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.
Maui locals sue in attempt to stop anti-GMO voter initiative
A group of Maui County residents and organizations are suing in an attempt to stop a county voter initiative to ...
Oregon’s GMO labeling initiative depends on ‘urban’ votes
The fate of Oregon’s genetically modified organism labeling initiative will hinge on whether heavy spending by opponents can overcome the ...
Kauai’s anti-GMO bill defeat shows legal system favoring ‘corporate control’
A federal court recently ruled that Kauai County’s right-to-know law dealing with genetically modified organisms and pesticides is unenforceable. The court ...
Indian government’s indecision on GMO trials stranding research in labs
The government’s continued flip-flopping over field trials has disappointed Indian research scientists. Delhi University has spent 18 painstaking years developing ...
GM might be best hope for saving coffee from ‘looming Coffee Apocalypse’
Scientists have managed to sequence the java genome, a breakthrough that brings new insights into the venerated bean while also ...
Filipino farmers faction calls for ‘immediate halt’ to Golden Rice trials
A year after the uprooting of Golden Rice, more than a hundred farmers, scientists, consumers and basic sectors are calling ...
New Cornell project to strengthen voice for science and depolarize debate around GMOs
A new international effort led by Cornell will seek to add a stronger voice for science and depolarize the charged ...
Ag department accused of ‘industry-friendly approach’ in regulating outdoor GMO tests
At a secret location among the vineyards of California's Central Coast, a plot of genetically engineered corn is producing proteins ...
GMO fears are ‘mirror image’ of climate change denial
Back in July, the bipartisan Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture subcommittee held hearings on the subject of whether food ...
Overturning of Kauai’s anti-GMO bill good for Hawaii’s farmers and agriculture
The recent ruling on Kauai County’s Ordinance 960, formerly Bill 2491, has profound positive implications for the Garden Island and ...
Biotech ‘critical’ tool for Nigeria’s food security and industrialization
Despite the availability of biotechnology and all its potential, Nigeria is yet to fully tap from biotechnology to feed its ...
Genetic engineering could save Florida’s $9 billion citrus industry from deadly disease
The $9 billion Florida citrus industry is being threatened by a disease believed to have originated in China known as huanglongbing, commonly referred ...
Ag Department records raise concerns of illegal experimentation with GM crops
An inspection of an orchard of experimental, genetically modified apples in central Washington last year turned up a troubling finding ...
If GMOs are so harmful, where are the ‘victims’?
According to the anti-GMO Center for Food Safety, “It has been estimated that upwards of 75 percent of processed foods ...
First trial of GM crops rich in omega-3s harvested in UK
Britain’s first trial of GM crops enriched with nutrients to improve health has been successfully harvested. Following a groundbreaking field trial, ...
Moving closer to GM cup of coffee
A consortium of scientists announced in Science that they've sequenced the coffee genome for the first time. By determining all of the ...
Audio: Lobbying on GMO labeling now ‘booming business’
Interview with Carey Gillam, a food and agriculture reporter for Reuters. Across the globe, 64 countries have enacted mandatory labeling laws for GMO ...
American industry groups pressuring EU to allow GM imports
Britain and other European Union member states are under increasing pressure from North American business groups to open their borders ...
NaturalNews endorses GMOs as solution to bee crisis
Here we go again, folks. Recently Natural News published an article titled “New, all-natural pesticide unveiled by scientists – and ...
Agriculture official speaks out against GM ban in Vietnam
Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Dang Huy Dong last week said the ministry had worked with the Ministry of ...
Climate Corp co-founder is Monsanto’s new unlikely champion
When Monsanto Co. purchased Climate Corp. for $930 million last year, it got a San Francisco-based startup that crunches weather data to improve ...
Opponents of GMO labeling in Vermont use Hawaii court ruling to try to block Center for Food Safety intervention
Opponents of Vermont’s new GMO labeling law are citing a recent federal court ruling in Hawaii to try to block ...
Both small and large farms are needed for ‘optimal’ sustainable farming system
Small farms are inefficient but are more likely to grow healthful foods and might be more environmentally friendly, while large ...
Vandana Shiva responsible for ‘irrational’ fears of GMOs, dismisses science that doesn’t suit ideology
The person most responsible for cementing the GMO-suicide link in European minds is the environmentalist Vandana Shiva. She is given ...
Food industry gradually embracing pending new GM products
It looks like soon I’ll have to update my standard response when someone comments on our website about genetically modified ...
Greenpeace’s ‘crimes against humanity’ preventing release of biofortified GM foods
Vitamin A deficiency, according to the World Health Organisation, is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children and is ...
GMO labeling opponents spent over $27 million in six months
Opponents of mandatory labeling for foods made with genetically modified organisms spent more than $27 million in the first six ...
