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.
Luddites are losing the battle over GM crops
The following is an edited excerpt. Most speech writers would have advised a more cautious line of attack. Most spin ...
Malaysia: Bioengineered crops are agriculture’s green bravura
The following is an edited excerpt. Bacillus thuringiensis (or Bt) crops and food have another name. Because they are developed ...
Bad science about GE foods: It reminds me of the antivaccine movement (revisited)
The following is an edited excerpt. I never used to write much about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) before. I still ...
Supreme Court ruling won’t impact agribusiness research of GE foods, law prof argues
The following is an edited excerpt. A University of Iowa law professor says the U.S. Supreme Court has given new ...
Nigeria: GE foods for sale by 2015, minister says
The following is an edited excerpt. The Minister of Science and Technology, Prof Ita Ewa, said at the weekend that ...
Maine: Backers of GE labeling unthinkingly buy conspiracy-based arguments
The following is an edited excerpt. That the Maine Legislature has determined that the bottle of canola oil I buy ...
Meet Calestous Juma, Africa’s GE crop ‘optimist’
The following is an edited excerpt. When Calestous Juma was 9 years old, floods inundated his family’s village. Port Victoria ...
Prime Minister Cameron wants GM crops grown in Britain
The following is an edited excerpt. David Cameron has given the clearest signal yet that the government wants to see ...
Chipotle becomes first US restaurant chain to voluntarily label GE foods
The following is an edited excerpt. The recent decision by Whole Foods Market to label all genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) sold ...
Resistance to biotech is robbing consumers of affordable food
The following is an edited excerpt. When a farmer discovered biotech wheat on a remote field in eastern Oregon in ...
Careless farming could cost us benefits of GM crops
The following is an edited excerpt. Resistance is far from futile. Agricultural pests are evolving immunity to the toxins in ...
For science denialism, visit Food Democracy Now
The following is an editorial summary. David Tribe uses images from the "Food Democracy Now!" Facebook page to highlight the ...
Biotech wheat inevitable, industry says
The following is an excerpt. Idaho Wheat Commission Executive Director Blaine Jacobson believes commercial genetically modified wheat in the U.S ...
Grist touts discredited GM pig study
The following is an excerpt. You’ll remember, I’m sure, the recent brouhaha over a French study by scientist Gilles-Eric Séralini that purported ...
Scientists shred study that says genetically modified food makes pigs sick
The following is an excerpt. A new study that links genetically modified (GM) foods to stomach inflammation in pigs, is misleading and ...
From ‘I smell a rat’ to ‘when pigs fly’, bad science makes its rounds
The following is an excerpt. From ‘I smell a rat‘ to ‘when pigs fly’, bad science has been making the ...
Five insects evolve resistance to engineered seeds, study says
The following is an excerpt. Five of 13 major crop pests have evolved resistance to corn and cotton genetically engineered ...
Maine Legislature easily passes GMO food labeling bill
The following is an excerpt. The state’s Senate unanimously approved a similar version of the bill on Wednesday, after House ...
A modest proposal about how to do GMO food labeling right
The following is an excerpt. Should food with ingredients from genetically engineered crops - "GMOs" - be labeled? Many argue ...
As health fears ebb, Africa looks at easing GM crop bans
The following is an excerpt. African countries keen to improve crop yields, reduce hunger and protect themselves from climate change ...
Pollan and Bittman, the Morano and Milloy of GMO anti-science
The following is an excerpt. Why do food writers think they are competent to evaluate the scientific literature? I know ...
Where food comes from: Review of DC biotech crop forum
The following is an excerpt. Though likely unbeknownst to many, much of the food sold in grocery stores today has ...
The collateral damage of tripe
The following is an excerpt. The latest attack on science comes from a report from renowned anti-GM activist Judy Carman ...
Richard Dawkins talks about GMO crops
The following is an excerpt. Thirteen years ago, Richard Dawkins, noted secularist, author and evolutionary biologist, wrote an open letter to Prince Charles, ...
Panama expects benefits from world’s first GM salmon
The following is an excerpt. Panama's researchers have played a key role in creating a rapidly growing salmon that may ...
British Science Minister: Europe must back GM or just be an old-tech museum
The following is an excerpt. Britain is urging the European Union to ease restrictions on genetically modified crops and other ...
Biotech crops vs. pests: The first billion acres
The following is an excerpt. Since 1996, farmers worldwide have planted more than a billion acres (400 million hectares) of ...
