Daily Food & Agriculture Digest
GMOs and other agri-tech can help meet increasing global food demand
There’s a dichotomy running through Western society today when it comes to eating food, and producing it. On the one ...
War on Big Food: ‘Natural’ and organic vs. pesticides and GMOs?
Try this simple test. Say the following out loud: Artificial colors and flavors. Pesticides. Preservatives. High-fructose corn syrup. Growth hormones. Antibiotics ...
Non-GMO Similac baby formula to appear in stores soon
The maker of Similac Advance, the top commercial baby formula brand in the United States, says it will begin selling ...
Hungary may be first in Europe to ban GMOs in agriculture
The growing anti-GMO movement has gained traction in Europe as Hungary aims to be the first European Union nation to ...
Indian prime minister breaks silence, calls for introduction of GM crops
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday pushed for technology-driven agriculture, including genetically engineered crops such as pulses, to boost farmer ...
Arctic apple founder proves GM crop can be developed on small budget
The Arctic apple is the creation of Okanagan Specialty Fruits, a eight-person company in Canada that scrimped and saved over ...
Chipotle’s GMO-free decision could be beginning of end of GMO era
The decision of the Chipotle restaurant chain to make its product lines GMO-free is not most people's idea of a ...
Pest developing resistance to phased out variety of GMO Bt corn, cotton
A new study from North Carolina State University and Clemson University finds the toxin in a widely used genetically modified ...
Using genetic solutions to make stronger bee
In 2007 reports of “colony collapse disorder”—swift, terrible deaths of entire colonies—suddenly mushroomed across Europe and the Americas. News reports ...
What’s so unnatural about GM foods?
Chipotle hit the headlines last week when the company announced it would no longer serve customers genetically modified foods. Yet ...
Interview: Mary-Dell Chilton on her pioneering work on GMO crops
Mary-Dell Chilton pioneered the field of genetic engineering in agriculture. She has spent most of her decades-long career working for Syngenta, ...
March Against Monsanto activists: ‘Do not use my disability to promote your agenda’
Ignorant people say the recent rise in autism diagnosis is not because of revised diagnostic criteria, or the result of ...
Protesters March Against Monsanto in over 400 cities around the world
Thousands of people across the world have joined together in a global movement, protesting against American biotech giant Monsanto. Activists ...
Socialist magazine rejects elites disdain for ‘industrial agriculture’
The Luddites’ fable of disaster, of a fall from grace, smacks more of wishful thinking than of digging through archives ...
DuPont closes Kauai operations under pressure from anti-GMO activists
DuPont Pioneer, the seed company that sells corn, sorghum, alfalfa, etc. and was considering expanding Kaua'i operations just a few ...
Lack of genetic diversity in coffee could lead to end of morning cup
Two billion cups of coffee are drunk around the world every day and 25 million families rely on growing coffee ...
Overwrought debate over GMOS diverts Africa from addressing food crisis
Say the words “green revolution,” and people take sides. ... As polarizing ideas go, though, the green revolution’s got nothing on ...
Voters overwhelmingly reject GMO ban in Oregon county
A proposed ban on biotech crops in Oregon’s Benton County has failed by a strong margin. Nearly 73 percent of ...
GMOs distract from legitimate concerns about food
Walking the floor of the National Restaurant Association Show that just ended in Chicago, the claim I saw most often ...
What scientific consensus on GMOs actually means
Over and over, I’ve read comments on the internet (obviously, my first mistake) that there is no scientific consensus about ...
Organic not healthier than other foods: Organic junk food still junk
Demand for organic foods keeping growing, and big box retailers and mainstream grocery chains, from Walmart to Costco, have jumped ...
Rebutting Organic Consumer Association’s support of Chipotle GMO-free decision
It has been exciting watching the media place a blazing spotlight on Chipotle's decision to cash in on fear and ...
Newsweek: CRISPR gene editing could ‘save world from hunger’ if anti-GMO opponents do not block it
In 2012, a new tool was invented that revolutionizes how scientists can examine—and manipulate—plant genetic processes. It’s called CRISPR-Cas9, and ...
Mark Lynas: Monsanto’s Syngenta takeover proposal a ‘big mistake’
Just what exactly is Monsanto playing at? Apparently not satisfied with its continuing role as the favourite pantomime villain for ...
Video: How genetically modified rice can save one billion people
C4 rice is a genetically modified crop projected to save one billion people by 2025. It'll give us up to 50 percent more ...
Gene editing used to create kill switch for GMOs
Genetically modified organisms hold a lot of promise for creating hardier crops and faster growing fish, but even supporters are ...
Audio: How genetic engineering is creating flavors like vanilla, saffron and grapefruit
While the technology to evaluate the flavor molecules of a particular food have become increasingly sophisticated in the past century, ...