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.
Pro-GM crops groups to pitch for use of biotech in farming in India
Amid intense public debate over the impact of Genetically Modified (GM) crops on health and the environment, thousands of farmers ...
GMO fight club: Accusations fly over biotech on Kauai
Amid the latest escalations in the battle over genetically modified crops and biotech in Hawaii, Mark Phillipson, president of the ...
From California to Washington: Who’s paying for GMO-labelling initiative campaigns?
Groups opposed to labeling genetically modified food outspent those in favor 5 to 1 last year when Californians voted on ...
Unscrambling the genetics of the chicken’s ‘blue’ egg
They are the latest foodie fashion and look set to become big business in the baking aisles of all the ...
Iowa State Professor: Genetically modified food is harmless
An Iowa State University food science professor said there is no reason to label foods that contain genetically modified foods ...
Using the tools of biotechnology to advance Dr. Norman Borlaug’s legacy
Three weeks ago I was travelling in central Kenya, meeting smallholder farmers who were growing improved bananas using the tools ...
Study finds no more genetically modified wheat in Oregon supply
A study by Washington State University has found no additional sign of the genetically modified wheat discovered at one Oregon ...
Scientists help deliver genetic one-two blow to deadly wheat disease
A new gene that will equip wheat plants to resist the deadly stem rust disease has been discovered by an ...
New biotech alfalfas aim to improve feeding efficiency
The petition to deregulate the second biotech alfalfa drew sparse public comment. Not unexpectedly, it drew far more anti-biotech responses ...
Could the world love pesticide-free GM crops?
For many consumers, GMOs are a no-go. But, what about GMO seeds that could radically reduce the use of pesticides, ...
European Union tramples rights of GM growers
Last year, across the globe, 17 million farmers sowed billions of genetically engineered seeds in more than 420 million acres of ...
IRRI exec says Philippine golden rice field trial will continue
The field trial for the golden rice variety will continue despite opposition and destruction recently made by protesters in the ...
Let farmers in Africa decide on GM, experts urge
African farmers, whose knowledge on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is very limited, should not be forced to embrace it, but ...
Sunlight triggers jumping gene DNA rearrangement in corn
Genetic parasites consisting of small sets of mobile genes are common in plant chromosomes, and those in corn have been ...
East African scientists defend work on GM
Scientists in East Africa have launched a campaign to defend their work on genetic modification. The scientists say it is ...
Swiss scientists spent 78% of research funds on security
The Swiss government will create a permanently protected area on federal land for experiments with genetically modified (GM) crops. The ...
Chile fights GMO in national protest against ‘Monsanto law’
Thousands of Chileans have rallied against a bill dubbed the “Monsanto law” that would let multinationals patent GMO seeds. Activists ...
Genetic engineering to facilitate food security
Dr Yaa Difie Osei, a Biochemist and Molecular Biologist, has noted that the country is positioning itself to tap deep ...
Genetically modified crops pass benefits to weeds
A genetic-modification technique used widely to make crops herbicide resistant has been shown to confer advantages on a wild form ...
Unclear regulations for GMO food labeling make laws harder to enforce
The central government has made it mandatory to label all genetically modified foods sold in a packaged form, but the ...
Malicious harm to an devastated industry
A friend sends me a picture from the internet. It is shown here below. It originates from a Facebook effort ...
Malicious harm to a devastated orange industry
"Are you ready for a tall glass of GMOs? If they move forward with GMO oranges, you need to know ...
Australia: New genetically modified wheat trial for Victoria
The Victorian Agriculture Department wants to conduct the state's largest genetically modified wheat trial at Horsham, in the state's west ...
Objection to GM crops without assessment, Indian agriculture ministry says
Dismissing concerns expressed by activists and civil society against use of genetically modified (GM) crops in the country, the Indian ...
Spanish GM maize area increases by 20%
The area of land growing genetically modified maize in Spain has increased by almost 20% to record levels. Spanish ministry of ...
GM and the biodiversity balderdash in India
Strong parallels can be drawn between the recent anti-biotech and anti-nuclear movements. To begin with, both have nothing to do ...
Biotechnology’s prospects in the Black Sea region
Around the world, we hear stories of agricultural progress, as more countries join the Gene Revolution. In 2012, Cuba and ...
