genetically modified organisms”) end-of-the-year column by Nathanael Johnson, Grist’s food writer, would ordinarily not warrant much attention ...
China vows ‘active, cautious’ GMO food stance
With the safety certificates for China's GMO rice and corn expiring soon, the country will take an "active and cautious" policy ...
Massive data do not support Don Huber’s GMO/glyphosate pathogen claims
Anti-GMO figure Don Huber, Emeritus Professor of Plant Pathology at Purdue University, has stirred quite a bit of controversy as ...
The fable of Hawaiian ‘Frankencorn’
Hawaii is the epicenter of a furious campaign to shut down production farms that yield genetically modified seed. It was ...
Organic food and farm groups ask Obama to require GMO food labels
Four U.S. lawmakers joined with more than 200 food companies, organic farming groups, health and environment organizations and other groups on Thursday ...
Ted Talks and videos on the science of GMOs
Blogger Cami Ryan has compiled a list of Ted talks and videos that relay reliable scientific evidence on GMOs ...
Retraction Watch: Back story on Séralini’s censorship demands on GMO study and critique of retraction
The debate over the retraction of a highly controversial paper on the effects of GMOs on rats continues as new ...
Weighing the plusses and minuses of GMO labeling
The most visible and contentious debate in our food supply is undoubtedly over labeling of genetically modified organisms. In the ...
Kenya to lift ban, commercialize GMOs
Kenyan Education, Science and Technology Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi has revealed plans by the government to lift a ban on Genetically ...
Are consumer perceptions of biotech crops changing?
A new report from researchers at the University of Florida suggests that the public's perception of biotech crops could be ...
Uganda: ActionAid, other NGOs face scrutiny for false claims that GMOs cause cancer, infertility
Last November, the National Agricultural Research Organization (Naro) took concrete steps towards beating off any opposition to the draft bio-technology ...
Addressing belief that organic farming uses fewer/less harmful ‘natural’ pesticides
Go shopping in any large supermarket in a Western country and you are likely to find yourself bombarded with enticements ...
Social benefits of biotech crops
Ask any sugarbeet grower in the US how their lives have changed since the commercialization of Roundup Ready beets. Really ...
Ex FDA official analyzes industry draft GMO labeling and ‘natural’ proposal
It might have enraged those in favor of mandatory GMO labeling, but a leaked document outlining the Grocery Manufacturers Association’s ...
Deadly bacteria could put an end to Florida orange juice
For years, Florida orange farmers have been fighting an incurable bacterial infection that threatens the very existence of the state's ...
State of the planet: GMOs not just about crops
While much attention is focused on genetically modified foods and the debate over their safety, fewer people are aware that many ...
China cloning on an ‘industrial scale’
Fast-growing Chinese company BGI is not only the world's largest center for gene sequencing, it's also the world's largest center for cloning ...
Biotech crop opponents slowing federal approval
The opposition to biotech crops is slowing the approval by U.S. regulators of new genetically modified products that is hurting ...
