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.
Is a high protein diet the best and safest way to increase strength?
From raw eggs to protein shakes, those hoping to expand their brawn are often encouraged to ingest vast quantities of ...
Viewpoint: Trump is pushing ‘America FIrst’ across policy sectors including food and farming. Why that’s not a great idea
An America First food system would promote eating seasonally and locally, supporting more small farmers in the process. But that ...
How climate change is altering the look, taste and nutrition content of fruits and vegetables
The economic cost of food waste in Australia is staggering. It’s estimated $36.6 billion is lost to the economy every year ...
University study: Cataloguing the negative impact of agricututral pesticides on insects and animals—and what should be done
Pesticides affect a diverse range of non-target species and may be linked to global biodiversity loss. The magnitude of this ...
Edging toward Agriculture 3.0: Genetics, irrigation and fertilization are improving—Is that enough for the leap forward necessary to feed the world?
Sometime in the 1980s, an unprecedented change in the human condition occurred. For the first time in known history, the ...
European Union edges closer to fast-tracking gene edited crop approvals, debating plan to shelve activst and organic industry-supported patent restrictions
The Polish Presidency have proposed an amendment which removes the proposed patent ban for NGT [gene edited] plants, plant material ...
Vegetable and seed oils vs. Animal fat oil: Which Is the healthy choice
The seed oil versus animal fat debate has gone from a niche topic among wellness influencers on social media to ...
Genetics, irrigation and fertilization: What needs to evolve to increase global food production without destroying our planet
Almost one out of ten people still do not get enough to eat. But hunger today is generally due to low ...
If it navigates a poltical gauntlet, FDA’s proposed nutritional label could actually have constructive impact
The proposed “Nutrition Info box” is set to transform how Americans shop for food, offering a quick “Low,” “Med,” or ...
Viewpoint: The skinny on ‘energy-dense food—Ultra-processing is not the reason we should be concerned about ultra-processed foods
If you’re scanning ingredient lists to find the ice cream that doesn’t have cellulose gum, you’ve lost the thread. I ...
Viewpoint: How to devolutionize American food and agriculture—RFK, Jr. has a clear disaster of a plan. Don’t say we haven’t been warned
Before nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services, President Donald Trump promised to let him ...
Messy patent, regulatory and ideological battles lie ahead in Europe as push continues to legalize CRISPR crop gene editing
Modern gene-editing technology, such as CRISPR/Cas technology, represents a ground-breaking advancement that has transformed our genetic engineering capabilities and has ...
Facing Trump administration trade threats, Mexico rescinds import ban on GMO corn and glyphosate, saying its research has ‘failed to show’ they are hazardous
The Mexican government officially lifted its ban on GMO corn imports, which could potentially be a move to ease the ...
Viewpoint: Protection money for Finnish geese? This is the disaster that happens when governments capitaulate to anti-farming envrironmental extremists
While talking to farmers in Illinois on September 25th, 1956 who were concerned about increased government encroachment and regulations brought ...
Young people less skeptical than the genereal pubic on the increasing deployment of AI in the design and production of food
AI is increasingly being deployed in the design and production of food. What do consumers feel about these high tech ...
Five quick and lasting ways to overcome unhealthy and often deadly eating habits
The Well Challenge Day 1: How often do you buy ultraprocessed foods? Let’s find out. [W]e’ll help you understand how ...
How CRISPR could revolutionize banana farming and spur sustainable agriculture in Africa
Speaking about real-world application of CRISPR to improve crops, Valentine Otang Ntui discussed the different genome editing strategies he developed ...
What’s the future of plant-based deli meats?
As consumers continue their search for nutrient-dense, texturally satisfying and flavorful plant-based deli meats, brands are cleaning up their ingredient ...
Beyond cell based meat: Palestinian and Israeli scientists team to use injection molding to mimic the texture and structure of meat
A team of Israeli and Palestinian researchers on Wednesday unveiled an innovative method to produce “meat” using the principles of ...
Understanding the difference between GMOs and gene editing in crops and livestock
In a shift away from GMOS, aka genetically modified organisms, important research is continuing in gene editing, sometimes referred to ...
Viewpoint: Le Monde’s activist ‘journalist’ Stéphane Foucart twists science to ‘prove’ organic food is healthier than conventional
Le Monde devoted almost three pages of its "Science & Medicine " section of November 6, 2024 to two articles by ...
Viewpoint: Here is how ideologically-corrupted academicians manufacturer fear by linking pesticides and pancreatic cancer
The first step is to publish the results in a scientific journal, preferably of a good standard. Contrary to what ...
Israel’s Bedouin turn moisture in the desert air into drinking water
“The project empowers one of Israel’s most vulnerable and marginalized communities to be leaders in sustainability practices and environmental stewardship,” ...
Experimental fungi and ‘robotic bees’—Australia emerges as a global leader in merging technology with agriculture
While the US and China have been the biggest recipients of [agtech] investment, Australia is quietly becoming an ag-tech hotbed ...
Flipping the ideological health disinformation switch: MAGA conservatives embrace of raw milk has health officials panicking
In summertime, cows wait under a canopy to be milked at Mark McAfee’s farm in Fresno, California. From his Cessna ...
‘It’s a new way to think about food production’—Growing algae on Iceland’s futuristic farm
Under a strange pink-purple glow, illuminated panels buzz and cylindrical columns of water bubble away as a futuristic crop of ...
Meat processors are making the move from simple automation systems to smart robots and AI. Here’s why
Facilities in several market segments of the meat processing industry have already embraced robot automation and AI technology. For other ...
