Daily Food & Agriculture Digest
Unapproved GMO wheat again found, this time in Montana
Unregulated genetically modified wheat has popped up at a Montana research facility east of Billings, the U.S. Agriculture Department said ...
New generation Kansas Christian farm family addresses GMO truths and myths
Now, some of you may think you know a lot about GMOs. Others may have no idea what I am ...
Former Colorado ag commish: Vote ‘No’ on Colorado GMO labeling law
Colorado voters are faced with an important decision on the November 2014 ballot. As a former Colorado commissioner of agriculture, ...
Deconstructing Dr. Oz misrepresentations on pesticide exposure danger
Andrew Kniss, a scientist with an expertise in pesticides and weed control, addressed a segment on the Dr. Oz show in ...
Answers for home gardeners about GMOs
I would like to clear up for home gardeners: there are no GMO home vegetable seeds available now, and there ...
PBS’s John Hockenberry challenges Vandana Shiva on GMO misstatements
The Takeaway host John Hockenberry interviews anti-GMO activist Vandana Shiva on Monsanto, Bt cotton and global trade, pesticide use, farmer ...
90% of India cotton farmers use biotech, need unified voice
The Hindu BusinessLine speaks with Shilpa Divekar Nirula, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of farm input company Monsanto’s ...
Mainstream consumers don’t appear concerned about GMOs
It’s starting to look like the average eater doesn’t care about GMOs. At the very beginning of 2014, General Mills ...
GMO eggplant may unlock Asian food revolution, cut pesticide use, farmer deaths
The humble aubergine – you might call it eggplant or brinjal – may be about to unlock a food revolution ...
General Mills shareholders reject proposal to dump GM foods
General Mills Inc. has made strong commitments this year to natural and organic foods. It took genetically modified ingredients out ...
Oregon GMO label advocates release first TV ads
The Yes on 92 campaign, the largest proponent of Oregon’s labeling measure, launched its first two ads on September 23. The ...
Will EU countries be allowed to opt out of approved biotech crops?
After four years of uncertainty, an EU Commission proposal to permit individual countries to opt out of allowing the planting ...
GMO cotton has transformed India into world’s largest cotton exporter
India’s cotton economy has undergone a radical and unheralded transformation over the past decade. From being a net importer of ...
Monsanto chief scientist Rob Fraley backs national GMO-free law, defends patenting
Radio host John Hockenberry interviews Monsanto chief technology officer Rob Fraley on GMO labeling, feeding the world, neocotinoids and honeybees, ...
Farmer asks, Why are scientists sitting on the sidelines in the GMO debate?
It's perhaps too easy to laugh off the whole GMO issue: the opponents so over the top, the proponents, including ...
India’s political flip-flopping over new GM field trials paralyzes innovation
In August, India’s ruling nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stopped its legislators from accepting Monsanto sponsorship to attend a farm ...
Gates Foundation funds research for genetic tools in sweet potato breeding
North Carolina State University will receive $12.4 million over the next four years from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ...
Agent Orange redux? Dr. Oz called out for fear-mongering on newest GMO products
Dr. Oz, infamous for his promotion of alternative medicine remedies and organic foods, and for his scaring people about chemical ...
9 most asked questions about GMOs: University of Florida’s Kevin Folta answers
The Refinery 29 has collected the most asked questions about GMOs from their readers and asked University of Florida plant ...
Cannabis DNA mapping could lead to more consistent “highs”
Nine months ago, Mowgli Holmes, 42, started Phylos Bioscience in Southwest Portland with entrepreneur Nishan Karassik, 44, with the aim ...
Dr. Bronner pumps in money to pass Oregon mandatory labeling campaign
The most expensive food fight in Oregon history is just getting interesting, and David Bronner is smack in the middle ...
Anti-GMO policies stifling response to Australia’s growing farm pest problem
South Australian Liberal Senator Sean Edwards says an outbreak of beet western yellow virus has “blindsided” croppers in his home State ...
Fundraising by opponents of GMO labels outpaces advocates in Oregon
So far the No on 92 campaign has raised more than $1 million, about $800,000 of which is still on ...
Vandana Shiva entitled to her own opinions, not her own facts
A recent New Yorker article by Michael Specter does an excellent job of putting the activism of anti-GMO campaigner, Vandana Shiva, into ...
Activists, farmers link GMOs to use of neonic pesticide, claim bees endangered
Today, genetically engineered crops dominate agriculture, and two-thirds of the world’s cropland gets a regular dose of neonicotinoids, including 90 ...
Politics not science likely behind China’s halt of crop biotech trials
Chinese officialdom appears to be at an impasse on its approach to genetically modified foods. The GMO impasse may have ...
Technology-based agriculture in Africa could lower carbon pollution as farming expands
Hank Campbell, editor of Science 2.0, summarizes a new study that looks at land use and carbon footprint for agriculture in ...