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.
Himalayan sea salt promoted by activists as non-GMO has lead, arsenic, plutonium and more
The following is an edited excerpt. Yesterday I wrote about a website I found HERE and could not believe my eyes. It ...
Monsanto: More Saint than Sinner
The following is an edited excerpt. Monsanto is the Devil Incarnate, a ruthless corporation hell bent upon forcing their unnatural ...
Union of Concerned Scientists embraces anti-science views on crop biotech
The following is an edited excerpt. Let me begin by saying I love the Union of Concerned Scientists. They’ve been ...
Bill Gates: Technology, including GE, key to reducing world poverty
The following is an edited excerpt. Nothing improves an economy as efficiently as agriculture, the Microsoft founder said. Investing in ...
US State Department promotes GE crops overseas; activists howl
The following is an edited excerpt. If you have a feeling that genetically modified (GM) foods are being forced upon ...
Anti-biotech critics propose killing Hawaiian papaya crop
The following is an edited excerpt. Genetic engineering opponents turned out in force Tuesday before the Hawaii County Council to ...
Vermont: Legislature wants Monsanto to label its GMOs
The following is an edited excerpt. Monsanto, the often vilified agribusiness corporate giant, is back in the news. First, the ...
The work of a scientist on GM crops in Africa
The following is an edited excerpt. She has addressed the world’s leaders at the UN. She has sat in the ...
Huh? Anti-biotech group confirms salt is definitely not a GMO
The following is an edited excerpt. Here's how we know that science is dead in the anti-GMO movement. The Non-GMO ...
Food activists claim pro-biotech forces promoting genocide
The following is an edited excerpt. While it is true regarding Reagan's apparent approval of genocide in Guatemala, the same ...
Anti-biotech activist Jeffrey Smith peddles pseudo-science
The following is an edited excerpt. When the definitive history of the GMO debate is written, Jeffrey Smith is going ...
Farmers who try biotech seeds come back for more
The following is an edited excerpt. Last year, too dry. This year, too wet. Spring planting is never perfect in ...
Sustainability bonus: Boll worm resistant cotton eliminates pesticide use
The following is an edited excerpt. Thanks to the genetic trait in our cotton that makes it resistant to the ...
Monsanto folds after SCOTUS win, citing high costs of buying off scientists
The following is an edited excerpt. Hours after their victory in the Supreme Court, seed and chemical giant Monsanto filed for bankruptcy ...
Tanzania plans to grow Bt cotton by 2020
The following is an edited excerpt. Tanzania plans to start growing Bt cotton by 2020 once the Government aided research ...
Grist on wrong side of science in embarrassing anti-biotech jihad
The following is an edited excerpt. Thirty years ago, scientists figured out how to directly modify the genes in our ...
Kloor blog deconstructs crop biotech labeling debate
The following is an edited excerpt. There are two camps that favor labeling genetically modified [GM] foods: 1) The “Right ...
Organic supporters peddle fear in push for labeling
The following is an edited excerpt. Most everybody knows that GMO labelling is the pet project of the U.S. organic ...
Nigeria pushes GM food crops
The following is an edited excerpt. Nigeria hopes to use biotechnology to help feed its growing population as the country ...
Turkey suspends official who falsely reported GMO in rice, stirring scare
The following is an edited excerpt. There is no genetically modified rice that is being traded in the world and ...
Gaia “health food” blog launches new anti-biotech scare campaign
The following is an edited excerpt. I knew this day would come. I suppose it's been here for a while, ...
Activist falsely claim crop genes destroy human digestive system
The following is an edited excerpt. Labeling foods containing genetically modified ingredients will enable us to choose to avoid them ...
Anti-GMO campaigners label non-bruising apples with misleading “botox” label
The following is an edited excerpt. Americans may soon be biting into the future of apples. Pending approval by the ...
Activist distortion: New biotech crops contain Agent Orange
The following is an edited excerpt. Politicians may not always listen to the people, but USDA heard the people loud ...
Monsanto protests scheduled in 36 countries
An international protest planned for later this month against biotechnology company Monsanto is slated to span six continents and include ...
Anti-GM fears, bad science lead to false confiscation of rice in Turkey
The following is an edited excerpt of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. The 21,000 ...
South Africa: Anti-GM activists target baby food
The following is an edited excerpt of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. The African ...
