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.
‘Battle Royale’ over Hawaii County’s anti-GMO Bill 113 throws dark cloud over farmers
Scientists are worried that their research will be negatively impacted if the Hawaii County Council approves Bill 113, which would ...
Genetically modified ‘golden rice’ coming to Philippines by 2016
The first genetically-modified rice to be commercially available could be approved for production in the Philippines in two to three ...
European Anti-GMO “resistance industry” threatens biosecurity in Tanzania
Scientists are attempting to combat food security issues in Tanzania with genetically modified crops, writes Sharon Schmickle in The Guardian. "African ...
After I-522 defeat, Natural News’ Mike Adams says ‘democracy doesn’t work,’ anti-GMOers should ‘go for their corporate throats’
Anti-GMO activist Mike Adams, founder of Natural News, issued a tirade in reaction to the I522 defeat. "The Grocery Manufacturers ...
EU Commission recommends approval for Europe’s third ever GM crop
The European Commission proposed on Wednesday that governments approve only the third ever genetically modified crop for cultivation in Europe, ...
EU farming groups express concerns about overly restrictive GMO regulations
The restrictions on growing GM crops in the European Union are greater than anywhere else in the world. Efforts to ...
Corn farmers urge Philippine President Aquino to back GM crops
The Philippine Maize Federation Inc. in a resolution asked President Benigno Aquino III to continue the field trials of GM ...
Genetically modified microbes are factories, creating vaccines, medicines and foods
By inserting genetic instructions into bacteria or yeast—thereby modifying their genetic code—scientists have used microbes to create all sorts of ...
Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps uses products to fight for GMO labeling
David Bronner, who runs Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, has been a prominent voice in Washington's GMO labeling Initiative I-522. He ...
Most Americans pay little attention to genetically modified foods, survey says
A national survey shows that most Americans pay little attention to the debate over genetically modified foods, despite extensive media ...
Vatican strongly endorses GMOs as tool to help world’s poor
The Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Sciences had convened a select group of 40 scientific experts from around the world to ...
Opinion: Hawaii Island Bill 113 is misguided, anti-science
Dr. Susan Miyasaka, a Hawaii native and Agronomist at the University of Hawaii's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, ...
China’s anti-GMO activists exploit fears of infertility
In a new blog post by Kevin Folta, interim chairman the University of Florida’s horticulture program, he describes the anti-GMO ...
EU prepares draft of GMO maize cultivation approval
The European Union is on course to approve cultivation of a new type of genetically modified maize for the first ...
Farmers on Hawaii’s Big Island say proposed bill could kill local dairy industry
The only way to stay in business as a dairy farmer is to also grow corn, Tom Callis reports in West ...
Opinion: The real point of GM food is corporate control of farming
Colin Tudge, co-founder of Campaign for Real Farming, writes in Ecologist magazine that corporate control of GM technology is choking ...
Annie Leonard video: Labeling necessary ‘solution’ to empower people
Annie Leonard, a proponent of sustainability and director of the Story of Stuff Project, released a video about how to ...
Frankenfoods? Debunking 13 Myths Behind GMOs
Buzzfeed has joined the GMO debate, addressing some common myths behind GMOs using short, animated clips. Opponents of Genetically Modified ...
Uganda scientists develop wilt resistant banana
Researchers at Kawanda national agricultural research laboratory have developed new varieties of bananas resistant to the devastating banana bacterial wilt ...
Geneticist who helped commercialize world’s first GMO food signs “non consensus” on GMO safety statement
(Summary) Dr. Belinda Martinuea, a former member of the Michelmore Lab at the University of California Davis Genome Center, who ...
Labels could disarm the emotional and political triggers of GMOs
Grist's Nathanael Johnson examines the complex issue of labeling, outline some of the numerous problems and some of what he ...
Anti-GMO ‘zombie myths’: Influential enviro leaders such as Paul Ehrlich spread propaganda
In his latest blog post, Discover's Keith Kloor addresses the spread of popular anti-GMO myths, such as the supposed rise in ...
Kauai mayor vetoes controversial anti-GMO and pesticide bill, calls it a ‘legal mess’
Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr. has vetoed Bill 2491, Relating to Pesticides and Genetically Modified Organisms, which was passed by ...
University of Washington professor speaks out in support of I-522
The Seattle Times sat down with Phil Bereano, a professor emeritus of technical communication and co-founder of AGRA-Watch, a group ...
I-522 becomes most expensive initiative battle in Washington State’s history
A ballot measure in next week’s election will give voters the chance to make Washington the first state to require ...
Humboldt County, CA: Group hopes to put GMO ban on 2014 ballot
Ten years after legal flaws sent an anti-GMOs measure to a withering end at the ballot box, a new group ...
GM rice passes safety tests in China
Researchers at China’s Agricultural University have concluded that testing on transgenic rice has so far brought no abnormalities. The results ...
