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.
Biotech should be central to food security
The following is an edited excerpt. Scientists worldwide believe that genetic engineering should play a central role in meeting the ...
Monsanto says rogue wheat in Oregon may be sabotage
The following is an edited excerpt. Monsanto said experimental wheat engineered to survive Roundup weedkiller may have gotten into an ...
Monsanto gives up fight for GM plants in Europe
The following is an edited excerpt. The world's largest producer of seeds, Monsanto, has apparently given up on attempts to ...
New York: GE labeling bill goes down in committee
The following is an edited excerpt. A bill introduced into the New York Assembly that would have required the labeling ...
Connecticut passes first GE labeling bill with qualifications
The following is an edited excerpt. Connecticut on Monday became the first state to pass a bill that would require ...
Decoding ‘orphan crop’ genomes could save millions of lives in Africa
The following is an edited excerpt. The future wellbeing of millions of Africans may rest in the unlikely hands of ...
Kansas farmer sues Monsanto after GE wheat found in Oregon field
The following is an edited excerpt. A Kansas farmer has sued seed giant Monsanto over last week's discovery of genetically ...
USDA geneticists search for more nutritious rice
The following is an edited excerpt. U.S. researchers have discovered varieties of rice that appear to have increased calcium and ...
If GM crops are bad, show us the evidence
The following is an edited excerpt. It is nearly 20 years since the first GM crops were grown. Some 28 ...
When journalists say really stupid stuff about genetic engineering
The following is an edited excerpt. I’ve been arguing that the worst misinformation and myths about genetically modified foods has ...
Europe’s anti-GE stance denies Africa the right to feed itself
The following is an edited excerpt. A leading African academic has issued a withering attack on the “petty political mischief” ...
The problem with GE bill is Congressional corruption, not GE foods
The following is an edited excerpt. Only one American industry is provided protection from government interference in the U.S. Constitution ...
Philippines: Organic advocates seeking ban on Golden Rice
The following is an edited excerpt. Euphoric over the ruling against the field testing of genetically modified Bt eggplants, organic ...
South Korea: No GE found in analysis of wheat imports
The following is an edited excerpt. South Korea has not detected genetically modified wheat in initial tests of imports of ...
Target caves to anti-science activists; won’t sell GE salmon
The following is an editorial excerpt. The potential market for genetically engineered salmon continues to shrink as the total number ...
Egypt: Anthropologist attacks GE seeds because they’re ‘imported’
The following is an edited excerpt. Anthropologist Reem Saad warns of the increasing challenges to Egypt’s food sovereignty due to ...
Monsanto backing away from GE crops in Europe
The following is an edited excerpt. Monsanto is not pushing for expansion of genetically modified crops in most of Europe ...
Feminist site on the March against Monsanto: Everyone please just shut up
The following is an edited excerpt. Last week, the U.S. Senate rejected an amendment proposed would have allowed states to ...
GMO Truthers need to be kicked out of the Progressive movement
The following is an edited excerpt. I consider myself to be part of the "far left." I also have multiple ...
Japan suspends some imports of U.S. wheat after GM wheat discovered in Oregon
The following is an edited excerpt. Japan has suspended some imports of wheat from the United States after genetically engineered wheat ...
Natural News: GM wheat in Oregon means “Genetic Apocalypse” is here
The following is an edited excerpt. The genetic apocalypse we've been warning about for years may have already begun. The ...
A skeptical look at NYC’s “March Against Monsanto”
The following is an edited excerpt. First off, if you’re going to have a protest about how we’re all being ...
GM wheat growing on a farm in Oregon: So what?
The following is an edited excerpt. It's no big deal because the answer is that it is as at least ...
Former anti-GM writer: Movement continue to disappoint
The following is an edited excerpt. Here are three questions to ponder today. 1. What does it say about a ...
Why genetic modification myths are so appealing and powerful
The following is an edited excerpt. While I admire this optimism and agree that we should continue to engage in ...
Senate rejects GM food labeling measure, farmers relieved
The following is an edited excerpt. On Thursday, the U.S. Senate rejected an amendment to the 2013 U.S. Farm Bill ...
Roundup-resistant bees seized in Illinois, sparking legal controversy
The following is an edited excerpt. The Illinois Ag Dept. illegally seized privately owned bees from renowned naturalist, Terrence Ingram, ...
