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.
Researchers across Europe ‘appalled’ at scrapping of EU science advisory, caving to anti-science Greens
Despite strong support from scientific bodies, Prof Anne Glover's mandate expired at the end of the Barroso presidency - and ...
Independent? Global anti-biotech groups major funders of longterm ‘GMO Factor’ study
Organizers of the proposed $25 million 'Factor GMO' study announced this week, who claim they will maintain their independence by ...
Are Americans ready to resurrect the once ubiquitous ‘spreading chesnut tree’?
The relationship between the US public and genetically modified organisms is a bit ambiguous. That may change thanks to work taking ...
Poor should “eat less”? Millionaire designer Vivienne Westwood on anti-GMO campaign denies recording
Vivienne Westwood is denying that she told poor people who can't afford organic food to "eat less," even though a radio ...
Why don’t more farmers adopt organic methods? Ethics.
Organic food has quietly become a Big Ag juggernaut. Everyone talks aboutvideo games and the film industry, for example, but ...
Starbucks joins Monsanto and grocers in suing to block Vermont GMO label law
Starbucks is supporting Monsanto in its pursuit of a lawsuit against the state of Vermont. Last spring, Vermont passed a ...
Unfounded fears about GMO crops stunts China advancement
Mark Lynas, journalist and environmentalist, says unfounded fears about genetically modified crops prevent China from making full use of science ...
Center for Food Safety on how to trash a healthier eco-friendly potato—It’s a GMO!
Cooking potatoes (and many foods) causes the Maillard reaction, an interaction of sugars and amino acids perhaps most familiar in ...
Anti-GMO victory: At Greenpeace’s urging EU axes science adviser who supports climate research, biotech
The European Commission quietly confirmed Wednesday that its most senior scientific role, that of chief scientific adviser (CSA) to its ...
“The GMO Deception”: Jumble of cut-and-paste misinformation
Except for an occasional new piece, or a pre-section wrapper, the material in this tome is mostly cut-and-paste from the ...
Food Babe: Calling food “natural” can fool consumers
A litany of class-action lawsuits have been waged against products marketed as "natural" that contain G.M.O.'s — including Goldfish crackers, ...
Whole Foods sued for allegedly mislabeling GMO almonds as “non GMO”
A class action lawsuit that was filed last week in California accuses Whole Foods Market of selling Blue Diamond almond milk products ...
Keith Kloor’s Discover: Will Bill Nye agree to debate Kevin Folta on GMOs?
At Discover blogger Keith Kloor's invitation, University of Florida plant geneticist Kevin Folta wrote an open letter to Bill Nye ...
David Ropeik views Nassim Taleb’s odd views on GMOs through a precautionary lens
David Ropeik, an internationally respected expert on risk, has been going head-to-head with 'black swan' proponent Nassim Taleb over Taleb's ...
Anti-GMO NGO–NAGS–announces $25 million “independent” study
A Russian group working with scientists is set to launch what they call the world’s largest and most comprehensive long-term ...
Largest GMO study in history confirms safety, cost benefits of GMOs
The largest GMO study in history, published last week in PLOS ONE, confirms that genetically modified crops have large, widespread benefits. The review ...
Singer Neil Young urges fans to boycott non-organic cotton over GMO fears
Neil Young, a popular classic rock artist and a member of the Rock and Roll Hall-of-Fame (he was in inducted ...
India blocks ‘subversive’ Greenpeace activists from entering country
NGO Greenpeace International, which is under the scanner of intelligence agencies, today alleged activists associated with it are being denied ...
Will Maui and Molokai’s GMO ban hold up in court?
Voters in Maui County approved an initiative that will put a moratorium on the planting of all genetically engineered seeds ...
Organic alert: Whole Foods almonds contain potentially ‘fatal’ natural chemical
Whole Foods is recalling a line of Organic Raw Almonds, due to elevated levels of a natural chemical, hydrogen cyanide, ...
Eager Bengal farmers smuggling unapproved GMO Bt eggplant seeds from Bengladesh
The West Bengal government claimed it has received information regarding “infiltration” of commercial seeds of Bt-Brinjal, a genetically modified (GM) ...
Wal-Mart moves to cash in on organic suspicion of GMOs, conventional foods
Sales of organic food are booming again. The growth in sales of organic products in the U.S., food and nonfood, ...
Marks & Spencer joins Tesco in selling more GMO foods
Marks & Spencer has come under fire for abandoning its policy of selling only GM-free food. The store is selling ...
Food Safety News proposes GMO ‘Right to Know’ label that actually helps consumers
Dan Flynn, the editor of Food Safety News floats a radical idea that could transform the GMO: The right to know ...
Marks & Spencer joins Tesco in selling more GMO foods
Marks & Spencer has come under fire for abandoning its policy of selling only GM-free food. The store is selling ...
GLP’s Jon Entine talks to Ray Bowman on fallout from Oregon, Colorado GMO label votes
What's next in the battle over GMO labeling? Ray Bowman talks with GLP's Jon Entine on his Food and Farm ...
Anti-GMO activist scientist publishes book questioning GMO safety, sustainability
Are genetically engineered foods safe? Truth is, we probably don't know. "The scientific debate is not resolved, even though many ...
