Viewpoint: Why we need to get over our gene-editing fears and embrace optimized, climate-resilient crops

Viewpoint: Why we need to get over our gene-editing fears and embrace optimized, climate-resilient crops

Bill Anderson | 
As the planet warms, gene editing is one of our greatest hopes for developing resilient crops that allow for adaptation ...
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Is eating vegan healthier than following an omnivorous lifestyle? Study on 22 sets of twins delves into diet

Nicholas Rice | 
November 30, a study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) by researchers at Stanford University, who studied 22 ...
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Creating the perfect Christmas tree: Researchers spent four decades creating a faster-growing, shed-free fir tree

Andrew Moore | 
Christmas trees are the centerpiece of the holiday season. But the fear of needles falling can deter shoppers from buying ...
‘Agriculture catches blame for climate change’: Here’s 3 ways innovation can transform farming challenges into solutions

‘Agriculture catches blame for climate change’: Here’s 3 ways innovation can transform farming challenges into solutions

Petra Laux | 
As climate change intensifies, the conversation around two of the most significant contributors — energy and transportation — has shifted ...
Will indoor farming revolutionize sustainable agriculture, or is it another case of greenwashing?

Will indoor farming revolutionize sustainable agriculture, or is it another case of greenwashing?

Andrea Beste | 
With the help of LED lighting plants are grown in indoor spaces, using closed nutrient and water cycles. As of ...
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‘I asked for a greenhouse made of bulletproof glass’: Golden Rice developer feared activist retaliation for creating genetically modified vitamin A-boosted variety

In July 2000, Ingo Potrykus thought he was both at the peak and at the end of his career. He ...
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CRISPR co-creator Jennifer Doudna: ‘I think many of us will experience CRISPR in the agricultural world before we experience it clinically’

Kate Knibbs | 
It’s been a monumental year for Crispr, the molecular tool scientists use to edit genetic material.  ...
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Companies bet millions on the plant-based meat substitute revolution. Why hasn’t that panned out?

Kevin Hursh | 
Futurists and pundits often make compelling cases for how the agricultural world will unfold. Here are a half dozen instances ...
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Viewpoint: Hunger crisis — The number of countries unable to feed their populations has soared 400% since 2000. Here’s why crop biotechnology is a key solution

Nazimi Açıkgöz | 
In the face of increasing population, adversely changing climate, shrinking agricultural lands, inputs such as energy, fertilizer and pestisite that ...
Food and your brain: ‘Ultra-processed’ foods high in salt, sugar and fat are cheap and accessible — but increase risks of anxiety and depression

Food and your brain: ‘Ultra-processed’ foods high in salt, sugar and fat are cheap and accessible — but increase risks of anxiety and depression

Janis Jibrin | 
Although many ultra-processed foods—soda, candy, energy bars, fruit-flavored yogurt, frozen pizza, and frozen meals—can satisfy cravings for sweet, fatty, salty ...
New study shows daffodils can reduce methane

New study shows daffodils can reduce methane

Victor Oria | 
Harnessing the power of daffodils to combat climate change is now a plausible idea if ongoing scientific experiments and field trials are ...
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Here’s how French activist-professor Gilles-Éric Séralini’s retracted and discredited paper — that claims GMO crops and glyphosate cause cancer — continues to undermine Kenyan agriculture

Mark Lynas, Victor Oria | 
The October 17 dismissal of a defamation case in France against journalists who rubbished research by Giles Eric Séralini discrediting ...
‘Gastronomic dreams of astronomical proportions’: Collaboration between government and companies key to producing cell-based meat at scale

‘Gastronomic dreams of astronomical proportions’: Collaboration between government and companies key to producing cell-based meat at scale

Julieta Cardenas | 
Creating a technological (and delicious) wonder is one thing; scaling it to feed billions of people is another ...
USDA further liberalizes rules to allow easy approval of more gene-edited crops

