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.
Dupont’s new GMO soybean is transfat free, benefitting consumers
For 37 years - since 1977 - breaded and fried white mushrooms have been a favorite in the food court ...
China extends permits on GM rice and corn research
The government has renewed permits allowing scientists to grow three varieties of genetically modified rice and corn in China, more ...
Can new meatless burgers wean us off unsustainable beef?
I dumped meat a few weeks ago, and it was not an easy breakup. Some of my most treasured moments ...
Will gene editing and other new GM techniques sidestep controversy over ‘foreign’ genes?
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company is developing genetically modified grass that would need less mowing, be a deeper green and be resistant to ...
Critical look at recent meta-analysis on GMO crops passes muster
Hundreds of studies have been conducted to assess the impact of GE crops. A recent study, A Meta-Analysis of the ...
Ugandan scientists develop disease-resistant banana, but law may prohibit it from reaching farmers
Banana bacterial wilt, a disease caused by Xanthomonas bacteria, is so devastating to banana and extremely burdensome and costly to ...
New vegan cheese uses human DNA to create protein
San Francisco-based iGem group said it found a way to make cheese proteins using genetic sequences found in mammals. The ...
‘Pour me a tall glass of transgenic orange juice’
Florida orchards are in danger because of citrus greening disease. Carried by the Asian citrus psyllid, an insect, the bacterium ...
Scotts’ GMO turfgrass approved as USDA concludes no risk review necessary for ‘gene gun’ modifications
A new GMO variety of tall fescue turfgrass that's resistant to glyphosate herbicides has been cleared for cultivation by USDA without ...
Bogus claim glyphosate, used with GMOs, causes autism races through cyberspace
She’s baa-aack. Remember Stephanie Seneff? When last Orac discussed her, she had been caught dumpster diving into the VAERS database ...
LA drops GMO ban plan provoking cries of lobbyist interference
The Los Angeles City Council was seriously considering a ban on growing genetically modified crops (GMOs) within the city limits ...
Anti-corporatism envelops local food movement
If your idea of a locavore is a slow-foodie-body-inscribed-lefty type who’s disdainful of big corporations and ready to Occupy, you ...
Some countries’ GMO laws aren’t about safety: They’re politically motivated
A common argument that you may read about the dangers of GMOs is how different countries around the world have ...
Crop biotechnology and the challenges of feeding a world of ten billion
Note: This study by Drew Kershen and Nina Fedoroff is available for free download at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2542310 The latest United Nations population ...
Food industry, NaturalNews on Santa’s ‘naughty list’ for bumbling GMO issues
'Tis the season! Just in time for holiday merrymaking, Santa has given me a sneak peak of his 2014 Naughty ...
Biotech can ‘rewild’ crops for resilience
Scientists should "re-wild" food crops by inserting lost genetic properties of ancient, edible plants in order to boost agricultural output ...
Biotech complements conventional and organic ag in promoting biodiversity
Advocates of biotech crops and those who favor traditional farming practices such as crop diversity often seem worlds apart, but ...
Video: Clearing the confusion over GMOs and hormones in milk
My youngest sister Kaley is a senior in high school, and she is taking a few college classes this semester ...
GMO rejections suggest Europeans becoming more hostile to science and technology
The continent of Galileo and Darwin is not about to cast off its glorious heritage. But the boffins have given cause ...
Gary Hirshberg, founder of Stonyfield’s and Just Label It, on why GMO labeling is not anti-science
Stonyfield Farm’s co-founder and chairman Gary Hirshberg has shifted his attention from building one of the country’s most influential organic ...
What’s the genetic ancestry of average Americans?
In the United States, almost no one can trace their ancestry back to just one place. And for many, the ...
Genetic engineering of food not magic bullet, but important tool
Ronald J. Herring, professor of government and international professor of agriculture and rural development at Cornell University, US, believes that ...
How should public seed banks guard genetic wealth?
There was a news report not so long ago that ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics), an ...
China removes ban on U.S. genetically-modified corn imports
China bought as much as 900,000 metric tons of a corn-based grain from the U.S. after the government was said to ...
Are Europeans too cautious about science?
At the end of a hard year Europe’s leaders are grappling with familiar problems—how to revive gasping economies, what to do ...
Behind the Label: ‘Non-GMO verified’
Many food companies are seeking certification that their products don’t have any genetically modified ingredients, and not just the brands ...
Will synbio foods win over consumers?
Only two out of 10 Americans are willing to give lab meat – animal tissue grown without a living host ...
