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.
Ghana prostate cancer victim spreads misinformation as anti-GMO campaign ignites
Anti-GMO groups in Ghana are escalating their scare campaigns after the government completed regulations that could allow modified cowpeas and ...
Wales anti-GM European Parliamentarian backs freeze in wake of liberalization plea
Jill Evans MEP, an anti-GMO activist who represents Wales in the European Parliament, has called for a freeze on GMOs ...
Trade protectionism, falling prices behind Chinese GMO corn rejections?
Over the past several weeks, China has rejected several shipments of approved corn grown in the United States, in a ...
Big Ag response to critics: Don’t let misinformation define you
There’s a lot of conversation about traditional agriculture recently, and much of it is critical. Think stories about genetically modified ...
Ecologist amps anti-Golden Rice campaign
The Ecologist, the once-venerable UK environmental magazine, has launched another salvo in its campaign against Golden Rice. The vitamin A ...
Seeking alternative to fossil fuels, high-yielding heat and cold resistant biofuel crop potential genetic goldmine
Six years ago, jatropha—an inedible, drought-resistant plant that produces a high-quality oil—was “the next big thing in biofuel,” because its oil ...
Irish potato farmers, facing blight scare, look to GMOs but EU turns blind eye
GM is important for Ireland. The country's staple pototao crop is being threatened. Farmers typically spray 10-20 times against blight; ...
Genetically modified crops key to India’s food security
India's population will grow to 1.3 billion by 2017, so current agricultural output needs to be doubled against odds like ...
China GMO trade war: Distillers corn grain caught in crossfire, rejected
China has turned away about 2,000 tons of U.S. dried distillers grain (DDG), a corn by-product, and more rejections are ...
In GMO debate, ‘right to know’ is empty mantra
The right to know is an empty mantra, three words that sound like they are pursuing freedom and information. However, ...
India environment minister to back more GM crops in January
India's new environment minister Veerappa Moily has indicated he will push to overturn the blockage on GMO crops instituted by ...
Banana apocalypse? GM one of few options to save threatened cavendish
Scientists are experimenting with genetic modifications to protect Cavendish bananas from a variant of the banana wilt fungus. If the fungus jumps ...
Why Whole Foods dropped Chobani yogurt? It’s about corporate profits, not GMOs
Why did the grocery giant Whole Foods drop Chobani Greek-style yogurt? The reason suggested by the Wall Street Journal: Whole Foods wants to ...
Evidence to support Don Huber’s claim of hidden glyphosate-GMO dangers still missing
It’s been almost three years since retired Purdue University Professor Don Huber sent an alarming letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom ...
Need for GM crops fall as pests populations die off
Populations of European corn borer (ECB), a major corn crop pest, have declined significantly in the eastern United States, according ...
Video: GMOs safe to eat says Tamar Haspel, WaPo foodie columnist
Tamar Haspel, food columnist at The Washington Post, argues in the attached video that consumers should not be overly concerned about ...
Resolution in Kauai anti-GMO bill calls for ‘sketchy’ GMO safety assessment
A resolution in Kauai’s Bill 2491--which heavily restricts the use of GM crops and pesticides--calls for a “neutral facilitator” to convene ...
Kaua’i mayor reports on efforts to begin implementation of anti-GMO bill
For the first time since signing a controversial anti-GMO bill into law last month, Kaua'i County Mayor Bernard Carvalho reported ...
Block party: Are activists thwarting GMO innovation?
Is there evidence that groups fighting against genetically modified food have thwarted good technologies that would otherwise make agriculture more ...
Nobel Laureate Sir Paul Nurse calls campaign against GM crops ‘anti-science’ and ‘irresponsible’
Nobel Laureate cell biologist Sir Paul Nurse has termed the campaign against GM foods "irresponsible,” calling the whole debate against ...
Organic labeling: Is there a place for GM foods?
For more than a decade, organic farmers, ranchers and food processors have been subject to rigorous annual inspections to ensure ...
Americans mildly concerned about GM foods, but confused as to what they are
Less than 10% of adults were “very” or “extremely” concerned about genetically modified ingredients when market research company NPD Group last ...
Grocery Manufacturer’s Association seeks ‘natural’ label for GMOs
The trade organization representing the nation’s largest food and beverage companies wants permission to label as “natural” products that contain ...
Activist researcher who destroyed GM potoatoes reinstated after no violence pledge
A researcher who was fired by Leuven University because she took part in protests against genetically modified crops has been ...
Whole Foods drops Chobani Greek-style yogurt in anti GMO effort
Whole Foods says that as of early next year, its stores will no longer stock Chobani, a Greek yogurt brand ...
Maine governor says he will sign GMO labeling bill
Maine Governor Paul LePage has confirmed that he will sign a bill to require food producers to label products that ...
Field trials of GM oranges show promise in the fight against citrus-greening
Field trials of oranges genetically modified to contain a gene found in spinach are showing promise in resisting citrus greening—a ...
