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.
Oregon has no authority over federally approved GM crops, state officials say
Oregon agriculture officials say the state has no authority over genetically modified crops once federal regulators deem them safe for ...
EU still torn over crop-based biofuels amid fear of rising food costs
The debate over biofuels risks dragging on, despite EU energy ministers reaching an agreement on the controversial crop-based fuels. EU ...
Inside look at Jeffrey Smith’s anti-GMO event
A small group of Centre For Inquiry members and University of British Columbia Okanagan professors were in the Okanagan College ...
Japanese scientists find GM cure for flower aging, help bouquets remain fresh for longer
Japanese scientists say they have found a way to slow down the ageing process in flowers by up to a ...
Iowa State expert in food science and human nutrition: No evidence that GMOs are harmful
The question of whether GMOs are safe to eat is one among many that Ruth MacDonald hears a lot of. MacDonald ...
GMOs can be developed to promote soil health and fertility
Biotechnology can be used to improve soil health but that’s not necessarily happening the way it is being used today, ...
Return of iconic American chestnut with help of GE calls for celebration
If the greatest living American were a tree, it would probably be the chestnut. In the first half of the 20th ...
Philippines can become chicken exporter if it adopts high-yielding GM corn
Philippines stands to secure a niche in the global chicken-export market if it can reduce feed prices to global levels ...
Western Australian farmer hailed hero for resisting ‘bullying’ over GM ‘contamination’
Western Australian farmer Michael Baxter has been described as a modern day hero who should be hailed for resisting “the ...
Widespread GM crop adoption created ‘agricultural desert,’ starving honeybees
The life of honeybees in the United States used to be much simpler, but now beekeepers are navigating a gauntlet ...
GM debate distracts from urgent need to address food security and sustainability
Once again, there are calls to reopen the debate on genetically modified (GM) crops. I find these calls frustrating and ...
Oregonian editorial: GMO labeling push ‘stigmatizes products’, sows confusion
The Oregonian, known for its independent and mostly liberal views on policy issues, has come out with an editorial on ...
Mexican scientific community split by legal battle over GM corn
The Mexican scientific community has been torn apart by a legal battle over transgenic maize (corn). Almost a year after ...
GM herbicide-resistant crops, herbicides not sustainable weed control
The Register's agriculture writer, Donnelle Eller, recently reported on a startling new arrival in the state: A "superweed" that may ...
US trade official: Biotech and organics can work together to sustainably feed growing planet
Jack Bobo, chief of Biotechnology and Textile Trade Policy and senior advisor for biotechnology in the Department of State's Bureau ...
Amish farmers embrace biotechnology, plant GE corn and tobacco
It seems the Amish have turned the tables on conventional wisdom. Most consumers are very pro-technology and innovation when it ...
Seralini study data ‘mess’, even shows GMO and glyphosate diet increased male rat lifespans
According to Andrew Kniss, a weed expert at the University of Wyoming, who reviewed the limited data released in the ...
Will anti-GM Europe change its mind about GM foods?
While the United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina and China and many other countries have warmly embraced genetically modified crops, Europe ...
Dietician’s concerns over GMOs prompt embrace of organic foods
As a dietitian, I rarely recommend anything to a client that I wouldn't do myself. So when it came to ...
Indian ag scientist: Blaming GM crops entirely for farm problems an ‘oversimplification’
Eminent agriculture scientist MS Swaminathan has said it is not right to put the entire blame on the GM (genetically ...
Transparency and dialogue needed to figure out solutions in GMO labeling debates
In all countries in which genetically modified (GM) food is sold, such as Australia and the US, the issue of food ...
Second Chinese citizen connected to alleged 5-year GM seed theft scheme arrested
U.S. authorities arrested a second Chinese citizen in connection with an alleged conspiracy to steal high-tech corn seed developed by ...
Hawaii legislators’ anti-GMO campaigns support ‘trendy activism’ while creating more problems
Dear Senator Brian Schatz and Representative Tulsi Gabbard, This week has definitely been a bomb of a week with the ...
EPA official to Maui GM ban committee: GE papaya safe to eat
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials told a Maui County Council committee they haven't heard of any health issues related to eating ...
Univ of Florida scientists say anti-GMO public sentiment having ‘detrimental’ effect on crop research
University of Florida researchers are making significant advances in genetic engineering — breeding strawberries, papayas and tomatoes that are disease-resistant ...
How private, profit-driven investment shapes GM industry
Research into GM crops has always been largely driven by the private sector, even though a 2000 report from the Commonwealth Biotechnology ...
GMO ‘super banana’ aims to tackle food security by addressing malnutrition
Scientists are hoping to improve food security through greater yields and less waste, particularly in the face of climate change, ...
