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.
Europe needs genetically engineered crops, scientists say
The following is an excerpt. The European Union cannot meet its goals in agricultural policy without embracing genetically engineered crops ...
Clive James: The go-to source for biotechnology crop data
The following is an excerpt. There’s only one place to find comprehensive global data on biotech crops, and it’s not ...
UK: The government’s backing of GM foods is short-sighted and wrong
The following is an excerpt. The call to relax the rules on GM crops from Sir Mark Walport, government chief ...
Farmers’ battles with weeds are aided, not hurt, by biotech
The following is an excerpt. When the biotechnology antagonists try to stoke fear by warning about “superweeds,” they make these ...
Video: Interview with CEO of AquaBounty
The following is an excerpt. Karl Haro von Mogel from Biology Fortified interviewed Ron Stonish, President and CEO of AquaBounty at the 2013 ...
Peru says no to GMO
The following is an excerpt. Peru was the cradle of the Inca Empire, and today it’s home to many crops indigenous ...
EU GMO policy paradox: Farmers can’t plant GM corn, but it can be imported
The following is an excerpt. Europe needs to embrace genetically engineered crops or face economic decline, according to a group ...
GMO food labeling drive heats up
The following is an excerpt. New efforts to force labelling of foods made with genetically modified crops, including a bill introduced by ...
GM salmon’s global HQ – 1,500m high in the Panamanian rainforest
The following is an excerpt. The US government this week enters the final stages of its deliberationson whether to allow commercial ...
Six reasons organic is NOT the most environmentally friendly way to farm
The following is an excerpt. Contrary to widespread consumer belief, organic farming is not the best way to farm from an environmental ...
Oh, no! GMOs are going to kill your babies and permanently change your gene expression!
The following is an edited excerpt. Heidi Stevenson amuses me. I know, I know, I’ve started a previous post with exactly ...
Should Maine require labeling for genetically modified food?
The following is an excerpt. The national debate over genetically modified food moved to the State House on Tuesday, pitting ...
Don’t label genetically modified foods
The following is an excerpt. Foods derived from crops improved through biotechnology have been subjected to more scrutiny than any ...
Genetic modification, a hot topic at Food Dialogues
The following is an excerpt. As an estimated 20,000 people descended upon Chicago for the annual BIO convention, assembling to ...
Genetic modification, a hot topic at food dialogues: Part one
The following is an excerpt. Amid the enormous Chicago-based BIO convention, USFRA gathers stakeholders to talk about GM crops and ...
Global economic benefits of GM crops reach almost $100 billion
The following is an excerpt. In a press release by PG Economics, biotech crops on its sixteenth year of commercialization has delivered ...
Lobby groups want ban on GM foods lifted to boost maize stocks
The following is an excerpt. Players in the cereals and bulk storage sector are pushing to have the ban on ...
Canada: Genetically modified food is welcome innovation
The following is an excerpt. Innovation is key to keeping Canada’s agricultural sector strong and science-based regulatory systems ensure that ...
Let’s protect biotech crops from environmental zealots
The following is an excerpt. President Barack Obama signed a six-month funding bill on March 27 to little fanfare, with ...
Genetically engineered salmon company expects US regulatory OK in 2013
The following is an excerpt. CHICAGO, April 23 (Reuters) - AquaBounty Technologies Inc expects regulatory approval by the fourth quarter ...
Why Tanzania must accelerate agricultural biotechnology research
The following is an excerpt. When Dr. Joseph Ndunguru of Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute speaks about cutting edge science, he ...
Genetic study finds Ice Age salmon refuge
The following is an excerpt. An area of coastal waters around North-West France has been identified as a site for ...
Eating GMO pickles will not turn any body part bald
The GLP apologizes for any confusion caused when we posted the satirical article mentioned below in our Daily Digest without ...
GMOs good for Africa’s development, says Harvard don
The following is an excerpt. technology and genetic engineering have the potential to do for agriculture what mobile technology has ...
Canada: Organic farmers, opposition ask feds to stall genetically-modified alfalfa sales
The following is an excerpt. Organic farmers are calling on the federal government to put the brakes on the commercial ...
Vermont: Legislators moving quickly on GMO labeling bill
The following is an excerpt. Before the Vermont House closes the legislative session sometime next month, lawmakers could still vote ...
GMOs — frightening and full of possibility
The following is an excerpt. The brave new world of genetic engineering is here. And its future, while scary, is ...
