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.
Beijing kicks off campaign to improve GMOs image in China
China's government has kicked off a media campaign in support of genetically modified crops, as it battles a wave of ...
African scientists engineering genetically modified livestock vaccines
Agricultural scientists in different parts of Africa have been engaged in application of biotechnology mainly for developing improved crop varieties ...
Video: Mashable website tackles 4 common myths about GMOs
The popular website Mashable has a crisp video presentation on 4 Myths About GMOs. The four they tackle: Myth 1: ...
Do patents limit GMO research and farmers choice? Only a little
A 1980 Supreme Court decision that allowed patents to be granted to living things kicked off a controversy. The basic ...
Brazil OKs release of genetically engineered mosquitoes to control dengue virus
Thousands of British made genetically engineered mosquitoes were released by Brazilian researchers in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday infected with ...
Anti-GMO activists hope floodgates will open if Oregon passes labeling law
Is this the year that voters will finally insist on knowing which supermarket foods contain genetically modified organisms? Activists in ...
Colorado GMO label battle pit chefs against farmers
With the Nov. 4, 2014, ballot measure, Colorado is at the forefront of a fierce food fight raging across the ...
Podcast: UC-Davis’ Van Eenennaam on health impact of GMO crops on humans and animals
University of California-Davis animal biotechnology professor Alison Van Eenennaam, author of recent research published in the Journal of Animal Science [NOTE: article behind paywall ...
East African plant project targets tackle climate change, pests and diseases.
East African crop scientists have embarked on a five-year project to conserve indigenous plant genetic resources to improve food security ...
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, ...
GMO opponents worry Big Six ag companies monopolize global food supply
What the next chapter in the evolution of agriculture has produced, is something akin to the pharmaceuticalization of food. Six ...
Photographic romance of GMO breeding
The genetic modification of foods is not the sort of topic that inspires ambivalence. When photographer Murray Ballard first visited the John ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
