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.
EU feed industry anticipates ‘huge disruptions’ to trade if GM crops not approved in time
Huge disruption to feed grain trade and subsequent price hikes would follow if the E.U. regulator does not approve eight ...
USDA backs down from proposed GMO disclosure rule
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is backing down from a GMO disclosure rule that would have provided state regulators ...
Biotech industry body defends India’s Intelligence Bureau report as NGOs cry foul
With the NGOs raising a question whether the Intelligence Bureau is being used by foreign hands to take over India's ...
GM offers many opportunities to save lives in poorest countries but blocked by unnecessary regulation
I was at the International Consortium of Agricultural Biotechnology Research conference in Kenya. Despite security concerns, about 200 people braved ...
Tasmania’s poppy industry pushes to lift GMO ban
Tasmania's isolation and wilderness once made it a dumping ground for the British Empire's convicts. But these same qualities, and ...
Nobel laureate calls out anti-GMO lobby group Safe Food Foundation for ‘dishonesty’
Australian Nobel Prize laureate Professor Barry Marshall has labelled the lobby group supporting farmer Steve Marsh in landmark legal proceedings ...
Congress facing pressure to establish national GMO labeling law
Congress could face pressure to establish a uniform, nationwide law on the labeling of foods made with genetically modified ingredients ...
Nigeria to accelerate adoption of GM crops
A disclosure came from the National Agricultural Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) that the Federal Government has put in place necessary ...
Anti-GMO activist Vandana Shiva: ‘Awakening’ of millions to GMO dangers cannot be stopped
Monsanto and friends, the biotech industry, its lobbyists and its paid media representation continue to push for monopoly control over ...
Nature editorial: Shift debate from farm systems (organic v GMO) to sustainable, nutritious food
Research on different farming systems can often seem like a contest in which one practice is pitted against another and ...
Newcomers to Hawaii drive anti-GMO activism against local farmers and scientists
After Hawaii banned GMO crops, local farmers say they have no idea whether their plants are illegal or not. Plus, ...
Scientist sues publishing group and university over threat to retract Golden Rice study
A scientist claims in court that the American Society for Nutrition will defame her if it follows through on its ...
Anti-GMO activist Vandana Shiva earns $40,000 per speech advocating policies harming poor
Vandana Shiva, the Indian activist who opposes modern agriculture and modern science — and well, modernity in general — is a popular ...
Anti-GMO activist Food Babe tries to do good things but arguments are ‘silly’
Vani Hari’s followers hail her as a savior of food activism who reaches hundreds of thousands of readers eager for ...
Nigerian university plant breeder says Africa needs GMO technology
Prof. Mahammad Faguji Ishiyaku is a plant breeder/biotechnologist at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. In this interview with Dele Ogbodo, ...
Australian farmers need to improve public opinion of GM crops
A greater effort is needed from farmers to improve mainstream attitudes towards genetically modified (GM) crops, says Agricultural Biotechnology Council ...
Golden Rice raises stakes in war over GM foods
One of the world’s great humanitarian crises has a simple cause and, some researchers argue, a simple solution. But that’s ...
Skepticism grows over claims that organic food is healthier
You've no doubt noticed that organic foods are a fair bit more expensive at the grocery store. An organic head ...
Should TV ‘quack docs’ like Dr. Oz be regulated?
Dr. Mehmet Oz is a television personality with his own show, The Dr. Oz Show, focusing on medical issues and personal ...
Attempted thefts of GM seeds reflect obstacles to innovation in China
The court documents read like something out of a Coen brothers film. Employees of the Chinese agricultural company Dabeinong Technology ...
Field trials for 21 new varieties of GM crops, including rice and wheat, approved in India
The new government has approved field trials for 21 new varieties of genetically modified (GM) crops, including staples such as ...
Liberal fundraising giant MoveOn.org doubles Vermont’s fund for GMO labeling law
Liberal fundraising giant MoveOn.org raised more than $50,000 for Vermont's Food Fight Fund, designed by lawmakers this year to help ...
Considering safety of GMOs, labels should inform, not prompt alarm
Vermont recently joined two other New England states and passed a law to require labels on food that contains genetically ...
Will GM wheat be accepted if killer fungus wipes out global wheat supplies?
For bread fans everywhere—and millions of the world's most impoverished people—the debate over genetically modified crops just got trickier. A ...
Proponents and opponents of GMO labeling step up efforts in Colorado
Proponents of a proposed ballot initiative that would require labeling of genetically modified foods are nearing the end of their ...
Molokai voters have most to lose but least to say in Maui’s proposed GMO ban
Samson Kaahanui wakes up every weekday on the Hoolehua homestead, pulls on a neon long-sleeved shirt and goes to work ...
Poorest have most to gain from GMOs, hurt most by GMO scare-mongering
The Grocery Manufacturers Association brought a lawsuit in response to Vermont becoming the first state to require GMO labeling regardless ...
