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.
UK’s GM trials to go ahead next year
Scientists will go ahead with plans to plant genetically modified (GM) crops in the UK next year, despite vandalism during ...
Will Monsanto destroy Mexico’s corn?
Aljazeera.comWill Monsanto destroy Mexico's corn?Aljazeera.comThose in the North fear the high costs and debts associated with transgenic corn, while the ...
The future of food: Are there alternatives to GMOs?
By 2050, we need to figure out how to not only feed but also nourish the three billion new people ...
How the food movement is gaining strength
More and more people are realizing that our food chain is in crisis. Agribusiness has made profits more important than ...
“We’re not backing down,” says Pamm Larry, who led the charge to get Prop 37 on the ballot
One of the pro-37 campaigners [was] none other than Pamm Larry, the now internationally known grandmother from Chico who initiated ...
“RIPE” project to increase crops’ photosynthetic efficiency
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has received a five–year, $25-million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to ...
Russia to tighten reigns on GMO industry
Russia will soon adopt a tough legislation to limit the cultivation, importation and use of GMO in feed production for ...
UK, Kenya, China: doing the GMO two-step
Gotta love the candor of UK Environment Secretary Owen Paterson, who reportedly called consumer opposition to genetically modified (GM) food ...
Canada: Food security and GM food regulation growing issues
Food security a growing issueNorth Shore NewsRichmond, Powell River, Salt Spring Island, Nelson, Rossland and Kaslo have enacted bylaws banning ...
Arctic GMO apple: Is it getting closer?
Is the GMO apple getting closer to reality? I talked to one source this week who believes the USDA decision on the GMO ...
Honeybee epigenetics may explain why bees are so sensitive to environmental changes
Scientists from the University of Sheffield, Queen Mary, University of London and the Australian National University, have found that honeybees ...
Uganda must beware of GM foods
The government of Uganda is in final stages of introducing Genetically Modified (GM) crops in the country as a quick ...
UK: GM food row sparked by DEFRA minister’s support
The row about genetically modified (GM) food re-ignited this week after a government minister said there were “real environmental benefits” associated with ...
‘Golden Rice’ scandal tarnishes ethics committee
'Golden Rice' scandal tarnishes ethics committeeGlobal TimesThe results of an investigation into the infamous experiment of "Golden Rice," a genetically ...
Speed up roll-out of GM crops, says British prime minister
Source – The Telegraph (UK) By Christopher Hope Date – Dec 10, 2012 Website – www.telegraph.co.uk European Union bureaucrats are ...
Scottish government responds to UK minister’s pro-GM comments
In view of the UK Food Minister's pronouncements on GM today ('Food minister Owen Paterson backs GM crops') we publish ...
New evidence of Prop 37 voting fraud?
After election day most of us heard that Prop 37, the initiative to label GMO foods failed to gather enough ...
ABC’s Jim Avila launches another fishy food attack
ABC's Avila Launches Fishy Food AttackBeef Magazine (blog)“Avila began his attack on AquaBounty in almost the exact same way that ...
UK food minister backs GM crops
Telegraph.co.ukFood minister Owen Paterson backs GM cropsTelegraph.co.ukThe Coalition has so far allowed small-scale cultivation trials for GM food but its ...
Cheerios anti-GM attacks demonstrate a need for food transparency
General Mills' Cheerios Facebook Page Morphs into an Anti-GMO CampaignTriple PunditConsumers focused on the issue of transparency and right-to-know, and ...
Anti-GM activists rally in India
Campaign against genetically modified food products takes rootTimes of IndiaCHANDIGARH: Even as MNCs are trying to woo various state governments ...
Seralini paper to blame for Kenya’s GMO ban
Seralini Paper Influences Kenya Ban of GMO ImportsForbesBags containing 'MON 810', a variety of genetically modified maize (corn) developed by ...
China sacks three officials for GMO rice test
China sacks three officials for GMO rice test: XinhuaNBCNews.com (blog)By Reuters. China has fired three officials for testing genetically modified ...
Vermont ‘prioritizes’ GMO food labeling law
Debate over GMO labeling law in VermontWCAXWhen University of Vermont student Danielle Piraina heads to the grocery store, she steers ...
Indian farmer calls for access to biotechnology
Farming in India has reached a very crucial phase. In a scenario of rising consumption needs and aspirations, and dwindling ...
Costa Rica battles Monsanto over GMO corn
(NaturalNews) With the exception of about 1,000 acres of land that have been devoted to the cultivation of transgenic crops ...
How to build a better tomato using genetics
Since plants were first grown for food, farmers, and more recently plant breeders, have selected their best plants, saved the ...
