Daily Food & Agriculture Digest
Every day, the staff of the Genetic Literacy Project scours the Web for stories on a range of agricultural and food issues, including the GMO debate, conventional and organic farming, regulations, new breeding technologies and sustainability. We publish excerpts of those stories and encourage our readers to visit the original publications for the complete stories.
2016 World Food Prize goes to scientists who developed biofortified sweet potato
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A handful of scientists ...
Report from pro-organic group claims herbicide, fertilizer use in VT doubled in last decade
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Agribusiness corporations. . . promised ...
Is EU’s anti-GMO stance holding back developing countries?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Europe isn’t about to ...
Survey finds support for GMO labeling vastly overstated
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . Americans remain ...
Maize shortage in Kenya renews calls for GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Maize production in Kenya ...
Israeli scientists develop GMO banana with longer shelf life
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bananas never last very ...
Coca-Cola reportedly pulling products from VT over GMO labeling law
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Vermont’s somewhat capricious GMO ...
Senate GMO label compromise makes information hard to access, says critic
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The U.S. Senate ...
Organic Trade Association: Senate GMO labeling protects “core values” of organic label
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . .OTA has ...
Facing deadline, farmer backlash, EU reauthorizes herbicide glyphosate for 18 months
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The European Commission is ...
Canada unlikely to follow US lead on mandatory GMO labeling
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [New Democratic Party MP ...
Lower commodity prices could bring resurgence of non-Bt corn… and pests
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Outside expanding fields of ...
Jon Entine: EU, Australia’s ‘process-based’ regulations hinder intro of useful biotech crops
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Jon Entine, who runs ...
Does over-regulation of GMOs stymie development, reduce competition?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Our regulatory experience over ...
Monsanto developing genetic, pesticide-free control for bee-killing Varroa mites
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . . Many ...
By excluding industry’s glyphosate studies, IARC dismisses most relevant research says critic
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A little more than ...
Pending EU decision whether to regulate CRISPR gene editing as GMOs raises trade fears
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It appears the European ...
Russia bans use of GMOs in food production
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A senior Russian government ...
Senator Bernie Sanders will try to kill compromise Senate GMO label bill
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Sen. Bernie Sanders issued ...
Senate GMO labeling bill too late to halt VT law, should federal court intervene?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Federal courts have just ...
Organic farmer, advocate says ‘Smart’ GMO labels not enough
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . ...
Synthetic seeds, gene editing could aid agroforestry, conservation
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Conservation and renewable plantation ...
‘Internet democracy’ results in calls for unscientific glyphosate ban
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [Editor's note: This excerpt ...
GMO fish can help feed the world sustainably
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [E]nvironmental ...
Tanzanian government says country is ready for GMO crops
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Permanent Secretary of ...
Senate Ag. Committee agrees on GMO labeling bill that would pre-empt VT law
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A landmark Senate agreement ...
Argentina, Monsanto finalize agreement on GMO royalties
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto Co. and Argentina ...
