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.
Minnesota farmer on why it’s okay to feed your family GMOs
It may seem like “GMO free” label indicates the food is better than those without the label, but that can’t ...
Organic food’s success driven by confusion about GM crops
U.S. sales of organic food and beverages soared from $1 billion in 1990 to $26.7 billion in 2010. Sales in ...
Pakistan draws biotech policy map
The Ministry of National Food Security in Islamabad has started process to formulate a ‘national biotechnology policy’, and was working ...
Genetically-modified purple tomatoes edges closer to market
The prospect of genetically modified purple tomatoes reaching the shelves has come a step closer. Their dark pigment is intended ...
Jackson County, Oregon GMO battle heats up
Some organic farmers have come together to oppose what they see as a growing threat from genetically modified crops contaminating ...
Deconstructing the debate over GM Arctic Apples
The Arctic Apple is not yet on the market. It's currently under approval in Canada and the US. If approved, ...
Minnesota farmer on why it’s okay to feed your family GMOs
It may seem like “GMO free” label indicates the food is better than those without the label, but that can’t ...
Nigeria: Drought-tolerant seedlings boost maize production
the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, has developed some drought-tolerant maize varieties that are capable of maturing early ...
Exaggerated perception of GMO risk doesn’t align with political left
Despite the common claim that GMO-aversion is a problem of the political left, this does not seem to be so ...
German government study reaffirms safety of glyphosate (Roundup) used with GMO crops
As the agency responsible for the health assessment, the German Federal Office for Risk Assessment, in addition to the reassessment of ...
Monsanto’s sneaky plan to undermine GMO labeling
The Grocery Manufacturers Association, the largest trade group representing the biggest food corporations in America, recently approached congressional leaders and ...
Florida oranges may need rethink on use of GMOs, neonicotinoids to survive
Oranges and orange juice in the U.S. are under threat from a lethal, incurable bacterial infection known as "citrus greening," ...
Hawaii legislator says pro-GMO forces unfairly accuse him of bias
In a recent editorial, Mr. Richard Ha accused me [owner of Island Naturals Markets and State Senator from Puna and Ka'u] ...
Preventing hunger: Biotechnology can only help
If African countries can’t plant genetically modified crops to produce more and healthier food, vulnerable populations will be at risk, ...
Junk food lobby brings bag of dirty tricks to New Hampshire GMO labeling fight
In secret documents that I uncovered in November, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (aka food industry lobbyists) laid out its five-point plan for opposing the ...
New test can reveal GMOs in food
The first comprehensive test to detect genetic modification in food has been unveiled. As the abundance of genetically modified (GM) ...
Grain groups request Syngenta stop selling some GMO corn seeds
U.S. grain industry groups are urging Syngenta AG to stop selling new genetically engineered corn varieties that aren't approved in ...
GMO activists stage protest outside Greenpeace’s Brussels office
GMO activists launched a campaign to get EU approval for genetically engineered crops, staging a protest outside the Brussels office ...
GM crops could help to solve the problem of over-fishing
One of the thornier questions we face is how to feed a global population heading towards 10 billion and beyond ...
New Hampshire House rejects GMO food labeling
New Hampshire’s House killed a bill Wednesday that would have required genetically modified foods to be labeled. The House voted ...
Hawaii County Council votes against full GMO ban
It was deja vu for the Hawaii County Council on Tuesday as it voted against a full ban on genetically ...
Bangladesh joins the global GMO club, introduces Bt brinjal (eggplant)
Bangladesh became the 30th country to cultivate a genetically motivated crop with the introduction this week of Bt brinjal--eggplant modified ...
Will Kellogg follow Gen Mills and Post in non-GMO embrace?
Many brands are "playing a waiting game" right now to whether moves by General Mills and Post Foods to axe ...
Monsanto is more than just GMOs
Monsanto makes money selling genetically modified seeds. Though once a broader-scale chemicals company, Monsanto's seeds and genomics business accounted for over ...
Anti GMO activist view of what sank Washington state’s GMO labeling initiative
Last November, a slim majority of Washington voters were persuaded that they did not need to know about the GMO ...
Tanzania developing drought tolerant hybrid seeds
On January 10, the Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) project in Tanzania, in collaboration with the Commission for Science ...
Four trends driving food labeling
Like food, labels are something we need, but are at constant risk of abusing. The FDA regulates what can, as ...
