Daily Food & Agriculture Digest
GM crops and real risk
The World Apple Report has tracked the perilous road that Okanagan Specialty Fruits has been travelling to get approval for ...
GMOs may feed the world using fewer pesticides
Walter De Jong shouts over the roar of fans in the greenhouse. He’s telling me about the seedlings beside him, ...
Purdue scientists identify two genes in soybean that could prevent $250 million in lost yield
Purdue University researchers have identified two genes within the soybean genome that are highly resistant to a soilborne pathogen that ...
UK: Farmer recalls GM rapeseed trial after Monsanto’s decision
Monsanto Co.'s decision to withdraw applications for approval of genetically modified crops in the European Union was "deeply disappointing," said ...
UK: Public fears over ‘Frankenstein food’ may be easing, poll finds
More people support rather than oppose the growing of genetically modified crops and more of them are prepared to buy ...
Debate: Is the FDA’s review process for GE animals fit for purpose?
To explore whether the regulatory process in question is fit for purpose, the Food & Drug Law Institute's Food and ...
Pooping Canada geese may have spread GM wheat seeds
Canada geese may have spread viable seeds of genetically modified wheat grown at the Central Experimental Farm, documents from Agriculture ...
Sequenced palm oil genome paves the way for sustainable plantations
Few environmentalists feel any fondness for the oil palm, with its connections to deforestation in the tropics. But the waxy ...
India: Supreme Court committee says no to GM crops for now
A Supreme Court appointed committee had recommended an indefinite moratorium on field trials of Genetically Modified (GM) crops till the ...
GE in the UK: A change of heart
The 1990s saw a public outcry against genetically modified (GM) foods in the U.K. Activists slashed and pulled up GM ...
NBC Latino looks at the GE food debate
In the past two months alone, there have been international marches against Monsanto, which produces genetically modified seeds, in more ...
Ghana approves first GE crops for trials
Ghana's Biosafety Bill was given Presidential assent to become law, after it has been in Parliament for four years. The ...
Russia to increase production of GE despite scientific uncertainty
The Government of the Russian Federation approved a "roadmap" to increase the production of GMOs. The move will be done ...
Finanical Times editorial: Europe is right to be cautious over GM crops
Monsanto, the US agricultural group, has abandoned its decade-long bid for permission to grow a range of genetically modified crops ...
Taiwan: Transgenic wood-eating pigs would cut waste
Tunghai University professor Cheng Teng-kuei, known as Taiwan’s cattle cloning pioneer, is working on splicing genes from cellulose-digesting microbes in ...
Kloor: Green America takes on GE
As if the meaning of “natural” wasn’t already overly twisted for ideological and commercial purposes. Check out this campaign recently launched ...
Anti-GE activists force Naked Juice to drop ‘All Natural’ label
Some companies have begun voluntarily alerting us to the presence of GMOs in their products. In most cases, companies go ...
Kenya, where GE foods are banned—for now
When Kenya banned imports of genetically modified organisms, it was one of the most comprehensive moves against GM crops outside ...
Natural products association believes market-driven approach better than laws for GE labeling
A market-driven approach that allows consumers to opt for foods made without genetically modified ingredients is preferable to mandatory labeling ...
UK: Europe risks being ‘left behind’ over GM food, Cameron says
Europe risks being "left behind" after one of the world's biggest genetically modified crop companies confirmed it is effectively pulling ...
Resistance to ag biotech: The importance of distinguishing between weak and strong attitudes
The following is an edited excerpt. In 2012, a record 17.3 million farmers grew biotech crops on 170 million hectares ...
Monsanto to drop all requests for new GM crops in EU
The following is an edited excerpt. US seed producer Monsanto has said it would withdraw all new requests to grow ...
Brazil is the world’s second largest GE producer
The following is an edited excerpt. Brazil is the second largest producer of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the world, ...
Science Resources that support biotechnology and GMO in food
Where can I find solid information resources on biotechnology, genetically modified organisms, and the seemingly endless list of science issues ...
Don’t let critics derail GE advantages
The Central Valley is the hotbed of California's agricultural output, producing over $13 billion worth of food products each year, ...
“Organic” is one of the most confusing labels, report says
The label “organic” is one of the most confusing for consumers, says a new report by the Natural Foods Merchandiser ...
GMOs and the American Chestnut: Risky Business?
How far out on a limb would you go to bring back an icon of the American forest? First, a ...