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.
South Africa rejects commercial production of GMO potatoes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. South Africa has rejected genetically modified ...
Environmental impact of US corn, cotton crops halved in last decade thanks to GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. We applied life cycle ...
China may approve seven GMO crops, including corn, cotton, soy
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Myron Brilliant, an executive ...
Wash Po’s Tamar Haspel addresses conflict of interest charges
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [This post is excerpted ...
Chinese Bt rice may not go commercial due to ‘societal pressures,’ not safety concerns
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Multiple lines of transgenic ...
Activists consider GMO labeling initiatives in CA, OR, as VT’s law faces injunction
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Pro-GMO labeling groups are ...
Concerned with Scotland’s ban, Royal Society of Edinburgh calls for rational GMO debate
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In light of the ...
Kevin Folta: Evidence alone won’t change minds of GMO critics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. How do you think ...
GMO labeling bill could allow organic farmers to sue for GMO “contamination”
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Unless it’s drastically altered, ...
Organic industry spends big on unconventional lobbying
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A recent popular media narrative portrays ...
Russian cabinet may impose ban on GMO food production, imports
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A senior Russian government ...
Dan Rather calls out Democrats, press for misrepresenting science, GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. I know some Democrats think "anti-science" ...
Chipotle faces ad attack in response to its anti-GMO promotions
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Chipotle, the popular fast-food ...
Anti-GMO scientist claims biotech industry launders messages through scientists
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The biotech industry’s web ...
India to sell Bt cotton, dramatically dropping seed costs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The government’s decision to ...
Future of GMO labeling bill in Senate uncertain
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A House-backed bill to ...
Kevin Folta proposes new standard for transparency between industry and academia
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Over the last six ...
Forced to rely on agroecology, as sanctions ease will Cuba embrace agricultural technology?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Cuba was once one ...
Northern Ireland bans cultivation of GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Northern Ireland's environment minister has ...
20 answers to FAQs about GMOs: Safety, butterflies, glyphosate and more
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [Editor's note: The original ...
Can physicians combat GMO misinformation?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Beyond the day-to-day treatment of ...
Some say GMOs answer to hunger in Africa, critics claim seed companies just want new market
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The promise of genetically ...
GMOs potential for third world, not yet realized
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For thousands of years, ...
As organic moves into ordinary grocery stores will it lose elite, trendy cachet?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. If you prefer an ...
World food prize winner says GMO wheat key to feeding world
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, the ...
China’s addiction to imported GMO soy has domestic, global environmental consequences
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. China's struggle to balance ...
Nature editorial: GMO debate highlights potential industry-academia conflicts
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. What sort of industry ...
