Daily Food & Ag 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.
How climate change is helping drive food price inflation
Florida is one of the country’s top producers of fruits and vegetables. ... But climate change has already altered Florida’s ...
No tears, no taste? Naturally bred tearless onions sparks debate
“Tearless” onions have made it to New Zealand, now being grown in Auckland and sold nationwide. Woolworths New Zealand launched ...
Viewpoint: Productive intensive agriculture scapegoated in scientifically-ignorant MAHA report
Much of the [MAHA] report, like the notion of “making America healthy again,” seems like a good idea on the ...
Viewpoint: Europe’s backward view on pesticides—Banning synthetic crop chemicals for effective organic alternatives ensures armyworms will devastate corn crops
The polyphagous Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm), a Lepidopteran pest, has European farmers in a panic and, when the environmental NGOs ...
How gene editing could transform the humble potato into a sustainability powerhouse
In Peru, [gene editing] is already beginning to emerge as an ally in facing the challenges posed by climate change, ...
Viewpoint: Toxic narratives—Fear is the environmental activists’ only product
Welcome to the Age of Alarmism, where the “Fear Industry” operates like a well-oiled machine, churning out daily doses of ...
How does Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill impact farmers
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act that was signed into law July 4 is indeed big, but just how beautiful ...
7 technologically futuristic foods are already rolling out
As the global population accelerates towards nearly 10 billion by mid-century, the imperative to transform food production systems has never ...
Food security: US Ag Department blocks support of many foreign nationals
The Agriculture Department is applying more scrutiny to research done by its employees alongside noncitizens. The directives, laid out in ...
How our diet impacts hormones
Hormones are chemical messengers that quietly dictate everything from how well you sleep to how alert you feel, how easily ...
Chemophobic misconceptions people have about chemicals
We must accept that the word 'chemicals' is commonly used as a short hand for toxic and poisonous, and that ...
Stepping out of the shadows: UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization voices stronger support for crop biotechnology
While many private firms, research institutions and public agencies have been very active in communicating the benefits of agricultural biotechnology ...
AI, drones and robots: Future farming
Many modern farms already use GPS-guided tractors and digital technology such as farm-management software systems. Now, advances in artificial intelligence ...
Fungus free rice? Dream CRISPR gene edited breakthrough could significantly address global hunger
In a groundbreaking advancement, researchers from the University of California, Davis, along with an international team, have harnessed the power ...
Viewpoint—Latest junk science: Ohio State pushes probiotic yogurt
A new paper from Ohio State University can be considered a giant endorsement for yogurt that makes you poop - but unfortunately ...
‘Disconnected from biological and agrultural reality’: Green Party opponents of deregulating gene editing in New Zealand slammed by scientists
Claims made by gene technology opponents in arguments surrounding the Gene Tech Bill suggesting gene-editing of plants could occur via ...
Why farmers are digging in their heals in defense of the weedkiller glyphosate demonized by activists
Glyphosate has become a scapegoat in a broader campaign against modern production practices. Activists have cherry picked data, amplified worst-case ...
Why are so many unapproved chemicals found in European-grown organic food?
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a report that investigates the occurrence of 21 active substances frequently present in organic ...
Chef Aiman: New Dubai restaurant helmed by AI chef
Dubai is known for pushing the boundaries of what is possible, and it is once again making headlines—this time with ...
Viewpoint: Agricultural gene editing should not go unregulated
While some scientists argue that agricultural gene editing regulations are overly restrictive, a new paper from the University of Adelaide ...
Lab-grown meat labels: USDA finalizing rules on cell-cultivated meat amid protests
[The] U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is finalizing new national rules for labeling and marketing lab-grown meat, also known as cell-cultivated meat ...
Vietnam has opened the door wide to genetic technology in agriculture
Vietnam is increasingly applying scientific and technological advances in agricultural production, including genetic technology, micropropagation technology, molecular markers, and cell ...
U.S.-India trade talks: Why genetically engineered crops are a biodiversity flashpoint
[The] Indian agriculture sector, MSMEs, and trade are in a state of bewilderment regarding the outcome of the India-US trade negotiations ...
The future is now: China’s meandering research and legal path towards GMO and agricultural gene editing
Over the past 30 years, China has made significant advances in GMO research and development, the importation and processing of GM ...
Gene-edited tweaks of produce opens the door to improve tomatoes and rice without using transgenics
In a study published in Nature Communications titled “Construction of multi-targeted CRISPR libraries in tomato to overcome functional redundancy at genome-scale level,” ...
EU orders further studies on glyphosate in the wake of controversial study in which activist scientists used cancer-prone rats and found some developed cancer
The European Commission has told two EU agencies to run a study for up to 21 months to figure out ...
Sen Cory Booker aligns with MAHA, RFK, Jr., his discredited Children’s Health Defense, and Environmental Working Group to hold companies liable for alleged injuries from crop chemicals found safe by US regulators
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is receiving major support from anti-“Big Ag” activist organizations for his newest bill, the Pesticide ...
