Agriculture Spotlight
Anti-biotech activists would the let Hawaiian papaya go the way of the Dodo
In the 80s, Hawaii's papaya crop was almost wiped out by the ringspot virus. Today the crop thrives because most ...
Anti-biotech activists would let Hawaiian papaya go the way of the Dodo
In the 80s, Hawaii's papaya crop was almost wiped out by the ringspot virus. Today the crop thrives because most ...
Video: Pro-GE rally encircles Hilo, Hawaii government buildings
The following is an edited excerpt. A group comprised of a number of agricultural businesses, united in their opposition to ...
Nature commentary: Europe losing ground in GM crop science
The EU must regulate GM plant varieties with sound science or risk losing ground in the race to grow more ...
A geneticist attempts to replicate the famed “stunning corn” study
Anti-GM crusaders don't really want independent replication, that would expose their lack of evidence ...
Coffee in crisis: Transgenics to the rescue?
Central American coffee production is on red alert because of the coffee rust fungus. We need transgenics to create resistant, ...
Genetically modified RNA scare seems bogus
A molecule as unstable as RNA likely couldn't even make it past our digestive system ...
Who really deserves a food prize?
Food writer Mark Bittman argues against the biotech-focused winners of this years World Food Prize ...
FDA: All genetically modified crops are safe and nutritious as conventional crops
According to the FDA: "All food derived from GM crops in the market have met international food safety standards and ...
Italy: Agriculture minister wants GMOs banned
Italian ag minister wants to ban the cultivation of GMOs, with with backing from the Italian health and environment ministers ...
Australian Supreme Court refuses GM injunction
The Supreme Court has refused to grant an injunction preventing Western Australian farmer Mike Baxter from planting genetically modified (GM) ...
Oregon: Genetically modified crops vandalized
Some 6,500 GM plants have been destroyed by "eco-activists" in Oregon since the beginning of the month ...
When is a tomato not a tomato?
Our modern tomatoes are tasteless -- could GM tech restore the tomato's tastiness? ...
University student scientist view of crop biotech safety critics: Where’s the beef?
Cornell University graduate student in Plant Sciences, Gonzalo Pizarro, whose research revolves around molecular biology, provides this week's special guest ...
The dangers of condescension in the GM debate
The UK's Environmental Minister needs to reframe his proposed GM discussion if he wants to avoid a slow-motion train wreck ...
USDA approves Non-GMO Project’s label claims
In a first for the U.S., the Agriculture Department has approved the Non-GMO project's labels for meat and liquid egg ...
World Food Prize goes to those who made GM plants possible
The "Nobel Prize of food" has been given to three biotech pioneers -- including an executive from Monsanto ...
Biotechnology must remain part of EU-US trade negotiations
Biotech crops are a sticking point in free-trade negotiations between the US and European Union ...
The organic hepatitis outbreak: We need organic field testing
A recent outbreak of hepatitis A infections from the consumption of organic frozen berries highlights the problem with the organic ...
The impatient optimism of GM crops and food security
Are GM crops needed to feed the world? That's not the right question to ask ...
GM foods grow up
Critics of transgenic crops often focus on the seemingly unnatural act of adding something new and alien to a plant's ...
Comedian Dusty Smith gores GMO critics and anti-Monsanto junkies
Comedian-critic Dusty Smith rails against common misconceptions surrounding GM crops and Monsanto's business practices ...
“GMOs make pigs sick” paper avoids rigorous analysis
New research claiming GM foods hurt pigs is more fishing expedition than proper science ...
Nature Biotechnology analysis lashes French politicians for feeding anti-biotech fever
In March 2012, the French government issued an emergency ban on a GM strain of corn “to protect the environment." ...
Monsanto wins defense against organic farmers’ lawsuit over seed contamination
Monsanto Co. won another round in a legal battle with U.S. organic growers as an appeals court threw out the ...
Genetic modification and the fate of sustainable fish farming
Whole Foods's refusal to stock salmon fed with GM yeast may stifle technology that delivers environmental benefits ...
Being Gilles-Eric Seralini: Inside the mind of the anti-GM movement
Anti-GM activists live trapped in their own heads; All they can see and hear are their own slogans and conspiracy ...