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.
EU health commissioner to prioritise talks on GM crop bans
The following is an excerpt. EU health commissioner Tonio Borg intends to prioritise discussions with key European member states about ...
India: GM science caught between faith and denial
The following is an excerpt. The debate surrounding genetically modified or GM foods never seems to end. What we are ...
Actually, new study does NOT prove that GM food is horrible for you
The following is an excerpt. A paper released in December in the journal GM Crops and Food has created quite a stir ...
Greenpeace’s war on world health
The following is an excerpt. If there's anything more annoying than a huckster, it's a self-righteous huckster working for a ...
Scientists discover genetic key to efficient photosynthesis
The following is an excerpt: Cornell researchers have taken a leap toward meeting those needs by discovering a gene that ...
Nigeria can’t afford to neglect biotechnology in agriculture
The following is an excerpt. With a growing population that is expected to hit 400million people by 2050, the question ...
Opinion: My family farm isn’t under “corporate control”
The following is an excerpt. As a farmer who is active on social media, I’ve seen a lot of posts ...
Enviro crusader turns pro-GMO, anti-organic—and anti-logic
The following is an excerpt. [Mark] Lynas is quite correct that the backlash against GMOs is often clouded by emotion ...
Beekeepers petition EU to ban GMOs, pesticides
The following is an excerpt. European beekeepers' battle to save bees and honey from pesticides and genetically engineered contamination kicked ...
EU seeks to revive talks on GMO crop cultivation
The following is an excerpt. The European Union's health chief hopes to revive talks on draft legislation that would allow ...
GM food: A better way of farming or a health risk?
NET WebsiteGM food: A better way of farming or a health risk?MetroYou are what you eat. If that mantra is ...
European association for bioindustries: “Scientific consensus on GM greater than climate change”
The following is an excerpt. “The scientific consensus on genetically modified [GM] crops is even greater than that for climate change”, claims ...
Monsanto’s transgenic soy sowing misery in Latin America
The following is an excerpt. With headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, and multiple locations on all five continents, Monsanto “has ...
French vineyards turn ‘green’ using genetics, robots
The following is an excerpt. An Earth-friendly future for French wine could include disease-resistant grapes, solar-powered robots, and lighter packaging, ...
Jamaica: Senate approves bill to protect plant genetics
The following is an excerpt. THE Senate on Friday passed the Bill providing for the protection of Jamaica's plant genetic ...
If we are to save India from starving, we must embrace GM crops
The following is an excerpt. Each year nine million people die because of hunger and malnutrition. The task of feeding ...
India shouldn’t ban GM crop field trials
The following is an excerpt. Dismissing Parliamentary panel's suggestion to halt all field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops, Agriculture ...
Monsanto files brief in Bowman v. Monsanto
The following is an excerpt. Monsanto Co. filed a brief late Wednesday with the U.S. Supreme Court, which is slated ...
Supreme Court conundrum: How far does a soybean seed patent go?
The following is an excerpt. Though it has received considerably less attention than the Myriad gene patent case, which the ...
Farmers feel label fatigue
The following is an excerpt. Backers of a Washington state initiative that would require the labeling of genetically modified foods ...
How will genetics feed the world?
At a time when the global population is growing and growing largely in the underdeveloped and developing countries, the need ...
Why GMOs are great and why they should be labeled
Earlier this week, I was dismissive of the GMO labeling movement in a way that didn’t do justice to its core concerns. I wrote: Like ...
Activist Vandana Shiva address GMO labeling rally in Hawaii (video)
Edited from the livestream of the event held at the Hawaii State Capitol on January 16, the video contains Dr ...
FDA ruling on GMO salmon worries Alaska fishermen
Making a living on fishing has always been a gamble, but this year Alaska’s fisherfolk have even more cause for ...
DNA test finds horse meat in UK hamburgers
Popular ScienceDNA Test Finds Horse Meat In UK HamburgersPopular ScienceThe Irish version of the FDA, called the FSAI, has found ...
Genetically modified super salmon tries to swim through a hole in the regulatory net
Genetically modified super salmon tries to swim through a hole in the ...Monterey County Weekly“The Environmental Assessment does not adequately ...
‘I was wrong’: How one activist’s apology changes the GMO debate
'I Was Wrong:' How One Activist's Apology Changes the GMO DebateForbes... reaction to the speech by Mark Lynas serves as ...
