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.
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 ...
GMOs without foreign genes
Recent advances that allow the precise editing of genomes have raised the possibility that fruit and other crops might be ...
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 ...
Self-destructing GE fly could be effective pest control method
A type of genetically engineered fly which eventually kills itself off could be an effective method of pest control, according ...
GMO labeling fight ‘here to stay’ in New York
That right to know whether the food you eat contains GMOs — genetically modified organisms — is at the center of a ...
Kauai’s primary suggests voters are pro-GMO
Kauai County Councilmen Mel Rapozo and Ross Kagawa, the lone members to oppose the county’s controversial GMO disclosure bill last ...
Australia could ‘cripple’ export potential if GM is rejected, says U.S. professor
A leading expert in potato industry research says Australia’s export potential will be crippled unless farmers embrace genetic modification (GM) ...
Ugandan scientists divided on GMO bill
Going by the contradicting views from various stakeholders including disagreements among scientists, Parliament will have an uphill task in refining the ...
Attack on European Commission chief scientific adviser’s position cause for alarm
Political ecologists like science… when it confirms their views. When it contradicts them, rather than changing their minds they often ...
Mandatory GMO labeling reaches ‘boil’
The battle over mandatory labeling of biotechnology-derived food has reached a boil. “I’ve been asked to hit on a few ...
One Maui farmer’s journey from organics to GMOs
GMO Skepti-Forum has been featuring essays by readers on the GMO controversy. We’re going to be featuring some of them on the ...
Ecocide hysteria: Nassim Taleb may be risk expert but doesn’t understand science of GMOs
Nassim Taleb, one of my favorite authors and thought donors alive today, is making my efforts to spread knowledge about ...
What’s the difference between denying the scientific consensus on vaccines vs GMOs?
The science on GMOs is as solid and authoritative as it is on vaccines. So why are liberal outlets like ...
Anti-GMO activists petition Neil deGrasse Tyson to stop speaking scientifically about GMOs
I was grateful when Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson accidentally stepped in science's ripest dookie — anti-GMO pseudoscience. He's getting to experience first ...
Rise of GM crops in America over past decade
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently posted new data on how genetically modified crops have taken over American farms in the past ...
Can Europe return to ‘knowledge-based’ society amid anti-GMO calls to topple science adviser?
Politics are winning at the expense of science in France and now the entire European Union faces a similar fate. On ...
Primary opponents of GM crops in Africa activists, not scientists, as food sufficiency needs soar
One of the basic concerns of those against biotech and GM crops is that, it is not good for humans ...
Hawaii pro-GMO candidates win in elections
What a bunch of losers. That's the takeaway from election results for anti-GMO candidates statewide. On Kauai, pro-GMO mayor Bernard ...
Whole Foods’ non-GMO preferences pose ‘insurmountable’ problem for cheesemakers
Mateo Kehler isn’t merely a leader in the American artisan cheese renaissance; he’s also knee-deep in the nation’s curdling fight ...
Two farmers’ experiences with GMO and organic crops
The vegetables that grow at Early Morning Farm in Genoa look the same as the vegetables that grow 85 miles ...
Non-herbicide-resistant crops die from herbicidal drift from GMO fields
Last summer, June 17 to be exact, one of the volunteers on Margot McMillen’s organic farm in Auxvasse, Missouri noticed ...
