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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Zambia native: Protesting GMOs ‘condemns millions to poverty’
(Summary) If more Zambian farmers had access to weed and weather resistant crops, 35-year-old Zambia native Kelvin Kamfwa told the Des ...
Genetically modified sweet corn better for the environment, study shows
(Summary) Genetically modified sweet corn is better for the environment, the Entomological Society of America reports. The GM sweet corn produces ...
Long term study of GM rice with two insect resistant genes shows no adverse effects
(Summary) Genetically modified rice does not cause adverse health effects when fed to rats, a long term study in Food ...
Unpublished study showing GMOs cause sterility in hamsters touted by anti-GMO acitivists
A Russian study claiming that hamsters who consume genetically modified soybeans give birth to sterile offspring should not be taken ...
Fourat Janabi discusses his transformation from anti-GMO activist to supporter of GMOs
Fourat Janabi, author of "Random Rationality: a Rational Guide to an Irrational World," sat down with Green State TV to discuss ...
Custom-built microbes offer a myriad of benefits
Genetically engineered microbes could be the future of chemical production ...
Ugly glare on Union of Concerned Scientists, Consumers Union, journalists as RNA-GMO danger link disintegrates
The Union of Concerned Scientists, Consumers Union and other prominent anti-GMO journalists are silent after several reputable science publications severely ...
Organic activist manifesto: Ronnie Cummins on how to demonize GMOs
Ronnie Cummins, founder and director of the Organic Consumers Association, writes on the main ways that anti-GMO activists can influence ...
Anti-GMO activists in Florida oppose GM mosquitoes to combat disease, rather risk dengue fever and pesticide use
(Summary) Residents in the Florida Keys oppose the release of a genetically modified mosquito that could reduce rates of dengue ...
Non-browing GM apples up for approval, new anti-GMO target
(Summary) Okanagan Specialty Fruits, creator of the genetically modified Arctic Apples, announced that the US Department of Agriculture has released ...
GLP’s Jon Entine on what the future holds for labeling of GMOs
Jon Entine speaks to Ray Bowman from Food and Farm Today about GMO labeling initiatives around the country ...
State GMO labeling laws present challenging legal questions
If the federal government does not require GMO labels, what will happen if a state passes a GMO labeling law? ...
GMO label activists misjudge rural and farm sentiment
(Summary) "When the losers are crying about the election outcome afterwards and begin saying the election was bought or Democracy ...
The great GMO labeling con
Marc Bellemare, assistant professor in the Department of Agriculture at the University of Minnesota, writes that the "right to know" ...
New York Times comes out against mandatory labeling, urges voluntary action
The New York Times has released an editorial coming out against mandatory GMO labeling laws like Washington's I-522, which is ...
Grocery Manufacturers to lobby feds to prempt states from requiring GMO labels
Eat Drink Politics is reporting that internal documents acquired from the Grocery Manufacturers Association reveal that the group plans to lobby ...
Richmond, California council backs GMO labeling bill
In a 5 to 2 vote the Richmond council passed a motion to begin drafting an ordinance that would require ...
British Columbia: Local politicians won’t take stance in GMO debate
North Okanagan politicians want assurances genetically modified organisms are safe, but they won't wade into the contentious debate of whether ...
Kauai County councilmembers bicker over GMO and pesticide fact-finding group, await state input
A Kauai City Council subcommittee has been tasked with building a group to assess pesticide and GMO use on the ...
Sale of progressive climate change data darling to ‘Monsatan’ stirs enviro fears
The Climate Corporation, a small, farmer-centered company has been acquired by seed and agriculture giant Monsanto. David Friedberg, CEO of ...
Foodie critic atttacks Scientific American’s anti-labeling editorial
In a Civil Eats post responding to Scientific American's anti-labeling editorial, Ralph Loglisci, former Project Director for the Johns Hopkins Healthy ...
‘Battle Royale’ over Hawaii County’s anti-GMO Bill 113 throws dark cloud over farmers
Scientists are worried that their research will be negatively impacted if the Hawaii County Council approves Bill 113, which would ...
Genetically modified ‘golden rice’ coming to Philippines by 2016
The first genetically-modified rice to be commercially available could be approved for production in the Philippines in two to three ...
European Anti-GMO “resistance industry” threatens biosecurity in Tanzania
Scientists are attempting to combat food security issues in Tanzania with genetically modified crops, writes Sharon Schmickle in The Guardian. "African ...
Washington state I-522 GMO labeling measure headed for defeat
After a contentious battle, the fight for GMO labels in Washington has ended back where it started: Consumers rejected the ...
EU Commission recommends approval for Europe’s third ever GM crop
The European Commission proposed on Wednesday that governments approve only the third ever genetically modified crop for cultivation in Europe, ...
UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization study investigates impacts of biotech in Africa
Scientists and agriculture researchers from around the world examined 19 smallholder farms in Africa and how they utilize biotechnology ...
