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.
Addition of Hawaiian bees to endangered species list unrelated to honey bees
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service added 49 species of plants and animals to the endangered species list on [Sept ...
Monsanto’s Robert Fraley: Next GMO crops to focus on nutrition, climate change
The first genetically modified row crops of any kind—herbicide-resistant soybeans and cotton protected against the bollworm and other pests—were introduced ...
Greenpeace scientist Doug Parr on GMO debate: “Facts matter less”
Many people criticize Greenpeace for backing the scientific consensus when it comes to climate change, but not when it comes to the safety of GMOs ...
Tanzania kick starts GMO era with field trial of drought-tolerant GMO maize
Tanzania planted its first genetically modified maize research trials [Oct. 5] under an initiative that is building a new model for ...
‘Advocacy research’ tying neonicotinoids to bee deaths debunked, but still effective propaganda
...[A] worrisome... trend is the increasing frequency of articles containing flawed “advocacy research” that is actually designed to give a false result. This ...
Michael Pollan claims ‘Big Food’ out-lobbies the ‘food movement’
Simply put, [Big Food] is the $1.5 trillion industry that grows, rears, slaughters, processes, imports, packages and retails most of the ...
Farmers get higher prices for non-GMO soybeans, but are they worth the extra labor?
In the late 90s, many farmers went all in on biotech crops... But as crop prices falter, and some Americans ...
Video: Non-browning GMO golden delicious apples harvested commercially for first time
Okanagan Specialty Fruits (OSF) announced [October 3] that it has successfully completed the first commercial harvest of its non-browning Arctic® Golden ...
Is India flouting its own laws in GMO cotton intellectual property dispute?
Monsanto’s ... Bt cotton has spawned the mother of all intellectual property (IP) disputes in India... . . . . Using ...
CRISPR could be used to make virus-resistant crops without introducing foreign genes
Plant viruses are ubiquitous in natural environments and can severely limit plant growth and fertility. Globally, viruses are a significant ...
DuPont-Pioneer collaborating with non-profit to develop gene-edited, disease-resistant maize
Although controversial, genetically modified (GM) crops constitute one option for increasing yields and have not been proven to be dangerous ...
Will GMO mustard suffer same fate as GMO eggplant in India?
With the deadline of submitting comments of stakeholders on genetically modified mustard... coming to an end... both anti and pro-GM ...
Anti-GMO activists’ attempt to stage circus debate on GMOs at Cornell University flops—but not before they spread misinformation
In poking through my Twitter feed I find a curious post. It is being circulated that I agreed to do ...
Kenyan authorities now deny that they approved field trials of GMO maize
The National Environmental Management Authority has denied claims it approved GM insect-resistant maize for trial. . . . . Nema’s ...
Plant scientist Kevin Folta receives Borlaug CAST Communication award
While the public has embraced the latest technological advances that put ever more sophisticated smartphones into your hands, agricultural scientists ...
How one writer-mother became a GMO myth-buster
...And an increasing number of science-minded, pro-GMO writers and activists are speaking up to defend the potential benefits of GM foods ...
Do GMO enzymes used in natural flavorings and cleaning products promote allergies?
Genetically modified enzymes used in food, perfumes, medicine and cleaning products are “potent allergens” and should be tested like other ...
With school budgets tight, New York state PTA proposes spending more for non-GMO food
...[T]he New York PTA has released its Proposed Resolutions for 2016. ...[including] a proposal aimed at taking any genetically engineered foods, or ...
Are poorer consumers avoiding fresh produce because of fear-based organic food marketing?
New peer reviewed research published in Nutrition Today shows fear-based messaging tactics used by activist groups and some organic marketers that invoke safety concerns ...
Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore makes case for sustainable GMO Golden Rice
It's not news that Patrick Moore is frustrated with ...Greenpeace. While he was an original founder of the group... And ...
GMO critics say Golden Rice not a ‘silver bullet’ in fight against vitamin A deficiency
...16 years and a lot of money from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation later, and some progress has been ...
Anti-biotech French scientist Séralini joins Indian campaign to block approval of GMO mustard
High-yielding GM Indian mustard technology and Dhara Hybrid Mustard-11 (DHM-11) is a path-breaking breakthrough in agriculture sector, developed indigenously by ...
Neonicotinoid debate pits backyard beekeepers against commercial hive operators
The Ontario Beekeepers’ Association (OBA), whose members are mostly hobbyists..., has called for the Canadian Honey Council ... president, Kevin Nixon, ...
Swiss parliament: No scientific justification for glyphosate ban
The House of Representatives has rejected a petition from various organisations such as Greenpeace and the Consumers’ Association for French-speaking ...
Artic Fuji, third non-browning apple, gets green light from USDA
The third non-browning Arctic apple variety - yes, using science - the Arctic Fuji, has been approved by the U.S ...
Why do some skeptics still claim GMOs unhealthy despite abundant contrary evidence?
The real question is whether [genetically] modified foods have been shown to cause harm in adults and children... Jon Entine, ...
Russia allows GMO research, but does ban on cultivation make it pointless?
[Editor's note: This article was translated with Google Translate and lightly edited for clarity] Konstantin Shestibratov, a biotechnologist from the ...
