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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Retired Kauai exec says Bill 2491 exaggerates GMO health concerns
The following open letter was written by E. Alan Kennett, an executive for 20 years in the sugar industry on ...
Tasmania: Poppy growers may consider legal action if GMO ban is not lifted
The Government's moratorium on genetically modified crops expires next year. Yesterday, more than 100 protesters marched through Hobart, demanding the ...
Canada: Monsanto to begin testing new GM beans
New varieties of genetically modified soy beans are being grown and tested in Essex County. Monsanto, a well-known agricultural biotechnology ...
Something fishy: GM salmon in purgatory as EPA drags feet on approval
Despite the safety of GM salmon, common misconceptions still fuel fear among grocers and consumers ...
Monsanto protesters toss money off balcony in Congressional offices
BuzzFeed Politics reported that Capitol Police took the cash, believed to be around $500, into evidence. Three people were also "taken ...
Why Northeast Ohio farmers disagree about the latest farm technology
On Saturday, protestors in Akron, Cleveland, and hundreds of cities worldwide will take part in the second annual March Against ...
Biotechnology at the center of this year’s World Food Prize symposium
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Science panel says GMO labeling would cost — but how much remains unknown
Labeling genetically engineered foods would come at a cost, but it’s impossible to say how high it will be, says ...
Greenpeace continues to resort to ecoterrorism and publicity stunts
On August 8th, Greenpeace activists descended on a test plot of Golden Rice in the Philippines and ripped up the ...
Environmental groups frustrated by Kauai mayor’s recommendation to defer Bill 2491
Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr.’s recommendation that the Kauai County Council defer Bill 2491 for two months stirred up a wide ...
Personal values not science drive views on GM foods
Because individual values dictate the attitudes with which we approach GM food, scientists should frame their messages to align with ...
EU governments ignoring their own scientific risk evaluation committees for political gain
EU governments are ignoring on their own scientific risk evaluation committees and creating false pseudo-scientific documents for political gain. In ...
Behind the science of GMOs lies human achievement
The debate around GMOs seems to miss an important point - that the technology was born from scientific investigation, not ...
Scientists turn to GM wheat to avert potential global crisis
Rising populations, new diseases and climate change threaten the wheat yields that sustain much of the planet. But, scientists have ...
Mandatory labeling of GMOs deserves a warning label of its own
Washington State is about to become the latest battleground in a cynical, well-coordinated scare campaign against genetically engineered (GE) foods. Initiative ...
Study demonstrates net environmental benefit of GM crops
Touting the environmental friendliness of insect-resistant, GM crops — demonstrated in a new study on Bt corn -- may be a ...
With 2000+ global studies affirming safety, GM foods among most analyzed subjects in science
Anti-GMO activists can no longer claim that there is no independent research of GMOs. There are now more than 2,000 ...
Trade barriers fan GMO misconceptions in Africa
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Fear over light-up plants exaggerated and unnecessary
“What if someone decides it would be cute to light up a national forest?” asked Arthur Caplan, a bioethicist at ...
20 points of broad scientific consensus on GE crops
Just as many on the political right discount the broad scientific consensus that human activities contribute to global warning, many progressive ...
Fight over genetically altered crops intensifies in Hawaii
The balmy tropical isles here seem worlds apart from the expansive cornfields of the Midwest, but Hawaii has become the ...
Tanzania becomes a battleground in fight over genetically modified crops
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EU’s anti-GMO stance reflects food security politics, not health concerns
Many people mistakenly believe that the EU bans GMOs because of safety concerns, but really the ban has more to ...
How the ‘Poison Potato’ impacted the GMO debate
The Lenape potato, first bred for potato chip production, has played a big role in shaping the USDA policy towards ...
Campaign to make Cyprus a GMO-free zone
A campaign was launched by environment commissioner Ioanna Panayiotou yesterday to declare Cyprus as a country free from genetically modified organisms (GMO) ...
Kauai County Council to consider diluted bill pertaining to pesticide, GMO rules
A hotly debated proposed ordinance pertaining to pesticide use and farming of genetically modified crops on the Garden Isle will ...
Oregon moves to bar counties from blocking GMOS
Environmental groups and local food activists are livid that a provision they believe would allow more genetically modified organisms to ...
