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.
Canadian anti-GMO fear US approval of non-browning GM apple
Groups against genetically engineered apples that don't brown say they're staging a series of events in British Columbia and Alberta ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch supports reasonable, useful GMO labeling
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has released an editorial in favor of GMO labeling. "Humans nature assumes the worst," they wrote, "particularly ...
Anti-GMO activism forces countries to use unregulated chemical and radiation techniques to breed new varieties
(Summary) When countries reject genetically modified organisms because of unsubstantiated claims of health risks, agricultural companies in those countries are ...
Battle lines drawn in Mexico’s GMO debate: Scientific advancement vs. generations of tradition
After pioneering the cultivation of corn thousands of years ago, Mexico must overcome the weight of history to give the ...
‘Good for nature, good for you’? Not so fast: Breaking down the myths of organic farming
(Summary) "Organic fruits and vegetables were, on average, no more nutritious than their cheaper conventional counterparts," Henry Miller said on ...
Crop scientist: Glyphosate safe, does not interrupt nutrient uptake in roots
In a response on GMO Answers, the industry created website that allows anyone to ask questions to scientists about GMOs, ...
Activists petition against GMOs in Ghana
A delegation of members of the Convention People’s Party UK & Ireland as well as concerned Ghanaian citizens delivered a ...
Some anti-GMO concerns not unique to GMOs, but to unsustainable farming in general
(Summary) Kevin Bonham of Scientific American responded to several anti-GMO, pro-labeling arguments in his latest blog post. He addressed concerns over ...
OR Senator Jeff Merkley: ‘GM salmon is too risky’
(Summary) Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) has spoken out against genetically modified salmon, which the Food and Drug Administration is considering ...
Statistical inference and ambiguity aversion: Making sense of the GMO debates
(Summary) Marc Bellemare, assistant professor in the Department of Agriculture at the University of Minnesota, said in his latest blog ...
Kenyan scientists want ban lifted on GMO imports
A group of scientists want the speedy lifting of a ban on importation of Genetically Modified (GM) foods. Outlawing GM ...
Zambia native: Protesting GMOs ‘condemns millions to poverty’
(Summary) If more Zambian farmers had access to weed and weather resistant crops, 35-year-old Zambia native Kelvin Kamfwa told the Des ...
Genetically modified sweet corn better for the environment, study shows
(Summary) Genetically modified sweet corn is better for the environment, the Entomological Society of America reports. The GM sweet corn produces ...
Long term study of GM rice with two insect resistant genes shows no adverse effects
(Summary) Genetically modified rice does not cause adverse health effects when fed to rats, a long term study in Food ...
Unpublished study showing GMOs cause sterility in hamsters touted by anti-GMO acitivists
A Russian study claiming that hamsters who consume genetically modified soybeans give birth to sterile offspring should not be taken ...
Fourat Janabi discusses his transformation from anti-GMO activist to supporter of GMOs
Fourat Janabi, author of "Random Rationality: a Rational Guide to an Irrational World," sat down with Green State TV to discuss ...
Divided New Hampshire House panel recommends rejecting GMO labeling bill
On a 12-8 vote, the New Hampshire House Environment and Agriculture Committee recommended the full House kill a bill that ...
Progressive scientist on why Rachel Maddow and other liberals are dead wrong about GMOs
Harvard PhD candidate Kevin Bonham, a self-proclaimed liberal/progressive and Whole Foods and local food shopper, writing in in his Scientific American ...
GMO label activists misjudge rural and farm sentiment
(Summary) "When the losers are crying about the election outcome afterwards and begin saying the election was bought or Democracy ...
Organic activist manifesto: Ronnie Cummins on how to demonize GMOs
Ronnie Cummins, founder and director of the Organic Consumers Association, writes on the main ways that anti-GMO activists can influence ...
Anti-GMO activists in Florida oppose GM mosquitoes to combat disease, rather risk dengue fever and pesticide use
(Summary) Residents in the Florida Keys oppose the release of a genetically modified mosquito that could reduce rates of dengue ...
Non-browing GM apples up for approval, new anti-GMO target
(Summary) Okanagan Specialty Fruits, creator of the genetically modified Arctic Apples, announced that the US Department of Agriculture has released ...
The great GMO labeling con
Marc Bellemare, assistant professor in the Department of Agriculture at the University of Minnesota, writes that the "right to know" ...
New York Times comes out against mandatory labeling, urges voluntary action
The New York Times has released an editorial coming out against mandatory GMO labeling laws like Washington's I-522, which is ...
Grocery Manufacturers to lobby feds to prempt states from requiring GMO labels
Eat Drink Politics is reporting that internal documents acquired from the Grocery Manufacturers Association reveal that the group plans to lobby ...
Richmond, California council backs GMO labeling bill
In a 5 to 2 vote the Richmond council passed a motion to begin drafting an ordinance that would require ...
British Columbia: Local politicians won’t take stance in GMO debate
North Okanagan politicians want assurances genetically modified organisms are safe, but they won't wade into the contentious debate of whether ...
