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.
Are Western ‘supermarket-based superstitions’ holding back farming advances in Africa?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. If you drive through ...
Syngenta, now Monsanto: What is behind wave of buyouts in seed and chemical industry?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. WHEN DuPont and Dow ...
With National Academies’ GMO report, is debate concerning safety to humans over?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Last week, the prestigious ...
Why did US beekeepers lose almost half of all honeybee colonies in 2015?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. "Beekeepers lost 44 percent ...
Monsanto CEO: We need all hands on deck to feed world’s growing population, including GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The world’s agricultural industry ...
Chicago Tribune: ‘Basic’ GMO label will not help consumers make informed purchases
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [...] On Tuesday, the ...
Bayer’s deal to buy Monsanto may face scrutiny back home in Germany
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bayer faces a backlash ...
End of Monsanto? Bayer could change name if deal to buy company is completed
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bayer AG’s proposed $62 ...
Farmers, not politicians or corporations, must lead debate on GMOs to gain public trust
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Speaking at the annual ...
Royal Society: Europe needs to rethink policies on GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Prof Venki Ramakrishnan said ...
Observer editorial: Europe can no longer turn its back on benefits of GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For a generation, a ...
Indian government caps companies’ royalty fees for GM seeds, adds other restrictions on sales
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Indian government has ...
Washington Post: Giving in to fears about GMOs will hurt poorer parts of world
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. ...Overblown worries nevertheless continue ...
Indian farmer: GM cotton has provided numerous benefits for farmers’ lives
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. I am able to ...
Bayer confirms $62 billion offer to buy Monsanto
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bayer of Germany said ...
Conventional breeding may be outpacing genetic engineering in creation of super crops
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Last year, [Jonathan Lynch] ...
Discovery of on/off genes in maize genome may speed plant breeding
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For astronomers, “dark matter” ...
Familiar GMO denialists shrug off Academies safety, environmental findings
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A massive National Academy of ...
Genetically engineering heat resistance in plants more difficult than herbicide resistance
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Currently, most of the ...
Glyphosate could be pulled from European market if EU doesn’t reauthorize by June 30
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. European countries couldn't come ...
Following U.S. report on GMO safety, Scottish farmers push for reconsideration of GMO ban
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Farming leaders believe there could ...
Health Canada approves AquaBounty GMO salmon for commercial sale
Health Canada has approved the AquAdvantage® salmon for commercial sale in the country, clearing the way for the GMO fish to be on dinner ...
National Academies report draws criticism from anti-GMO groups
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The panel . ...
National Academies committee members reflect on GMO report
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Here we offer perspectives ...
Former FDA GMO medical reviewer attacks IARC as “worst regulator ever”
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Recent articles by investigative journalist David ...
Newly discovered stem cell pathway in plants could be manipulated to increase crop yields
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Biologists at Cold Spring ...
No evidence linking glyphosate, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A group of farmers is ...
