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.
Clear Labs offering first comprehensive GMO testing of food using latest in DNA sequencing
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Clear Labs--a food analytics ...
Discovery of plant “drought sensor” could lead to next generation of drought-tolerant GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. International research led by ...
Is labeling bill based on unscientific, arbitrary definition of GMO?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [T]here’s ...
NGO interference delaying Uganda’s GMO solution to Banana Wilt crisis
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Interview with Mr. Erostus ...
Monsanto’s latest herbicide-resistant GMO soybeans face regulatory delays at home, abroad
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Soybean growers looking to ...
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 ...
Is Cuban government doing pro-GMO outreach?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. With help from the ...
Native American tribe joins lawsuit challenging FDA approval of GMO salmon
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A Native American tribe ...
High yielding GMO pigeon pea could help India cut food costs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On a campus in ...
USDA girds for battle over GMO labeling rules
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Over the next two ...
Independent economic think tank argues Australia should drop all state level GMO bans
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. All moratoriums on genetically modified ...
Why we don’t test GMOs like pharmaceuticals
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A very common question ...
Russia bans cultivation of GMO crops, animals
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On July 3, 2016, ...
India’s biotech sector stalling because country lacks full-fledged regulatory body for GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The ongoing debate over ...
Does Dannon’s anti-GMO yogurt characterize moms as dumb, neurotic?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Go watch the latest video in ...
Monsanto rejects Bayer’s increased bid
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto Co. rejected Bayer ...
The world’s biggest seed companies are wooing
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. They call the giants ...
GMO crops, pesticides essential for no-till, dryland agriculture
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . I was ...
Many of Non-GMO Project’s labels are illegal in Canada
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . ...
Majority of Americans still unaware of scientific consensus on safety of GMO foods
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [M]ost ...
When Colombia ended aerial spraying of glyphosate, cultivation of cocaine crop surged
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After six straight years ...
USDA crafting rules to properly and promptly implement GMO labeling law
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Now that the GMO ...
Is Europe’s stance on GMOs selfish?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . .[A] very ...
Did France ignore its farmer’s needs when voting against renewal of glyphosate’s license?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [Editor's note: This excerpt ...
‘Mama Monsanto’ video attempts to pass off misinformation as comedy
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It’s hard to tell ...
Does labeling GMOs with QR scan codes make sense?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [A] ...
Organic weed control methods, not just synthetic pesticides, can kill frogs in farm fields
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Just saw a link ...
