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.
Enviropig improved: scientists develop new line of transgenic pigs
The following is an excerpt. CANADA - A research team at the University of Guelph has developed a new line ...
The real seeds of deception
The following is an edited excerpt. In October, Dan Charles, NPR’s food and agriculture correspondent, wrote an excellent piece headlined: ...
Resurrecting a forest
The following is an edited excerpt. For the cover story in the April 2013 issue of National Geographic, I explore an ...
The double standard for Golden Rice
The following is an edited excerpt. When I saw that NPR was doing a story on Golden Rice I was ...
Whole Foods’ business case for GMO labeling
The following is an edited excerpt. Whole Foods pleased many of its shoppers, and most of its critics, when it ...
You wanted GMO food labels? The marketplace is listening
The following is an edited excerpt. It’s a victory for the consumers who worry about genetically engineered foods that Whole ...
Nine things you should know about GMOs
The following is an excerpt. By 2018, you’ll know exactly whether or not your favorite products at Whole Foods have ...
Mark Lynas: truth, treachery and GM food
The following is an excerpt. Mark Lynas spent years destroying genetically modified crops in the name of the environment. Now ...
In defense of crop patents
The following is an excerpt. Patents involving plants are often portrayed as a seriously negative phenomenon. In fact, they play an important ...
Whole Foods to label all genetically modified products by 2018
The following is an excerpt. Whole Foods Market, the supermarket chain known for its organic inventory, said Friday that it ...
Agricultural policies have a huge impact on nutrition
The following is an edited excerpt. India’s efforts to fight malnutrition may not bear fruit unless there is greater focus ...
Japan, seeking non-GM crops, will buy soybeans from Ukraine
The following is an edited excerpt. Japan’s Sojitz Corp. said it will import Ukrainian soybeans for the first time as ...
Anti-GM ad uses Seralini study to try to swing WA vote
The following is an edited excerpt. The TV advertisement linking genetically modified crops to tumours in rats is encouraging people ...
Editorial: Pass the food labeling bill
The following is an edited excerpt. Harm from consuming genetically modified foods is well down our list of human health ...
Nigeria: Biotech will aid food security, alleviate poverty
The following is an excerpt. Application of biotechnology techniques in animal agriculture will improve livestock industry to adequately support food ...
Australia: Head of top agriculture forecasting body condemns GM bans
The following is an excerpt. Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics and Sciences executive director Paul Morris said the ...
GM crops gaining ground in China
The following is an excerpt. China has 4 million hectares planted with genetically modified (GM) crops, making it one of ...
20 years out, biotech crops hold no surprises
The following is an excerpt. A review of 20 years of research on compositional equivalence of biotech crops and traditionally-bred ...
Top 5 lies about GM crops
The following is an excerpt. The Institute for Responsible Technology, an organization opposed to crop biotechnology, has published a list of reasons ...
Canadian farmers embracing genetically engineered crops
The following is an edited excerpt. If you wanted to buy Canadian canola oil that wasn't produced from a genetically ...
The push to label genetically modified foods in Florida
The following is an edited excerpt. Do you have a right to know what's in your food? A big battle ...
Anti GM-salmon petition nears one million supporters
The following is an edited excerpt. Almost one million people have signed an online petition to stop the US approving ...
A scientific look at genetically modified organisms
The following is an edited excerpt. Two weeks ago, I tackled the subject of “natural” in reference to foods and ...
Food crisis will prompt GM foods rethink, says US aide
The following is an edited excerpt. A food crisis may be necessary to make EU consumers understand the value of ...
Using genetics to bust herbicide resistance in weeds
The following is an excerpt. Herbicide resistance in weed species is one of the roadblocks to increased cereal yields and ...
Zimbabwe: Maize shortage renews GM debate
The following is an excerpt. HARARE, 4 March 2013 (IRIN) - A major shortage of maize has sent the price ...
Swiss government site to protect GM studies from activist damage
The following is an excerpt. A new Swiss government-protected GM crop site will act as an example to other European ...
