Daily Food & Agriculture Digest
How genetic engineering can save the iconic American Chestnut tree
An estimated 3 billion to 6 billion American chestnut trees once covered forests spreading from southern Mississippi to central Maine ...
Q&A with Mark Lynas on GMOs
January 2013, amid a chorus of controversy, Mark Lynas—high profile environmental writer, activist, and researcher—publicly renounced and apologized for his ...
France bans GM maize
France's agriculture ministry on Saturday banned the sale, use and cultivation of Monsanto's MON 810 genetically modified maize, the only ...
GMO food is safe, labeled or not
I am the dean of the University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. I tell all our research ...
Consumers and GMOs: Adrift in a sea of misinformation
Last month, I had the opportunity to present to a group of registered dietitians and nutritionists at the Alberta Milk ...
Challenge highlights flaws in Hawaii’s anti-GMO law
Last week a Hawaii state judge issued an injunction halting enforcement of a key component of a new anti-GMO law. The judge ...
China decreases GM research funding
Chinese research funding into genetically modified organisms (GMO) has fallen by 80 percent in the past four years, according to ...
New GMO labeling bill proposed for California
Back when Prop 37 was voted down by California residents in 2012, it felt like a missed opportunity. Here was ...
GMO and Indian farmer suicide backgrounder
The claim that the introduction of GM crops in India has caused an increase in farmer suicides was not based ...
If Seralini’s study is valid, he should be able to publish it in legit journal
The 2012 work by Seralini et al has long been retracted, and months later friends and admirers of Prof Seralini still ...
‘Precautionary Principle’ justifies GMO bans, restrictions
If you want to know where someone stands on health and environment there can be few better barometers than their ...
Observer UK editorial board endorses jumpstarting GM crops
Feeding the swelling numbers of people on our planet is one of the most serious challenges facing our leaders today ...
Vitamin A enhanced Golden Rice opponents should be held accountable for health problems
By 2002, Golden Rice was technically ready to go. Animal testing had found no health risks. Syngenta, which had figured out how ...
General Mills turns to ‘Raja Of The Country Of World Peace’ to certify its costlier, non-GMO Cheerios
Recently, cereal makers General Mills and Post announced that they had reformulated their flagship brands (Cheerios and Grape Nuts, respectively) to avoid ...
Here is what GMO labels could cost consumers
The question of whether to require labels on food with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) pits activists and consumers who favor ...
God Move Over (GMO)
Scanning the web for slogans and catch-phrases that slur biotech crops rouses the usual suspects: “frankenfoods,” “our kids are not ...
Taiwan passes new GMO labeling restrictions
Taiwan’s government recently passed a law, which when implemented, will set some new tolerance regulations for food containing genetically modified ...
It’s a state-by-state battle for GMO label advocates
The issue of labeling foods that contain genetically modified ingredients has taken hold in states around the country, and more ...
Center for Food Safety sues USDA over genetically modified alfalfa
A food safety group filed a lawsuit in hopes of forcing the U.S. Department of Agriculture to release documents in court that ...
GMO ban in Oregon could cost more than $200,000, says official
A local ban on genetically modified crops could cost Jackson County, Oregon, more than $200,000 a year to enforce, according ...
Looking at the hard evidence on GM cotton and farmer suicide in India
Most of the cotton grown in India comes from GM seeds, referred to as Bt cotton having had the addition ...
The GMO labeling fight is heating up in Massachusetts
Large food manufacturers and industry representatives are fighting a renewed push to force them to disclose genetically modified ingredients in ...
In Vermont a state senator and organic farmer push for GMO labeling
David Zuckerman, an organic farmer and state senator, is a key advocate for ensuring that foods containing genetically modified ingredients be ...
Vietnam slow and cautious when it comes to GMOs
Speaking during the seminar launch of ISAAA Brief 46 on Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops for 2013 on February 20, 2014 in Hanoi, Dr ...
Q&A: Hawaii mayors on pros and cons of GM crops on their islands
Hawaii Business magazine interviewed the three Neighbor Island Hawaii mayors on various topic including the future of agriculture and GMOs. Edited ...
Q&A: Hawaii mayors on pros and cons of GM crops on their islands
Hawaii Business magazine interviewed the three Neighbor Island Hawaii mayors on various topic including the future of agriculture and GMOs. Edited ...