Colorado lawmakers again reject GMO labels

DENVER -- Labels on genetically modified foods have been rejected again by Colorado lawmakers. But the food-labeling debate could just be ...

Video: Is Hawaii’s Anti-GMO Movement Really Just Anti-Science?

Sharif Matar | 
Hawaii is at the center of the fight over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) - and the food people are eating ...

South Africa: Unwarranted environmental fears hurts emerging economies

Ivo Vegter | 
Exaggerated environmental claims—a “crying wolf” phenomenon—are counterproductive to environmental protection. They bring about misguided public policies that actively harm economies, ...

Ecologist magazine pushes ‘Agent Orange’ demonization of GM corn, soybeans

A new report published today examines the dangers of the pesticide 2,4-D - an ingredient of Vietnam's Agent Orange - ...
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China’s economic reasons for rejecting GM corn

Amanda Zaluckyj | 
Back in the beginning of December, China blocked 5 shipments of corn from entering the country. The General Administration of ...

Just because scientists can genetically engineer foods doesn’t mean they should (or does it?)

Alexander Stein | 
This was written in response to the comment by Beth Hoffman in her article on Forbes, but it exceeded the given wordcount, ...

Is Monsanto hedging its bet on GMOs?

Tom Philpott | 
Is genetically modified seed giant Monsanto doing the unthinkable and moving away from genetically modified seeds? I've called Monsanto's press ...

Activists claim GM crops exacerbating Monarch butterfly decline

The number of Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) wintering in Mexico plunged this year to its lowest level since studies began in ...

Fish farmers in Washington state split over introduction of transgenic salmon

Rebecca Gourley | 
Fish farms in Washington are still not happy with an updated bill that intends to label transgenic fish. Transgenic is ...

Can genetically modified crops end hunger in Africa?

Elizabeth Shoo | 
The African Union declared 2014 the Year of Food Security. The plan is to eradicate hunger on the continent by ...

Fears about technology and food are misplaced

Alex Planes | 
If fire was the first technology, then farming was the first applied science. For thousands of years, farmers and inventors ...

Scientists square off against activists over Golden Rice

It is an unusual scene, which took place January 23 in front of the Greenpeace-quarters in Brussels: For once demonstrated ...

Video: How GMOs are created

Learn how GMOs are created in the video below. View the video's YouTube page: How Are GMOs Created? ...

Ethiopian farmers plan summer planting of Bt cotton

E.G. Woldegebriel | 
Ethiopian farmers are preparing to plant genetically modified cotton seedlings when the rainy season gets underway in June, in a ...

A protestor’s view of Monsanto shareholders meeting

Ray Downs | 
At the Monsanto shareholders' meeting on Tuesday in which activists called for a vote on whether the company should enact ...

Video: In search of the mystery glyphosate pathogen with Kevin Folta

Kevin Folta | 
Dr. Kevin M. Folta, from the University of Florida, discusses the case of Dr. Don M. Huber, and takes down ...
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GMO resources and the science surrounding them

The GMO Skeptic-Forum has gathered a broad selection of popular websites, databases, and subreddits containing information on GMOs and the ...

New Hampshire: Why I voted to kill the GMO labeling bill

Tracy Emerick | 
New Hampshire State Representative Tracy Emerick explains why he voted to kill his state's GMO labeling bill: What seemed the ...

Are organic farmers over-using pesticides?

Hank Campbell | 
If you think you don't need to wash organic food before you eat it, I think you need a sanity ...

Anti-GMO activists escalate attack on Golden Rice

Golden Rice (GR) is genetically engineered to contain increased levels of beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A (also known as ...

GMOs matter most where climate change and population growth are challenges

Sarah Sands | 
The question of how we produce food, as the global population heads for nine billion in 2050, must be addressed ...

Minnesota farmer on why it’s okay to feed your family GMOs

It may seem like “GMO free” label indicates the food is better than those without the label, but that can’t ...

Minnesota farmer on why it’s okay to feed your family GMOs

Wanda Patsche | 
It may seem like “GMO free” label indicates the food is better than those without the label, but that can’t ...

Organic food’s success driven by confusion about GM crops

Janet Forgrieve | 
U.S. sales of organic food and beverages soared from $1 billion in 1990 to $26.7 billion in 2010. Sales in ...

Pakistan draws biotech policy map

The Ministry of National Food Security in Islamabad has started process to formulate a ‘national biotechnology policy’, and was working ...

Genetically-modified purple tomatoes edges closer to market

David Shukman | 
The prospect of genetically modified purple tomatoes reaching the shelves has come a step closer. Their dark pigment is intended ...

Jackson County, Oregon GMO battle heats up

Damian Mann | 
Some organic farmers have come together to oppose what they see as a growing threat from genetically modified crops contaminating ...
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