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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Are engineered foods evil?—A reply to Scientific American’s David H. Freedman
A former Research Director of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research in France takes Scientific American to task for ...
“GMO OMG”: An interview with the director
After being intrigued by the new "GMO OMG" documentary, Grist's Johnson interviews the film's director to learn more about his ...
Group of farmers request Supreme Court hearing against Monsanto
A group of U.S. farmers is not giving up its fight against biotech giant Monsanto after a lower court ruled ...
Hawaii: Big issues on Big Island with GMO ban debate
The debate over GM foods in Hawaii is a serious (and often volatile) one, as demonstrated by a recent 6-hour ...
Heirloom tomatoes could save mankind
When I came home from the farmer’s market last week juggling two giant bags of tomatoes, my kids looked at ...
Labeling GM foods, and other “Krafty” stuff
Beginning with a case in Kraft Mac'N'Cheese, Cami Ryan, a researcher with the University of Saskatchewan, explores the misleading labeling ...
The Brits aim to genetically engineer their own beans
Essentially little more than navy beans covered in a tomato-based sauce, baked beans are one of the more popular foods ...
GM crops: African opposition is a farce, says group led by former UN secretary general
Concern in Africa over genetically modified crops has been dismissed as fear of the unknown by an environmental group chaired by Kofi Annan, ...
“There is no bee crisis,” environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg says
Contrary to what you may have heard, there is no “bee-pocalypse.” There is lots of alarmist talk about colony collapse ...
Kauai’s GMO debate widens the gap between farmers and concerned residents
Supporters of Kauai's resolution 2491 claim pesticide use is causing a rise in cancer, while opponents of the bill fear ...
Stop saying GMOs are safe, says Greenpeace
Greenpeace today accused the Philippine government of misleading the public into thinking that field trials of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) ...
Anti-GMO acting troupe takes it to the streets
The work of an anti-GMO group called MoveOn, which wants to impose mandatory labeling of GMO crops on Americans, brings ...
Spain considers trial release of genetically-modified olive flies
Genetically-modified olive flies will be released in a Catalan olive grove if a field trial proposed by British biotech company ...
Despite what some GMO opponents accuse, Monsanto does not pay off columnists
Among many lovely conversations with readers at the Farm Progress Show this week, one exchange has had me thinking, ever since. He ...
Is this the start of a GM future for Irish farming?
In July 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency gave Teagasc permission to start a controversial, three-year, field-based research study of a genetically modified ...
Protecting farmers, consumers and crops through genetic engineering
Crops engineered to produce Bt, a pest-killing toxin, have been shown to decrease the use of noxious chemical insecticides; however ...
Truth a casualty in Kauai GMO-pesticide debate
If truth is the first casualty of war, it was body-bagged a long time ago in the pitched battle being ...
Scientific American’s new Food Matters blog is all about the science of food, including GMOs
Plant geneticist Pamela Ronald, who advocates a mix of organic and GM agricultural techniques, is among the many voices joining ...
China: As officials allow more GMOs, the public’s anti-GMO voices grow louder
A popular newspaper in China published an article by a prominent member of the anti-GMO community, prompting responses from pro-GMO ...
Washington State University ‘very close’ on celiac-safe wheat, herbicide-tolerant barley
Washington State University researcher Diter von Wettstein is pursuing two ventures that could boost markets for wheat and barley. Von ...
Food fight: GM Watch pointedly criticizes GMO reporting by Grist’s Johnson
In response to Grist's Nathanael Johnson, GM Watch continues the debate over the safety of GMOs ...
Grist’s Johnson: Golden Rice essential tool in fighting malnutrition
Grist's Nathanael Johnson jumps in with his own analysis of the Golden Rice debate ...
GLP’s Jon Entine’s America’s Web Radio interview on Golden Rice
Listen to GLP Executive Director interview about genetically modified Golden Rice on Ray Bowman's “Food and Farm” on America’s Web ...
Illinois: GMO corn failing to protect fields from pest damage
Researchers in the key corn-growing state of Illinois are finding significant damage from rootworms in farm fields planted in a ...
Traditional farming a better solution for African countries
Given the British government's approach to protecting the environment by trying to sell forests, culling badgers, and cutting environmental protection, the ...
Agricultural economist Alexander J. Stein addresses concerns about Golden Rice
International Food Policy Research Institute economist Alexander J. Stein wrote a response on her personal blog to points raised by ...
When a genetic solution saved the French wine industry
The mid to late 1800s was a very difficult time for the European wine grape industry. New pests associated with ...
