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China jumpstarts GM, worries about ‘foreign domination’

Op Rana | 
China does not want its genetically modified food (GM) market to be dominated by foreign products (and thus foreign companies) ...
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Kevin Folta on Biogate: It’s a ‘gotcha’ taxpayer-funded fishing expedition

Kevin Folta | 
Last week I received a FOIA request that all of my emails bearing certain terms were going to be obtained ...

Truth about small farmers: They can’t make a living

Jaclyn Moyer | 
I wondered how many small farmers, like myself, actually made a living. I looked into national statistics. Only the largest ...

NY farmers could receive additional legal protection from GMO seed lawsuits

Farmers in New York state would be better protected against lawsuits from biotech companies if genetically modified crops inadvertently grow ...
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So can we really feed the world? Yes — and here’s how

Nathanael Johnson | 
Over the past six months I’ve been trying to figure out how we can feed ourselves sustainably and equitably without ...

Food sovereignty group sues Ghanian government over GM crop trials

Civil Society Group, Food Sovereignty Ghana has sued Government at the Human Rights Court, seeking an interim injunction on the ...

China plans to scale up cultivation of homegrown potatoes, likely investing in genetic tech

Karlis Rokpelnis | 
The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture started the year with an awkwardly named but nevertheless resonating event — at the "Potato ...

Cloned white Angus could double beef production in 10 years

Christopher Pilny | 
Dr. James West, associate professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University and chief science officer of CAG, has developed a way ...

Massachusetts lawmakers to put GM labeling bill on governor’s desk this session

Christian Wade | 
A food fight is shaping up between advocates clamoring to require labels on products that include genetically modified ingredients and ...

No climate benefit to biofuel crops

James Ayre | 
Nearly all of the studies that have been used to promote the deployment of biofuels over the past two decades ...

Bangladesh to adopt GM cotton in 2016

The government will introduce genetically modified (GM) cotton in 2016 to increase production of Bangladesh's key raw material for textiles, ...
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Washington Post: Denying scientific consensus on GMOs victimizes developing countries

Fred Hiatt | 
But the biggest gap between public opinion and scientific consensus in the United States is not in the realm of ...

China increasing support of GMO research, public education

Research and commercialization of genetically modified organisms (GMO) are expected to gain momentum in China after years of GM crop ...

Center for Food Safety will defend Jackson County, Oregon in GMO lawsuit

John Darling | 
Local anti-GMO forces celebrated a Friday ruling allowing them to join Jackson County in defense of last year’s voter-passed ban ...

Assessing impact of India’s 5-year GMO Bt brinjal ban

Jairam Ramesh | 
Monday was the fifth anniversary of the imposition of a moratorium on the commercialization of genetically modified brinjal by the ...

Rebranding genetic modification as ‘ethical crop breeding’

David Burrows | 
Genetic modification (GM) should be re-branded as ‘ethical crop breeding’ with the patented technology used for ‘the greater good’ rather than ...

Genetic engineering needs space from regulators

Drew Kershen, Henry Miller | 
The newly approved, genetically engineered “Innate” brand of potato is quite remarkable. It is bruise resistant and contains 50 to ...
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Small but growing number of farmers switch to non-GMO

Chad Smith | 
While non-GMO crops are a small percentage of the total number grown, there is still a market overseas for those ...

Audio: Why Mark Lynas changed his mind on GMOs

Mark Lynas | 
Dominic Lawson interviews people who have changed their mind on controversial matters. He asks the environmentalist Mark Lynas, who was ...
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Keith Kloor on Bill Maher, vaccines and GMOs: “Nobody makes liberals look like asses more than Maher”

Keith Kloor | 
Bill Maher, the comedian and host of his own HBO show, is God’s gift to conservatives. Nobody makes liberals look ...
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What turned the organic movement against GMOs?

Michael Thomas | 
The idea behind the organic movement has some virtues: using fewer chemicals that might be more dangerous, reducing logistics and ...

Syngenta now faces 360 lawsuits from US farmers

Farmers and farm businesses in 20 states have now filed more than 360 lawsuits against agricultural chemicals-maker Syngenta, and hundreds ...

False claim of ‘no consensus on GMO safety’ at heart of Vermont’s labeling bill

David L. Ter Molen | 
Several food industry trade groups, including the Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA), filed suit in June 2014 to prevent Vermont’s ...

Genetically engineered ‘on-off switch’ could activate drought tolerance in plants

Heidi Ledford | 
An innovative 'on-off' switch added to a plant protein may one day allow farmers to prep crops for drought by ...

Sequencing genome of brewer’s yeast could lead to new flavors, strengths and qualities

Liz Longden | 
Imagine ales with a richness of flavour you never before imagined, lagers that can be brewed warm, or a Trappist-style ...

Genome tracking tech could make improve food safety and reduce food fraud

Jill Neimark | 
Each year foodborne illnesses caused by these microorganisms sicken 48 million Americans, hospitalize 128,000 and kill 3,000.... Food fraud is ...
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Alison Van Eenennaam: Genetically engineered animals critical for food production

Genetically engineered food animals could provide a sustainable means to feed a fast-growing world population, yet regulatory hurdles keep such ...
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