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.
Burger King finds horse DNA at Irish plant
The following is an excerpt. LONDON – Burger King has found traces of horse DNA at a plant that supplied ...
India farmer suicides a case of misplaced GM blame
The following is an excerpt. Numbers are hazy and disputed, but since 1995, facing crippling debt, thousands of Indian farmers ...
EU report urges caution on GE food
The following is an excerpt. A new report, “Late lessons from early warnings: science, precaution, innovation,” from the European Environment ...
Indian farmers trapped and desperate
The following is an excerpt. A wave of suicides has swept through the Indian farming community in recent years as, ...
GMO labeling to appear on Washington State’s ballot
The following is an excerpt. Anti-biotechnology activists submitted 350,000 signatures from registered Washington voters to put a proposed genetic modification ...
No ‘silver bullet’ for feeding the world’s hungry
The following is an excerpt. What’s the greatest challenge to growing enough food to feed 7 billion – or even, ...
Anti-biotechs promote subsistence level farming
The following is an excerpt. The dream world lead by Luddites and New Age gurus are proposing a return to ...
Drumbeat for GM labeling getting louder
Drumbeat for bioengineering labeling getting louderFood Business News (registration)Connie Tipton, president and chief executive officer of the International Dairy Foods ...
Chickpea genome map to benefit poor farmers
The following is an excerpt. A team of agricultural researchers from Asia, Australia, Europe and North America, led by the ...
Company gives up on approval for GM potatoes in Europe
The following is an excerpt. BASF SE (BAS.XE) has given up seeking approval for genetically modified potatoes in Europe, the ...
Letter: GM crop bans are unnecessary in Canada
Editor's Note: this letter is a response from Lorne Hepworth, president of CropLife Canada, to Victoria News in response to ...
Organic community ready to bounce back after 2012 setbacks
The following is an excerpt. The end of 2012 raised quite a few eyebrows and much ire as some quiet ...
The myth of India’s ‘GM genocide’
Several news outlets are reporting that GM crops are causing a wave suicides in Indian farmers, but the theory isn't ...
Proposed bill in Missouri would require GMO labeling
The following is an excerpt. Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-District 5, has proposed SB 155, which would require labeling on all ...
Majority of Greek farmers favor GM maize?
The following is an excerpt. According to a study published in the Journal of Agribiotechnology Management and Economics 61% of ...
‘Scarecrow’ gene enhances photosynthesis
A recently discovered gene could lead to new varieties of staple crops that have 50 percent higher yields. By 2050, ...
Why cloned animals aren’t identical
The following is an excerpt. Cloned animals are normally considered to be more alike than those that are conceived naturally, ...
Taxpayers don’t have to pay for overpriced food labels
PolicyMicFarm Bill Cuts $22 Million From Organic Food Funding: Taxpayers Don't Have to ...PolicyMicIn November, California voters rejected Proposition 37, ...
AquaBounty GM salmon worries some scientists
The following is an editorial summary. Whether or not the AquaBounty GM salmon is of concern to "scientists" as a ...
India: Agriculture minister suspects U.S. lobbies of funding anti-GM campaigns
The following is an excerpt. NAGPUR: Union agriculture minister andNCPsupremoSharadPawar gave a new twist to the controversy on genetically modified (GM) crops like ...
GMO labeling campaign promises return in 2014
The following is an excerpt. The failed California Right to Know campaign says it will be back in 2014 with ...
Biology Fortified proposes a wiki for GMOs
The following is an excerpt. Today there may be the kind of critical mass necessary to move [a GMO wiki ...
The muddled debate about pesticides and GM crops
Science 2.0The Muddled Debate About Pesticide And GM CropsScience 2.0The supporters of crop biotechnology need to maintain the perspective that ...
Who’s afraid of GMOs?
Who's afraid of GMOs?National PostJeremy Rifkin was the first junk dealer to make big money by scaring people about the ...
A new future for an old crop: Barley enters the genomics age
The following is an excerpt. The barley genome is almost twice the size of that of humans and determining the ...
GM ‘toxic gene’ headlines are grossly inaccurate
The following is an excerpt. A recent paper in the journal GM Crops and Food has generated an outsized splash in the press, particularly ...
Transgenic salmon prove tough to tackle
The following is an excerpt. On January 9, the Clatsop County, Oregon Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution asking ...
