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.
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 ...
With new GMO maize, Kenya poised to become leader in African biotech
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Agricultural biotechnology critics are ...
Farmers growing fewer types of crops, increasing climate change and pest challenges
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. U.S. farmers are growing ...
Vegan makes case for GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Some people think that ...
More competition for Non-GMO Project: NSF’s Non-GMO True North certification
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. NSF International has launched ...
Logic for using precautionary principle with GMOs faulty
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A working paper coauthored ...
Chipotle went ‘GMO-free’ to appear socially responsible, accomplished opposite
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The fast-food chain Chipotle ...
Humans aren’t the only species that can make GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A study published September 17 in the ...
County suspends GMO ban pending lawsuit
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Daily Courier newspaper ...
Europe votes to ban cloning due to animal welfare concerns
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The EU Parliament voted ...
US Supreme Court decision could render mandatory GMO labeling unconstitutional
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Controversy continues to rage ...
Genetically modified cow gives birth in China, stirs debate over “GM beef”
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The news that China’s ...
Extreme labeling: Start-up aims to index GMOs, gluten, more in packaged foods
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. How much gluten, GMOs ...
Computer scientist, holistic nutritionist claim GMOs, glyphosate cause concussions
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. MIT computer scientist and ...
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan: Nobel scientist says GMO objections by people who have never known hunger
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [Editor's note: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, winner ...
What constitutes ‘close ties’ to Monsanto?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Are these close, personal ...
How the ‘agroecology’ movement misrepresents ‘agroecology’ science
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The word "agroecology" is ...
Anti-GMO activists in Africa accuse Monsanto, Gates Foundation of bioterrorism
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Consortium for Food ...
Swaziland’s cotton industry threatened by GMO cotton ban
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Though agriculture remains a ...
Critics say US and EU ‘dominate global market in hypocrisy,’ promote food security
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The upcoming World Health Organization ...
EU committee rejects proposal to block extension of glyphosate authorization
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A key committee in ...
Scottish official admits GMO ban based on marketing not science
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A controversial decision to ban ...
World’s ’17 most dangerous foods’ includes no GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A list of the ...
NZ farm group on Australian court ruling: ‘all farmers have duty to make co-existence work’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A Western Australian Court ...
US overturns approval of sulfoxaflor, only neonicotinoid approved in EU
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A worldwide dispute over ...
World faces many problems– why talk about GMOs?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Why are we still ...
Anti-microbial protein produced by GMO plants effective at killing E. coli on meat, produce
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A team of scientists ...