USDA further liberalizes rules to allow easy approval of more gene-edited crops

Steve Davies | 
Biotech plant developers are pleased with a proposal from USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to create five new ...
President Macron’s attempt to appease French anti-glyphosate environmental lobby goes awry, alienating both his activist base and farmers

President Macron’s attempt to appease French anti-glyphosate environmental lobby goes awry, alienating both his activist base and farmers

Gil Rivière Wekstein | 
Good news for French agriculture. Finally, the European Commission decided to follow what a majority of Member States wanted, in this ...
Viewpoint: Why Italy’s cell-based meat ban is short sighted and alienates consumers

Viewpoint: Why Italy’s cell-based meat ban is short sighted and alienates consumers

Philip Gruber | 
Italian lawmakers banned cell-culture meat and blocked plant-based proteins from being labeled with meat terminology ...
Foods can fight inflammation. Here’s what to eat to reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and more

Foods can fight inflammation. Here’s what to eat to reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and more

Emily Sohn | 
In the last few decades, researchers including [surgical oncologist Jennifer] Wargo have accumulated evidence to support some key ingredients in ...
Viewpoint: Nigeria may be running out of farmable land. Is there a biotech-based solution?

Viewpoint: Nigeria may be running out of farmable land. Is there a biotech-based solution?

Joel Nwankwo | 
It is probable that Nigeria would experience a scarcity of cultivable land and a notable reduction in the nitrogen levels ...
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Glyphosate cancer warning rejected: US appeals court rebuffs California’s attempt to require label that conflicts with global consensus that the herbicide is safe as used

A U.S. appeals court recently ruled that California lacks the authority to enforce a regulation mandating cancer warnings on glyphosate, ...
Should we be concerned that gene-editing seeds will cascade into unpredictable changes?

Should we be concerned that gene-editing seeds will cascade into unpredictable changes?

For tens of thousands of years, evolution shaped tomatoes through natural mutations. Then, humans came along. For centuries, we've bred ...
Viewpoint: GM crops already solving food insecurity — 37% less pesticides, 22% higher yields, and 68% greater earnings for farmers

Viewpoint: GM crops already solving food insecurity — 37% less pesticides, 22% higher yields, and 68% greater earnings for farmers

Ruhul Amin | 
Food insecurity and undernourishment are currently among the most serious anxieties for human health. As the world’s population goes on ...
How algae, mushrooms and grass can supplement ‘de-carbonization’ initiatives

How algae, mushrooms and grass can supplement ‘de-carbonization’ initiatives

The prominence of the forestry industry in Sweden’s bioeconomy has whipped up controversy. Many scientists, activists, and NGOs are critical of ...
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Eight-country European study finds numerous pesticides reduce fertility in bumblebees

Thomas Deane | 
A new study has confirmed that pesticides, commonly used in farmland, significantly harm bumblebees – Ireland’s most important wild pollinators ...
The ‘holy grail’ of beer yeasts: How genetically-modified IPAs could stay fresh forever

The ‘holy grail’ of beer yeasts: How genetically-modified IPAs could stay fresh forever

David Silverberg | 
Yeast is central to brewing, as it turns the sugars provided by barley malt and other grains into alcohol, while ...
Facing billions more in potential settlements, Bayer holds to its legal strategy

Facing billions more in potential settlements, Bayer holds to its legal strategy

Steve Davies | 
Bayer is sticking to its legal strategy of trying individual Roundup cases in court, even as a series of recent ...
300% yield boost: Analyzing Nigeria’s first GM potato project, one year later

300% yield boost: Analyzing Nigeria’s first GM potato project, one year later

Collins Nnabuife | 
The Genetically Modified (GM) Potato Project ongoing in Nigeria has concluded its first-year multi-locational confined trial in three locations, with ...
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Gene-editing primer: What’s the difference between CRISPR crops and GMOs?

Sonali Mookerjee | 
GMOs and gene-edited crops are products of genetic engineering, but one is a GMO and the other is not. Why ...
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