Daily Food & Agriculture 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.
Louisiana cane farmers benefitting from demand for non-GMO sugar
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It’s been a while ...
EPA’s atrazine risk assessment draws criticism from agriculture groups, Syngenta
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An EPA draft document assessing ...
Farm groups say EPA’s atrazine report could lead to ‘effective ban’ of popular herbicide
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. One of the most ...
Glenn Stone: Anti-GMO activists can’t be blamed for Golden Rice’s unfulfilled promise
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. GMO proponents often claim ...
Makers of viral ‘Organic Effect’ video face lawsuit for ‘misleading, inaccurate’ advertising
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Last year, the Coop ...
Biotechnology could save trees decimated by invasive insects, disease
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . .[A]ccording to ...
Evidence-based discussion of GMOs in Uganda wins over farmers
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. We, the Alliance for ...
Distant effects: Anti-GMO activism in Hawaii threatens agriculture on mainland
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Aloha State’s largest ...
Is the left really more anti-GMO or just more willing to regulate?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Much has been written ...
Peanut genome sequenced, may lead to drought tolerant, allergen-free varieties
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A scientific breakthrough on ...
GMO denial based on moral absolutism, not rational analysis
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Despite the overwhelming scientific ...
Should journalists accept fellowships from Organic Trade Association, Monsanto?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Can journalists be impartial ...
GMOs, genetically engineered animals can help fight climate change
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . .[C]onversations ...
Cotton industry slams Food Babe’s attempt to blame GMO cotton for Indian farmers’ suicides
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Companies, heed Cotton, Incorporated’s ...
EU proposes temporary authorization of glyphosate for 12 to 18 months
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The European Commission is ...
Tweaking rice genome may reduce crop’s impact on climate change
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Rice is one of ...
EU Health Commissioner disappointed in Europe’s anti-GMO sentiment
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In a recent speech ...
UK farmers leaning toward Brexit because of EU policies on glyphosate, GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. British farmers are fed ...
Bees on crop fields collect ‘astonishing number’ of pesticides used by nearby homeowners
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A Purdue University study ...
Congress demands EPA explain why it’s delaying ‘final’ report finding glyphosate safe
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Two congressional committees — ...
Ugandan farmers losing potatoes to blight anxious for GMO, disease-resistant variety
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Stephen Tindimubona planted an ...
Kenyan MP: EU’s draft bill on GMOs ‘intended to make Africa remain in subsistence farming’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. MPs have criticised a ...
German politics threaten EU approval of glyphosate
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. German government squabbling could ...
Why don’t we have GMO oats?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. So, why are there ...
Bayer CEO invites environmental groups to discuss planned Monsanto takeover
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bayer's chief executive said ...
Monsanto’s anti-aging technology could prolong life of fresh flowers, reduce waste
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto is working on ...
Changes in gene expression suggest plants may ‘feel’ touch
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. By and large, most ...
