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.
BBC: Anti-GMO activist complaints about Bt brinjal documentary were ‘without merit’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The BBC has dismissed ...
Are GMO crops a ‘quick fix’ that perpetuate unsustainable agriculture?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The rational response to ...
OK Sen. Inhofe asks EPA to be ‘mindful of science’ in neonicotinoids review
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) ...
With Vermont’s GMO labeling law taking effect in 80 days, biotech leaders head to D.C.
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [B]iotech industry representatives headed ...
USDA to overhaul regulatory process for biotech crops to incorporate advances in gene editing
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . . Improved ...
Vermont’s GMO law has ‘turbo boosted’ demand for imported non-GMO sugar cane
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A push by some ...
Agricultural biotechnology subject to increasing economic espionage threats
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Tim Burrack, a northern ...
Mandatory labels necessary? Phone apps, non-GMO project already help consumers avoid GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When polled, 89 percent ...
UK farmers worry that deauthorization of glyphosate could impact cereal crop production
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Industry leaders are asking ...
Burkina Faso phasing out GMO cotton temporarily, but not giving up on biotechnology
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Burkina Faso made headlines ...
Barriers to supplement distribution make ‘biofortified’ crops better solution to malnutrition
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. That's the title of ...
After escape from field trials, Oregon wants USDA to keep a lid on GMO bentgrass
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Although we generally support ...
Vermont prepares to enforce GMO labeling law, will target ‘willful violations’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As Vermont is set to become ...
Are gene banks doing enough to conserve genetic diversity of our food crops’ wild relatives?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. More needs to be ...
In research, does conflicts of interest mean scientific misconduct?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. We need to talk ...
Argentina approves new GMO corn with four traits for insect, pesticide resistance
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [Editor's note: This post ...
India clarifies some patent issues, pushes domestic development of GMO cotton varieties
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. With US-based seed giant ...
Universities luring young people back to farming with ‘sustainable agriculture’ degree programs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . .[C]ould ...
South African women enjoy time and labor saving benefits of GMO maize
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . .Although ...
Insect resistant GMO soybeans dramatically reducing pesticide use in Brazil
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto Co.’s new Intacta ...
Senate passes bill giving biotech and other companies more power to protect trade secrets
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Senate has unanimously ...
Filipino farmers’ testimony blunts court’s attempt to block GMO farming
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The good news is ...
Does regulatory process stifle biotechnology innovation, economic growth?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The basic tenets of ...
Senate battle over GMO labeling stalls
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Senate’s return from ...
Colorado academics speak out against Boulder GMO ban
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [Editor's note: On March 17, ...
Monsanto shifts focus away from finances to farming, technology, chemicals and Big Data
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After years of pursuit ...
A case for regulating genetically engineered animals like GMO crops
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Over the past 20 ...
