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.
Kenya ‘not ready’ for GM crops
Is Kenya ready for genetically modified crops? No. Going by the findings of the task force appointed by Health Secretary ...
Vandana Shiva is no Ghandi, does the impoverished no favors
There have been several Indian pretenders to the Mahatma Gandhi legacy in the 66 years since his assassination, but only ...
Most GMO label supporters don’t really support ‘right to know’
Editor's Note: Readers might also want to read the GLP infographic: Is labeling GMOs really about our “Right to Know”? *** ...
Most of Hawaii’s anti-GMO candidates defeated in primary, despite attention, controversy
Despite the attention and controversy generated by anti-GMO (genetically modified organisms) activists in the months leading up to the August ...
Anti-GMO ‘paranoia’ hindering China’s progress towards food security
One of China’s major genetically modified food projects is now to all intents and purposes dead and buried. The expiry on ...
MIT prof Nicholas Negroponte: GM food is ‘very important future’
Recent studies by KPMG, the UK Government Office of Science, and now the U.S. National Science Foundation-supported National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center claim that civilization ...
Inside look at growing Bt cotton with Indian farmer
Is Bt cotton good or bad? But this type of question might confuse matters more than illuminate them. A better question might ...
Tasmania extends long-standing GMO ban to 2019
Tasmania agriculture is set to remain free of genetically modified organisms for at least five more years, with the State ...
New Zealand environment minister rejects proposed GM-free growing region
Environment Minister Amy Adams has told Hawke's Bay growers they already have the ability to market their produce as free ...
First four GM corn varieties approved in Vietnam
The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) granted licenses to four GM corn varieties, including Bt 11 and ...
Russia approves heavy fines for violation of GMO labeling rules
The Russian cabinet has approved the bill introducing heavy fines for businessmen who violate the rules on obligatory marking of ...
Safety certificates for Chinese GM crops expire, with no sign of renewal
Safety certificates for the only homegrown experimental genetically modified staple food crops to have the credentials expired yesterday, with no ...
Magic Soaps GMO labeling supporter in trouble for mislabeling products
Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, the deep-pocketed California company that wants all food companies to disclose whether their products contain genetically ...
No shortage of food globally, but inequity in distribution
I don’t think there is a food shortage at all. There is food inequity, but no shortage. The problem is not ...
University of Florida prof deconstructs article linking glyphosate and piglet deformities
This is likely one of the worst papers ever to be published. A new steamer from Monika Kruger's group in Germany ...
Organic foods loaded with pesticides, defying conventional wisdom
Most of us buy conventionally produced food most of the time. But organic food has been growing in popularity among ...
Future ‘bleak’ for genetically identical Cavendish bananas
Two weeks ago, at a conference in South Africa, scientists met to discuss how to contain a deadly banana disease ...
Farmers ‘anxiously’ await decision on new herbicide and herbicide-resistant GM crops
Faced with tougher and more resistant weeds, corn and soybean farmers are anxiously awaiting government decisions on a new version ...
Fight over GM crops to test will of Indian government
The Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM) has scored wins since the Narendra Modi government assumed power on May 26. In the ...
‘Pseudo-science nonsense’ about GMOs designed to scare, not educate
The internet is full of false information about GM crops and derived food. The untrained observer (or scientist trained in another ...
Who are the ‘GMO Rogues’ disseminating misinformation?
When it comes to the topic of genetically engineered crops (GE-crops) there is a lot of misinformation. When sourcing the ...
GMO labeling advocates ‘no more enlightened’ than anti-vaxxers
Connecticut, Maine and Vermont have all passed genetically modified organism labeling legislation despite no reputable evidence for health concerns. Unfortunately, ...
GE can help address California’s drought
The United Nations has called drought the “world’s costliest natural disaster,” both financially, imposing an annual cost of $6-8 billion, and in ...
How we can feed the world with GMOs and organic farming
The world's population, which has been climbing rapidly for more than a century, is expected to increase by about 2 ...
Anti-GMO activists’ misconceptions about Neil deGrasse Tyson’s GMO comments
Like anything relating to GMOs, Neil deGrasse Tyson’s recent off the cuff remarks on GMOs and his exhortation to ‘chill ...
Vermont state senator: GMO labeling push is about boosting organic sales
A Vermont state senator who voted against labeling foods containing GMOs says the push to label genetically modified food is ...
GMOs without foreign genes
Recent advances that allow the precise editing of genomes have raised the possibility that fruit and other crops might be ...
