SCOTUS rejects activist appeal to restrict Monsanto’s biotech seed patents

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from a coalition of 73 organic and conventional farmers, small seed companies and ...

Kaua’i to use pro-bono attorneys to fight industry GMO suit

Jennifer Sinco Kelleher | 
Kauai County will be taking law firms up on their offers for free legal help defending an ordinance regulating the ...
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The GMO ‘Population and Prosperity Paradox’: Can biotechnology help meet the growing global food challenge?

Bruce Chassy, Wayne Parrott | 
Using the innovative tools of biotechnology, scientists are able to genetically engineer crops with traits that can address the challenges ...
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FDA rebuffs activist pressure to define ‘natural’ label

For years, activists have been pressuring the FDA to define exactly which foods it considers to be "natural," but a ...

Are GMO-free Cheerios the first domino?

Richard Levick | 
Activists are trumpeting General Mills’ decision to remove GMOs from Cheerios as a watershed moment. It is; but not for the reason ...

Syngenta awaits China’s approval for gene-modified corn

Syngenta is waiting for China to approve a strain of gene-modified corn present in several U.S. cargoes turned away from Chinese ports in ...

GMO labeling: bad for business, bad for consumers

John Dumais | 
When you go to the grocery store, you look for foods your family needs and likes, and, if you’re like ...

Seed companies sue to invalidate Kauai Bill 2491

Pioneer, Syngenta and Agrigenetics (DOW) are asking a federal judge to invalidate Kauai County's pesticide-GMO disclosure law and prevent its ...

Expanded research puts global food security on horizon

Kim Lewis | 
Scientists and food experts have high hopes in achieving global food security as the Cinsultatvie Group on Internnational Agricultural Research ...
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Video: Bill Gates says GM traits critical to improve drought resistance seeds, feed developing world

Bill Gates | 
During a recent event at UC Berkeley, Bill Gates discussed the controversy surrounding GMOs and their importance for global food ...

Swaziland has no infrastructure to embrace GM seeds

Sifiso Sibandze | 
Countries in the South African Development Community (SADC) are not yet ready to accept the introduction of genetically modified seed varieties ...

Mark Bittman weighs in: How many cheers for Cheerios?

Mark Bittman | 
Well, a major and venerable American brand has gone and announced that it contains no genetically modified organisms (G.M.O.'s). Cheerios is G.M.O.-free! ...

Is Big Ag trying to max profits at the expense of health and environment?

A compelling narrative often makes a good engine to pull public policy. Unfortunately, this means we are sometimes unwilling to ...

Univ of Florida’s Kevin Flota faces attacks from anti-GMO activists

Kevin Folta | 
Kevin Folta, a professor and researcher in the University of Florida’s horticulture program, is facing another round of attacks from ...
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Will a non-browing GM apple irreparably hurt the fruit’s image?

Jeremy Summers | 
The non-browning Arctic Apple should appeal to consumers and food service companies, but will this benefit also make the GM ...
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Why are liberals more averse to GMOs?

Anti-GMO movement activists, often progressive on other issues, are generally averse to food technology. Blogger Jayson Lusk discussed this phenomenon ...

GMO research ‘well underway’ in Tanzania

Abdulwakil Saiboko | 
Researchers are working on genetically modified foods in Tanzanian laboratories, pending ongoing talks for possible field trials, according to a ...

Monsanto says biotech wheat moves closer to market

Carey Gillam | 
Monsanto, the world's largest seed company, said Wednesday it was making good progress on development of an herbicide-tolerant wheat, pushing ...
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Nathaneal Johnson: All or nothing debate over GMOs–Does any of it matter?

Nathanael Johnson | 
Johnson bemoans that too much of the conversation about GMOs remains stuck on cliches and focused on extremes and ideology--not ...

Agriculture scientists support approving GM Arctic Apple but face resistance

Michael Doyle | 
An apple genetically engineered not to turn brown is putting the Agriculture Department and the apple industry on the spot ...

Developing world food crisis: Can hungry countries afford to say ‘no’ to GM crops?

In many countries GM crops are not accepted because they are thought to be unsafe for both human health and ...

GMO labeling push will propel certified organic market

Hank Schultz | 
The struggle over GMO labeling will push the growth of certified organic products in the US in 2014, according to ...

Sustainability rethink needed: GM farming promotes dangerous ‘externalities’

Billy Mason | 
In the last 20 years, the development of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for the agriculture industry has resulted in a ...

How anti-GMO activists sell India ‘suicide seeds’ narrative

Keith Kloor | 
Over the past decade, the story of hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers being driven to suicide because of the failure of ...

10 reasons why anti-GMO and anti-vaccination movement are alike

The anti-GMO movements and anti-vaccination movements are probably two of the biggest and most well known pseudoscience movements out there, ...
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Could mapped citrus greening genome save the Florida orange?

A University of Florida researcher has mapped the DNA genome of a new strain of citrus greening, which could help ...
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GM halo effect: Can GM crops protect conventional and organic farming?

Jeremy Summers | 
GM papaya in Hawaii is one of numerous examples of the so-called "halo effect"-- the sustainable benefits conferred on organic ...
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