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.
Obama signs compromise GMO labeling bill
President Barack Obama signed into law legislation that prevents states from requiring on-package labeling of genetically modified ingredients, capping an ...
Soylent, makers of popular meal-replacement drink, defend use of GMOs in products
. . . . Many of the criticisms of genetically engineered (GE) foods center on potential risks to human health, the ...
U.S. farmers have ‘nearly universally adopted’ GMO seeds
U.S. farmers “have nearly universally adopted genetically engineered seeds” despite their higher costs, the Economic Research Service of the U.S ...
Neonicotinoids may reduce sperm count, lifespan in male honeybees
Exposure to neonicotinoids. . . reduced the percentage of viable sperm in male honeybees (drones) and also shortened the insects’ ...
Switzerland bans GMO crops, but funds transgenic crop development in India
Despite a current ban on genetically modified crops in agriculture in Switzerland, taxpayer money is being used to develop transgenic ...
Can agroecology become mainstream?
So, what gives industrialized agriculture such staying power despite its adverse impacts, even as alternatives offer such benefits? And how ...
Why people oppose innovations like GMOs
In a newly released book, Professor Calestous Juma of . . . Harvard . . . chronicles the history of . . . opposition ...
AquaBounty CEO says regulatory process for GMO animals overly rigorous
The Alliance for Science recently . . . interviewed Ron Stotish, chief executive officer of AquaBounty, to learn more about navigating ...
Discovery of ‘softening gene’ may allow for riper tomatoes in produce aisle
To reduce wastage, hybrid tomatoes are often bred to include natural mutations that slow the whole ripening process, but such ...
EPA to hold October public meeting on its evaluation of glyphosate
There will be a 4-day meeting of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) to ...
EPA criticized for ignoring its own scientists’ findings that glyphosate isn’t carcinogenic
. . . . Following the EPA’s notice in the Federal Register that it was seeking nominations for an expert panel ...
Could CRISPR gene editing solve Florida’s growing citrus greening catastrophe?
Welcome to the [Nian Wang] lab, the hub of one of the most promising areas of research on citrus greening ...
South Korea rejects shipment of Argentine wheat after traces of GMOs detected
South Korea rejected a shipment of Argentine feed wheat after finding unapproved strains of genetically modified organisms (GMO) in the ...
Philippine Supreme Court rebuffs Greenpeace, opens path for GMO eggplant commercialization
The [Philippine] Supreme Court on [July 25] set aside its December ruling that stopped the field trials of genetically modified eggplants and ...
Is organic industry’s messaging shifting away from fear mongering?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. At the inaugural Organic Produce ...
New gene-edited tomatoes stay firm longer, extending shelf life
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In an attempt to ...
New pest-resistant GMO rice shows no effect on beneficial insect
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. T1C-19 is newly developed ...
Seeds with ‘optimal’ microbiomes could boost yield
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A new treatment for ...
Video: GMO Bt eggplants fetch higher prices in Bangladesh because of lower pesticide residues
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bangladesh's decision to allow ...
Regulations, patent dispute will determine CRISPR’s affordability, future in agriculture
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Plant breeders have long ...
Does Organic Valley’s new marketing campaign spread same old misinformation?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The New York Times [on July ...
EU approves imports of three new GMO soybean varieties for animal feeds
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The European Union has ...
Federal court appears likely to preempt Hawaiian counties’ GMO ordinances
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On June 15, 2016, ...
Farmers should tell their own stories, not activists
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Films like “Food Fight,” “Farmageddon,” “Forks over ...
Syngenta expects ChemChina takeover will be approved by U.S. regulators by year end
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Syngenta AG, which has ...
Pakistan approves GMO corn for cultivation
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Croplife Asia, a non-profit ...
Does biotech industry need communications, public relations makeover?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. I asked a few ...
