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.
Julie Borlaug, daughter of ‘Green Revolution’ founder, says biotech necessary to fight hunger
In her address at the 9th annual Ag Issues Forum in San Antonio, Julie Borlaug, granddaughter of Nobel Peace prize laureate ...
Push to label GMOs in Florida
In Florida there's a renewed push to label our food that contains genetically modified organisms or GMO's. Some say consumers ...
With risks and rewards, GMOs are here to stay
I recently learned my kids’ favorite cereal, Cheerios, is full of GMO ingredients. Learning this made me wonder how common ...
Another Hawaii papaya farmer sues to block anti-GMO restrictions
Big Island Farmer Delan "Rusty" Perry says he resisted planting genetically modified plants at first, but after the Ring Spot ...
In conflict with GMO farmers, do organic farmers seek special treatment
March 3, 2014 story from Reuters by Carey Gillam presents claims by organic farmers that the federal government needs to step in to ...
Cameroon currently testing GMOs to increase cotton production
According to a report by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) revealed by Commodaafrica, “seven African ...
Oregon punts GMO label bill but other initiatives abound
For the third time, the Oregon Legislature has punted on a bill centered on the labeling of genetically modified food ...
What would a world without GMOs look like? You might be surprised
We had a little thought experiment in mind: what if the activists got their wish? What would a world without ...
China’s leadership encourages GMO farming
As China’s leadership pushes more rapid urbanization to drive economic growth, the fate of the country’s farmlands is once more ...
Anti-GMO activists have the ‘right to be manipulated’
The list of supermarkets, companies and restaurants hopping aboard the anti-GMO train keeps growing. Last year Whole Foods and Chipotle ...
Hawaii County GM papaya grower challenges GMO/pesticide restriction ban
An unnamed farmer filed a lawsuit seeking relief from requirements of Hawaii County’s recently enacted ban on genetically modified crops ...
Latest twists in the Seralini saga
Dr. Gilles-Eric Séralini, whose controversial research reporting genetically modified corn causes cancer in mammalian species (published in Food and Chemical Toxicology and ...
Podcast: GLP’s Jon Entine interviewed on Vancouver’s CKNW
A new poll shows that the majority of British Columbians aren't too keen on genetically modified foods. Many of them ...
EU countries moving to compromise that could open door to more GM crops
A majority of EU member countries backed a compromise agreement on GMO authorization which maintains an EU-wide approval scheme but ...
Agricultural economist challenges Iowa farmer’s claim that GMO corn disliked by cows, causes animal health problems
The Huffington post recently ran a story about Howard Vlieger, one Iowa farmer who became skeptical of effects of GMOs on his animal ...
How did Monsanto become the ‘evil face’ of GMOs?
Over the past decade, Monsanto has become a pop cultural bogeyman, the face of corporate evil. The company and its ...
Even if the FDA approves GMO salmon Kroger and Safeway won’t sell it
Kroger and Safeway, the largest retail grocery companies in the U.S., have reportedly agreed not to sell genetically modified salmon ...
Bio industry claim: Unnecessary delays in GMO reviews cost EU economy €9.6 billion
EuropaBio, the European Association for Bioindustries, which includes companies from research and development, testing, manufacturing and distribution of biotechnology products ...
Controversial Iowa farmer Howard Vlieger makes case against GMOs
Howard Vlieger's first direct experience with GMOs came in 1997 when he planted a test plot comparing BT (GMO) corn to ...
Starbucks newest target of anti-GMO campaigners
Green America's GMO Inside campaign today launched a major push to get Starbucks, America's largest coffee chain with more than ...
Ecologist challenges claims that GMOs and conventional foods are ‘substantially equivalent’
Several new studies carried out by scientists independent of the biotech industry are showing up glaring differences between GMOs and ...
Smart Balance brand going non-GMO
Smart Balance, a popular line of buttery spreads, will transition to non-genetically-engineered ingredients, parent company Boulder Brands Inc. said. Non-GMO Smart Balance ...
Religious shareholder activist group backs labeling GMOs citing potential “harmful side effects”
Fear of the unknown hazards of technology has been the inspiration for science fiction cautionary tales from Mary Shelley’sFrankenstein to Japanese ...
Behind India’s decision to authorize GMO field trials
India's Environment Minister Veerappa Moily has done the right thing by allowing field trials of genetically modified (GM) cotton, maize, ...
Biotech innovation in Egypt
In a symposium featuring the ISAAA Brief 46: Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops 2013 in Egypt, Prof. Raamzy Stino, ...
GMO cereals have less vitamins, but maybe that’s not a bad thing
t is a fact that the new formulations do have fewer vitamins than those containing GMO ingredients. Industry site BakeryandSnacks.com ...
Organic farmers say USDA needs to control GMO contamination
Growing crops free from contamination by genetically modified crops and the pesticides used on those biotech versions is getting more ...
