Daily Food & Agriculture 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.
Washington farmer says GMO alfalfa a ‘mystery’
An Eastern Washington farmer says he has no idea how genetically engineered alfalfa started growing in his fields. Joseph Peila said ...
Kauai County takes pesticide fight into its own hands
The state Department of Agriculture in Hawaii has only one employee assigned to review pesticide inspection reports and follow up ...
Using biotechnology to restore the American Chestnut
"Earlier this year during my presentation at the GMO Forum in Washington D.C., I mentioned a project that raised some eyebrows," ...
Chinese general claims ‘Western conspiracy’ promoting GMOs
A Chinese general has added fuel to the already heated debate over the increasing amount of genetically modified (GM) food ...
In the insecticide wars, GMOs have so far been a force for good
I’ve finally worked my way around to the GMO question that I care about most: Are genetically modified crops boon ...
EU governments ignoring their own scientific risk evaluation committees for political gain
EU governments are ignoring on their own scientific risk evaluation committees and creating false pseudo-scientific documents for political gain. In ...
Golden Rice myths given careful scrutiny
In the comments section of David Tribe's recent piece, "For GM food and vaccination, the panic virus is a deadly ...
“GMO labels and Initiative 522 lose appeal after close look”
"Outside my favorite coffee shop is a “Yes on 522” sign," writes Elizabeth Hovde, a columnist for The Oregnoian. "Initiative ...
The missing ingredient in the GMO labeling debate? Science.
"Residents of Washington State are currently being buried in an avalanche of ads regarding a citizen’s initiative that would require ...
Mandatory labeling of GMOs deserves a warning label of its own
Washington State is about to become the latest battleground in a cynical, well-coordinated scare campaign against genetically engineered (GE) foods. Initiative ...
Fear over light-up plants exaggerated and unnecessary
“What if someone decides it would be cute to light up a national forest?” asked Arthur Caplan, a bioethicist at ...
20 points of broad scientific consensus on GE crops
Just as many on the political right discount the broad scientific consensus that human activities contribute to global warning, many progressive ...
Fight over genetically altered crops intensifies in Hawaii
The balmy tropical isles here seem worlds apart from the expansive cornfields of the Midwest, but Hawaii has become the ...
Tanzania becomes a battleground in fight over genetically modified crops
When the bell rang at midday, students fetched tin bowls and lined up under trees in the schoolyard for scoops ...
Judge rejects “Moms for Labeling” group lawsuit of No on 522
A Thurston County judge has rejected the lawsuit filed last month by a “Moms for Labeling” group that sought better ...
Trade barriers fan GMO misconceptions in Africa
Monsanto attracts quite a bit of criticism for its transgenic crops and seeds, more commonly referred to as Genetically Modified Organisms, ...
Campaign to make Cyprus a GMO-free zone launched
A campaign was launched by environment commissioner Ioanna Panayiotou yesterday to declare Cyprus as a country free from genetically modified ...
Lusk: Washington Initiative 522 on GMO labeling
This time last year, California's Proposition 37 to label genetically engineered (GE) food ingredients was highly discussed. After a steady, ...
Safe pesticide levels found in Kauai air
The County of Kaua'i and the state Department of Agriculture today released a report on environmental health issues in Waimea ...
New push for nationwide ban on GMO crops in Costa Rica
Community organizations, environmentalists and lawmakers are making a renewed push for a nationwide moratorium on genetically modified crops in a ...
In defense of GM crops
Genetically Modified (GM) crops are plants which have had their DNA altered in some way, to improve a particular trait ...
China must switch to growing GM food before it’s too late
A leading agricultural scientist's unusually frank endorsement of growing genetically modified food has reignited a debate over whether the country ...
Amish use GMOs
"More than once I’ve thrown ["the Amish use GMOs, you know?"] into a conversation–in real life or on twitter–and I’m ...
Dr. Bronner’s soapbox: Working GMO labels into a lather
Perhaps it’s no surprise that a company famous for filling every available inch of its product labels with words favors ...
Campaign to make Cyprus a GMO-free zone
A campaign was launched by environment commissioner Ioanna Panayiotou yesterday to declare Cyprus as a country free from genetically modified organisms (GMO) ...
Kauai County Council to consider diluted bill pertaining to pesticide, GMO rules
A hotly debated proposed ordinance pertaining to pesticide use and farming of genetically modified crops on the Garden Isle will ...
Letter: GM crops are not a safety concern in Canada
In a letter responding to the opinion piece, "I dream of a GE-free B.C." published in the Richmond Review last month, CropLife ...
