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.
Genes jump between conventional crops, not just from engineered ones
Another ecological worry about GE crops seemed to have come true with a vengeance in 2000. American scientists reported that ...
‘War’ against GM crops worries pioneer in field
The fact opposition to biotechnology, specifically genetically modified organisms (GMOs), remains as strong as it is nearly 20 years after ...
Faux debate over mis-dubbed ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ aside, farmers need regulatory assurance
The Farmer Assurance Provision is formally Section 735 of the Continuing Resolution of 2013, passed in March to fund the ...
Plant disease research experts oppose GMO labels
The American Phytopathological Society, which represents 5,000 scientists who "investigate plant pathogens," came out with a statement paper opposing mandatory ...
Anti-GMO current spreads to China
In a new blog post by Kevin Folta, interim chairman the University of Florida’s horticulture program, he describes his experience ...
South Africa: Value of GM crops lost due to drop in pest resistance
South Africa’s government is increasingly opening the door to genetically modified organisms (GMOs)—along with the issues that arise as GMOs ...
New anti-GMO battleground: Genetically engineered yeast for medicines and fragrances
Andrew Pollack, who covers business and biotechnology at the New York Times, recently reported on the revolutionary new trend of ...
Why biotech developers don’t deserve the World Food Prize
Tom Laskawy, founder and executive director of the Food & Environment Reporting Network, wrote in Civil Eats why the winners of ...
Is an anti-GMO wave rising from Kauai?
After years of acceptance, the United States is now experiencing true movement to restrict the use of genetically engineered organisms ...
Response to Mark Lynas: GMO labeling neither inevitable nor sensible
"In a speech at the Food Integrity Summit in Chicago, on Oct 15, Mark Lynas, former antiGMO activist now pro-science ...
Wheat growers support biotech variety development
The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) and U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) have reinforced their support for the continued development ...
Genetically modified bacteria efficient sugar producers
Industry is already making use of rare sugars as low-calorie sweeteners, and as precursors of anti-cancer and antiviral medicines. However, ...
Import of GMO condition for Serbia’s entry into WTO
The European Commission told Serbia that there is a need to amend the law on genetically modified organisms (GMO) in ...
Farmers, not just scientists, support GMOs
Iowa farmers are speaking out in support of GMOs amid protests, writes Laurie Johnson, public relations manager for the Iowa ...
Uganda GMO maize trials shows promising results
Results from the ongoing confined trials in Uganda on genetically modified maize that is resistant to the stem-borer are having ...
Tanzania: Farmers eagerly await a change in law to start planting GM cotton
The [Tanzanian] government has been advised to allow cotton farmers in the country to use Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in ...
Grocery Mantufacturers Association faces lawsuit over illegal GMO labeling campaign donations
A lobbying group for major American food manufacturers has violated campaign finance laws in its attempt to block a measure ...
Logical fallacies lead liberals to believe misinformation about GMOs
Normally a crusader for science and reason, popular liberal talk show host Bill Maher falls short when it comes to ...
Creator of Golden Rice weighs in on the continuing debate
(Summary) Ingo Potrykus, chairman of the Golden Rice Humanitarian Board and former professor of plant sciences at the Swiss Federal ...
GMO debate distracting us from more effective food security interventions
While donors may be quickly seduced by talk of "easy," high-tech solutions to hunger, such as genetic engineering, there may ...
Ontario nixes calls for added GM regulations
The Ontario government has rejected a call from two farmers asking the province to apply tough environmental assessment legislation on ...
In Washington’s GMO labeling campaigns, most money from out of state
For a clear picture of how Washington voters are the target of a national food fight over genetically modified ingredients, ...
Mark Lynas: It’s bad science, but why GMO labels may be inevitable
"In just about three weeks from now, on November 5, Washington State will likely pass a ballot initiative to label ...
Why GMO labeling won’t increase food prices
Next month, voters in Washington will decide whether their state will be the first in the nation to require labeling ...
Mark Bittman: More options for “solving” world hunger than biotechnology
"It’s been 50 years since President John F. Kennedy spoke of ending world hunger, yet on the eve of World ...
Does glyphosate used with herbicide resistant GM crops lead to chemical addiction?
To understand the environmental effects of GMOs, I started by looking at plants genetically modified to be insect-resistant — and concluded that ...
Flood-resistant rice to be developed in the Philippines
Plant breeders are starting to develop flood tolerant rice potentially using genes “COP1” and “Kidari” that can turn out to ...
