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.
International rice institute responds to Tufts’ Golden Rice screw up
Human nutrition studies help us understand how well the beta carotene in Golden Rice is converted to vitamin A or ...
Poll: Are GM crops good for biodiversity?
Our special report, "All creatures great and small," argues that the best way to preserve biodiversity is to encourage growth. Perhaps even ...
Scientists use gene editing to dehorn dairy cattle
In groundbreaking research, University of Minnesota scientists have used a modified gene editing system to produce horn-free dairy cattle genetics ...
Non-GMO foods will account for 30% of US food and beverage sales by 2017
US retail sales of non-GMO foods and beverages are projected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of ...
Africa shouldn’t take GM crops lightly, but neither can it ignore their potential
In the unlikely event that I had forgotten just how controversial and polarizing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are, the past few days ...
The bad science checklist of GMO opponents
One of my favorite science websites is at Science or Not, the author of which, Graham Coghill, claims that “this website will ...
USDA will not take action in case of GMO alfalfa contamination
The detection of a small amount of genetically modified material in a Washington state farmer's non-GMO alfalfa crop constitutes a ...
Growing controversy over GMO bananas in Uganda
Uganda is poised to introduce genetically modified organisms as parliament considers a bill to regulate them. The modified crops could ...
USDA weighing options in Washington GMO alfalfa contamination case
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is evaluating whether or not to take action in the case of a Washington state ...
What does it mean to be genetically modified?
Driving through corn and soybean fields in Wisconsin, Amanda Maxham, Ph.D, a writer and Research Associate with the Ayn Rand ...
Critics: “GMO OMG” is manipulative polemic
The debate surrounding genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, is as complicated as it is controversial. But the reviews coming in for Jeremy ...
Kenya: Ignore propaganda and lift GMO import ban
It is unfortunate that despite well-documented benefits of modern agricultural biotechnology towards improving food security, alleviating poverty, and enhancing socio-economic ...
Careful practices keep GMO and conventional alfalfa separate, farmer says
Washington State agriculture officials announced today that genetically modified alfalfa was found in a field where it shouldn’t have been ...
GLP’s Entine reveals Hawaii anti-GMO campaign breaks spending laws
When Walter Ritte ran for the at-large seat for the Board of Trustees at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, his ...
Kauai’s economy heavily influenced by seed companies
Seed companies on Kauai are a political “hot potato” but according to the numbers they are majors employers that bring ...
Washington State: Port Townsend organic food outlets support GMO labeling
The Food Co-op and the Jefferson County Farmers Markets have endorsed an initiative on the state Nov. 5 general election ...
On Golden Rice, Greenpeace’s greatest fear is that project and science prevail
If the Europe-based activist group Greenpeace were simply struggling it out with Filipino politicians, it would have been easy for ...
Tanzania: Government to endorse GM maize trials soon?
LOCAL seeds experts are optimistic about government move to allow field trials of genetically engineered maize which has already proved ...
Anti-GM NGO supports Union of Concerned Scientists in spat over science credos
The magazine "Boston Review" has published in its September issue "a forum" on GM crops. The "forum" kicked off with ...
Is the Philippines the most ‘GMO-friendly’ country in Southeast Asia?
While Golden Rice is still being tested, a total of 44 GMOs have been approved by the government: 40 for ...
Canadian city hears radically opposing views on GM controversy
Two radically different takes on the issue of genetically-engineered crops were presented to Courtenay Council on Monday. The opposing camps ...
Berkeley City Council considers labeling GM produce
Berkeley City Council has entered the debate over whether to label genetically modified produce, voting Tuesday night to investigate the ...
Testing of GMO rice back on track in the Philippines, scientists say
The Philippine government’s golden rice research project has not been delayed, despite last month’s destruction of a test area in ...
Golden rice is not so golden
Last month, a few news outlets carried a story about Filipino farmers trampling a test plot of genetically engineered (GE) ...
Indian scientists develop 200 GM crops, await government nod for trials
NEW DELHI: Do you think only 'Monsanto' (or any multi-national seed company) has the capacity to develop transgenic crops? The ...
Using GM to increase our stewardship of the soil
I was taught as a young man that we don’t inherit the land from our ancestors—we borrow it from our ...
Washington state testing alfalfa for GMO contamination
Agriculture officials in Washington state are testing samples of alfalfa after a farmer reported his hay was rejected for export ...
