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.
Why would a biotech company keep a secret herd of goats?
The typical image of a modern biological research lab involves high-tech machinery and table-sized microscopes; at most, there might be ...
A rebuttal to Mark Lynas’ GMO reversal
If you want to get your name splattered all over the web, there’s nothing like recanting your once strongly held ...
Organic rye and the controversy over GMOs
The use of genetically modified organisms (G.M.O.'s, or GE's) is a hot and volatile topic in the world of sustainable ...
The flip-flopper of the GMO debate
Mark Lynas has recently made one of the most dramatic shifts in position the food world has ever seen. Once ...
In defense of Monsanto
I want to talk about something today, and I hope that it does not result in my office getting burned ...
EU asks citizens to join debate on GM food
The European Union on Tuesday took the debate about genetically modified crops to the public with a survey asking citizens ...
Hybrid, open-pollinated, genetically modified: when it comes to seeds, what does it all mean?
Seeds seem so simple. They’re small, sometimes so small that hundreds can fit into the palm of your hand. They’re ...
Pro-biotech speech by environmental activist generates international buzz
Environmental activist Mark Lynas generated substantial buzz this week by boldly explaining his conversion from staunch opponent of genetically modified ...
Groups criticize delay in release of GE salmon documents
Groups criticize delay in release of GE salmon documentsLexology (registration)... campaign asking its followers to submit comments. “We have until ...
Synthetic farm virus built in lab
A synthetic version of the Schmallenberg virus has been made in the laboratory by Scottish scientists. The research raises hopes ...
Key found in fight against farm pest diamondback moth
Scientists have uncovered the "evolutionary trick" of one of the world's worst agricultural pests, the diamondback moth. Diamondback moths wreak ...
India under pressure to allow GM foods
India is the second most populous country in the world and consumes agricultural produce marketed as staple food in large ...
Institute of Food Science & Technology to sponsor free food science webinar
FoodManufacture.co.uk and the Institute of Food Science & Technology are sponsoring a free public webinar on food science and technology ...
Monsanto versus the people
Exploiting their patent on transgenic corn, soybean and cotton, Monsanto asserts an insidious control of those agricultural industries in the ...
Institute of Food Science & Technology to sponsor free food science webinar
FoodManufacture.co.uk and the Institute of Food Science & Technology are sponsoring a free public webinar on food science and technology ...
Like it or not, the future of food involves GM
With consumer demand for minimally processed, fresh-like food, it is inevitable that food ingredient innovation will step up to meet ...
Safer food: New biotech uses DNA to screen for bacteria faster than ever
Chicken meat and other foods will be able to be screened for bacteria even faster and more effectively than ever, ...
Institute of Food Science & Technology to sponsor free food science webinar
FoodManufacture.co.uk and the Institute of Food Science & Technology are sponsoring a free public webinar on food science and technology ...
UK government’s enthusiasm for GM not matched in developing nations
Britain wants GM food to be grown commercially. After years of encouraging developing countries in Africa and elsewhere to grow them, but unable to ...
Politics and the poor man’s plate
Source – Defining Ideas, Hoover Institution By Henry I. Miller Date – Jan 10, 2013 Website – www.hoover.org Bureaucrats and ...
Science and the debate on GM crops
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)Science and the Debate on Genetically Modified CropsCouncil on Foreign Relations (blog)Opponents label it as “Frankenfood,” ...
Activist farmers join Monsanto protest
Nearly 300 family farmers, activists, and members of Food Democracy Now! gathered in front of the White House today, directly ...
India urged to adopt autonomous biotech regulatory authority
Noted agricultural scientist and Rajya Sabha member M.S. Swaminathan on Tuesday stressed the need for putting in place an autonomous ...
Colorado next target of anti-biotech groups?
Several Colorado agricultural groups are on high alert for the possible introduction of new legislation targeting genetically modified crops this ...
Mark Lynas has “discovered high school biology,” now it’s time to go to college
The “conversion” of Mark Lynas has taken the world by storm, a bad guy suddenly sees the light and dresses ...
India’s prime minister calls for a scientific approach to GM crops
India's Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh called for a scientific approach for dealing with contentious issues such as genetically modified ...
Transgenic crops cut toxins, boost ecosystem
Environmentalists who are skeptical about genetically modified crops should think again, judging from a study published last June. Researchers reported in ...
