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.
English farmers plant less rapeseed due to pest problems linked to restrictions on neonics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. England could be set ...
Sen. Roberts’ bill that would block state GMO labeling laws could be next Senate vote
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman ...
Some EU countries rebel against plans to relicense glyphosate
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A rebellion by several ...
EPA cancels registration of flubendiamide pesticide, Bayer refuses to stop sales
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In a rare show ...
Greenpeace vows “action” after Philippines approves planting of insect-resistant GMO corn
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Philippines has approved ...
USDA Secretary Vilsack voices support for mandatory GMO labeling
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack ...
Canadian farmers concerned introduction of GMO alfalfa could hurt foreign sales
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A select group of ...
Reducing royalties for GMO seeds won’t help Indian companies facing low cotton sales
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A government panel on genetically ...
Science report card: Examining Bernie Sanders views on GMOs, alternative medicine
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. “For those of us ...
Is celebrity chef Tom Colicchio wrong about GMOs?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [On March 2], Vice.com ...
Monsanto mulling future in India if government cuts GMO cotton royalty payments
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto Co, the world's ...
Farmers don’t try new things because it’s too risky. This could change that
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The problem with revolutionary ...
Genetic modifications to make plants ‘fat’ could increase yield, reduce fertilizer run-off
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . .[Y]ou ...
Massachusetts GMO labeling bill moves to state legislature with bipartisan support
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A bill that would ...
Don’t want to eat GMOs? Here are foods to avoid
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. While I may not ...
Was activist scientist Jonathan Lundgren, neonicotinoid critic, silenced by USDA?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As a USDA-ARS employee, ...
Sen. Merkley’s mandatory GMO labeling bill backed by Campbell Soup unlikely to pass
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . .Senator Jeff ...
Should GMO regulation be process-based or product-based?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The question of whether ...
India’s proposal to reduce royalties on GMO cotton raises questions about intellectual property
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A government panel on ...
Should Zimbabwe adopt GMO pest-resistant cotton to revive production?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As debate on production ...
GMO canola developer says “intelligent fertilizer”, “RNA high interference” in Ag’s future
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [Will Keller] was the key ...
USDA panel rejects neonic researcher-turned-activist Jonathan Lundgren integrity complaint
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A three-member [USDA] Scientific ...
Addressing Ghanaians concerns, misconceptions about GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Since the passage of ...
Democratic senators introduce alternative–mandatory–GMO labeling bill
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) ...
Organic advocacy group calls Ag Secretary Vilsack’s call for national labeling bill “fear mongering”
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Organic Consumers Association ...
Demand for mandatory GMO labeling could boomerang on critics, increasing safety perceptions
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. While proponents of mandatory ...
If GMOs were eliminated, how would environment, economy be affected?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Higher food prices, a ...
