Daily Food & Agriculture 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.
Canadian Cancer Society gives green light to prudent use of glyphosate
The Canadian Cancer Society isn’t calling for a ban on glyphosate. The Society says it’s acceptable to use pesticides to ...
Latest blow for Oz: Oprah dumps his radio show, replaces him with Sanjay Gupta
The Dr. Oz media empire just took a blow from the woman who helped make him famous: Oprah Winfrey. According ...
Reporter at Mother Jones, usually virulently anti-GMO, declares GMO’s ‘totally safe to eat’
Chipotle announced this week that it will stop serving food made with genetically modified organisms. The company wants you to ...
What’s unintended consequence of companies removing GMOs on customers whim? Lost trust
Diet Pepsi is removing aspartame, Ben and Jerry's and Chipotle are removing GMOs. Pepsi dropping high fructose corn syrup in some ...
5 questions answered on glyphosate
The world’s most widely-used herbicide has been getting a lot of attention lately. Last month, an international agency declared glyphosate, ...
Chipotle’s non-GMO announcement overshadows some facts
When fast-food chain Chipotle announced yesterday that it had ditched ingredients containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs), you may have looked at ...
Why young Americans are cynical about GMOs, climate change
The growing distrust among Americans towards scientists and their work is well documented. In an era in which scientific output ...
PepsiCo targeted in campaign by GM labeling proponents
Backers of mandatory labeling for genetically modified foods launched a campaign aimed at turning back food company lobbying against labeling, ...
Federal court upholds Vermont GMO labeling law while case continues
A Vermont law that could make the state the first in the country to require labeling of genetically modified food ...
Anti-GMO activists misusing FOIA chills science debate, research
One morning in early February I received an unusual email. It was from my colleague here at University of Florida, ...
Video: Canadian scientists say glyphosate hazard but not health risk
In March, the World Health Organization released a report that listed glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic to humans." Glyphosate is widely used ...
China tightens GMO research safety protocols
China plans to increase its oversight of genetically modified crops due to heightened public concern over Beijing's ability to keep ...
U.S. defends Greenpeace India’s right to campaign against GMOs, energy projects
The United States has expressed concern that India's crackdown on the activities of the Ford Foundation and Greenpeace India could ...
Judge GMOs by improved traits not breeding process
Many people have strong opinions about genetically modified plants, also known as genetically modified organisms or GMOs. But sometimes there’s ...
Gluten-free fits food myth narrative about eating ‘unnatural’ foods
There is a growing sense that people — in particular those who don't suffer from celiac disease — are being a ...
Beyond familiar GMOs: How biotech is improving other products
Most everyone knows that biotechnology produces cures and therapies for healthcare; but not everyone knows that biotechnology is also applied ...
Letter to Dr. Oz: ‘Your rebuttal full of logical fallacies’
Dear Dr. Oz, As a TV host, book author, and "America's Doctor," you hold a powerful and privileged position to ...
HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on Oz: ‘Worst person in scrubs that has ever been on television’
John Oliver outlines what, exactly is problematic about Dr. Oz and the nutrition supplement industry. He calls out Dr. Oz, who ...
Chipotle caught lying on GMO-free claim
The fear of ‘Frankenfoods’ remains so widespread, so deeply—if wrongly—embedded in the popular ‘natural’ foods movement that Chipotle stands to ...
Voluntary GMO labeling bill stalled in committee
House Agriculture Committee lawmakers want more control over deciding which government agency -- the Agriculture Department or the Food and ...
Mark Lynas on his “conversion” and his dedication to helping poor farmers
Mohammed Rahman doesn’t know it yet, but his small farm in central Bangladesh is globally significant. Mr. Rahman’s pest-resistant eggplant ...
Can science risk tolerating the alternative medicine world of Oz?
The Dr. Oz Show provides critics with ample material: séances, energy healing, miracle diet products. Once a media darling, Oz ...
Permitting GMO animal feed but not food creates dilemma under Europe’s new law
It’s all very well choosing not to eat genetically modified (GM) food, or even banning it entirely, but what if ...
Chipotle says it serves no food with GMO ingredients in 1,800 outlets
“This is another step toward the visions we have of changing the way people think about and eat fast food,” ...
Nigerian president signs law to usher in GMOs
Nigeria has finally joined the league of biotechnology countries with the signing the National Biosafety Agency Bill into law by ...
Oz bungled attempt to shift focus to his critics
Dr. Oz is finally responding to his critics. But rather than address their complaints head on, he mostly wants to ...
Advocacy group sells glyphosate test for water, urine or breast milk
An advocacy group seeking a ban on the world's most widely used herbicide said Wednesday it is launching a U.S ...
