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.
Risk song: Many things can harm you (but glyphosate is not one of them)
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this video to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. What have we learned from ...
Videos: GMOs pro and con at American College of Nutrition
The GLP aggregated and excerpted these videos to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. These two lectures on the ...
Western Australia expected to lift restrictions on new GM crops
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Legislation to repeal the Genetically ...
GMOs made using Agrobacterium, RNAi use natural processes, not ‘Frankenstein’ technologies
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Over 90 percent of ...
Anti-GMO activists shut down high school biology program in Germany
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. HannoverGEN was an optional ...
Phenomenol success of Bt cotton in India makes case for GMOs in developing world
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. How has the cotton ...
European Food Safety Authority rejects WHO’s IARC conclusion that glyphosate is carcinogenic
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. EFSA and the EU ...
Girl Scouts reject activist demands for GMO-free cookies, side with science
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. This coming February, when ...
Non-browning Arctic apples could open door to consumer acceptance of GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On a cloudless September morning, ...
GMO crops can’t help poor in developing world unless socioeconomic, political contexts considered
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The majority of GM crops are ...
Fresh, local and organic may not equal sustainable
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Are the organic hand-picked ...
GMOs play villain in new conspiracy thriller film
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. "We're making broccoli with ...
USDA responds to accusations it silenced scientist over neonics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. USDA is one of ...
FDA seeking comment on defining “natural” foods: Will GMOs be included?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. From granola bars to ...
CRISPR/Cas9 used to make plants immune to destructive tomato virus
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The CRISPR/Cas9 system can ...
Infographic: GMOs in the EU
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Only one GMO has ...
Genetic techniques yield nitrogen efficient maize, benefits for small Kenyan farms
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Nancy Shibona, a small-scale ...
Why Europe, US went different ways on GMO regulation
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Why have EU and ...
Neonicotinoid ban cost UK farmers $33 million, yet no evidence it saves bees
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Since December 2013, the ...
Intrexon plays long game, corners market on synthetic biology companies
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. You've probably never heard of Intrexon, but ...
New York Times Motherlode: Mom, kids judge non-browning GM apple as tasty “milestone”
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Innovations in biotech crops ...
Chipotle cautious with GMOs but appears cavalier about food safety measures
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Following its most recent E. coli outbreak, Chipotle ...
Are there GMO hops in beer?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bob Brewer answers your ...
‘Alarmist rhetoric about neonics’ distracts from addressing legitimate bee health issues
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The controversy surrounding neonicotinoid ...
How plants can help us address climate change
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In a hole in the ...
Golden Rice not only tool in fighting vitamin A deficiency, but important one
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An expert from the ...
GMO misconceptions: Tomatoes with fish genes not ‘fishy’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A backlash toward GMO foods ...
