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 the EU decides to regulate CRISPR gene-edited crops will have ‘huge impact’ on US, rest of world
Most gene editing techniques should not come under the Europe Union’s strict regulatory regime for genetically modified organisms, according to ...
Canada approves genetically engineered non-browning Fuji apples
Following the lead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Canadian federal agencies have approved the marketing of the non-browning Arctic ...
Coffee causes cancer? That may be California’s next required food warning label
California coffee shops may soon be forced to warn customers about a possible cancer risk linked to their morning jolt ...
New Zealand anti-GMO group challenges recommended approval of Golden Rice to fight vitamin-A deficiency in Asia
Campaign group GE Free NZ wants regulator Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) to review its draft approval for Golden ...
Former agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack: Non-GMO, gluten-free labels fan consumer fears
Editor's note: Tom Vilsack is the former US Secretary of Agriculture and Governor of Iowa, and currently serves as CEO and President ...
Virus-resistant CRISPR pigs could save pork producers $600 million per year
To pig farmer Thomas Titus, new scientific techniques could bring better disease resistance for his herd, saving baby pigs and potentially ...
Will South American powerhouses Brazil and Argentina regulate new breeding techniques (NBTs) as GMOs?
New breeding techniques, or “NBTs” as they have come to be known, are a set of innovative tools that can ...
Namibia opens first GMO research lab with goal of reducing food imports
Namibia will now be able to trace the history of genetically modified organisms' products on the local market. The National Commission ...
Facts not fear: Science Moms’ documentary debunks common food myths about GMOs, organic farming
Editor's note: Sally Kuzemchak, MS, RD, is a registered dietitian, educator, and mom of two In the new documentary, Science Moms, they ...
South African economist: Fall armyworm outbreak shows why Africa should embrace GMO crops
Editor's note: Wandile Sihlobo is an Agricultural Economist and Head of Agribusiness research at the Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz) in ...
How gene-edited crops could spell the end of the infamous term ‘GMO’
Political and social controversies, as well as complications of plant breeding, intellectual property, and regulation, have compromised the promised impact ...
Brazil’s higher-protein GMO soybeans hurting US exports to China
U.S. soybean growers are losing market share in the all-important China market because the race to grow higher-yielding crops has ...
Time-lapse video: Gene-silenced non-browning Arctic Apple vs conventional fruit
It can sometimes be a challenge to demonstrate the impact of the non-browning trait. But seeing is believing, so take ...
Will Australian stores’ removal of household neonicotinoid products help bees?
Katja Hogendoorn is a native bee expert and Research Associate within the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine at the ...
Armenia remains ‘cautious’ on imports of GMO food
Armenia is cautious about the use of products with genetically modified organisms (GMO) and seeds, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Ashot ...
Hope for peanut allergy sufferers: Gene-silenced hypoallergenic nuts could save lives
Moving to the United States helped [Hortense Dodo, a food scientist and entrepreneur from Ivory Coast] reach her academic goals, but ...
Australia, New Zealand approve purchasing of GMO Golden Rice to tackle vitamin-A deficiency in Asia
Products containing traces of golden rice, which is genetically modified to produce beta-carotene, should be able to be sold in ...
Growth in urban beekeeping hurting wild bees
The rise in amateur beekeepers keeping hives on roofs and gardens is contributing to the decline of wild bees, Cambridge ...
Viewpoint: Consumers deserve to know if food is ‘genetically manipulated’
In 2018, the inherently slow process of crossbreeding may seem as quaint as Web 1.0. New technology has helped speed ...
Bill Gates’ ‘supercow’ quest: Funding for livestock genetics research aims to boost milk production
Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Give a man a hybrid supercow with the ...
Croatian politicians call for ban on farming of GMO crops
Croatian lawmakers, discussing proposed amendments to the Genetically Modified Organisms Act in Parliament on Friday [Jan. 26], called for a ...
Kenyan government projects 50,000 jobs if drought and pest-resistant GMO cotton approved
President Uhuru Kenyatta [of Kenya] is betting on mass production of genetically modified cotton to create 50,000 jobs and generate ...
Why wheat genome has over 5 times more DNA than humans
The domestication of wheat and other staple crops in the Levant some 10,000 years ago allowed for persistent settlement above ...
The Wizard and the Prophet: Norman Borlaug vs William Vogt on science, environmentalism and human progress
Feeding the ever-growing number of people on the planet is hard enough, without having to adapt to a rapidly changing climate at ...
French President Macron: Farmers will face glyphosate ban only if there is ‘credible alternative’
France will exempt farmers from a ban on using the weed-killer glyphosate in three years time where there is no ...
Viewpoint: What farmers should know about ‘technology use agreements’ for GMO seeds
Editor's note: Peter Welte is a lawyer at Vogel Law Firm in Fargo, North Dakota With the different varieties of ...
Monsanto goes to court after Brazilian regulators say GMO soybean patent should be voided
Monsanto Co has two months to present a defense of its patent on genetically modified soybeans in Brazil, a lawyer ...
