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.
Agrochemical industry interest in GMOs “threatens independent science”
Today, independent science is threatened with extinction. While this is true in every field, it is the field of food ...
Costa Rica: March against Monsanto GMOs reaches San Jose, decision stalled
After a one week, 200-kilometer journey which began in Gauancaste, marchers fighting against a plan that would introduce genetically modified ...
Crop contamination from GMOs: USDA suggests sticking small farmers with the bill
A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) advisory board has developed a roadmap on how farmers whose crops become cross-contaminated by ...
GMO regulation: Politicians meddling with little regard for science
Be it salmon, eggplant or BPA, the United States, India or France, politicians have insinuated themselves into the regulatory process ...
Can the damage from agenda-driven junk science be undone?
But can the damage from the Seralini corn study be undone? It is far more probable that this “cancer link” ...
Dr. Oz called out for being too moderate
There has been a firestorm of activity concerning Dr. Oz following his publication of an opinion piece in TIME Magazine ...
Just Label It Campaign Urges Congress to Dump the Biotech Rider
Just Label It Campaign Urges Congress to Dump the Biotech RiderSacramento BeeWASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A national campaign ...
GMO corn may save us from climate change food issues
If we will need climate-resistant corn and other food production plants sooner rather than later, applying a genetic-analysis method used ...
‘Frankenfish’ may never make it to your plate
'Frankenfish' may never make it to your plateNBCNews.com (blog)And scientists worry that its experience with the FDA's lengthy review process ...
Supreme Court will review crucial biotech seed patent case
Supreme Court will review crucial biotech seed patent caseWestern Farm PressMonsanto Co., has created substantial discussion agriculture regarding the scope ...
More action on GMO labels expected next year
Source – Feedstuffs By Rod Smith Date – Dec 1, 2012 Website – www.feedstuffsfoodlink.com Californians may have voted against a ...
Scientists torn over Kenya’s recent GM food ban
Nature.comScientists torn over Kenya's recent GM food banNature.comA cabinet meeting chaired by Kenya's president, Mwai Kibaki, this month (8 November), ...
Cheerios removes app during fury of anti-GMO backlash
According to Ballot Pedia, General Mills donated $1,135,300 for No on Proposition 37 in order to keep their products from ...
Biotechnology is vital to Africa’s strategic interests
By Calestous Juma Global food politics is riddled with paradoxes. While threats to global food security are becoming increasingly evident, ...
Are genetically modified crops finally on their way out of India?
Predictably, the recommendation by an experts’ panel appointed by the Supreme Court - that trials of genetically modified (GM) crops ...
Kenya’s ban on GM foods is a big blow to biotech research
Research institutions, Universities and consumers are biggest losers in a new directive by the Government to ban trade and importation ...
Anti-GMO hoax targets Kaiser-Permanente health group
Last night, a large number of web sites proudly announced that the Kaiser-Permanente health group had advised its subscribers to ...
India: The growing doubt over GM crops
[T]he central character of Indian agriculture, the farmer, is a pitiable picture, with the burdens of ever increasing cost of ...
Dr. Oz “denigrates” organic consumers
In Time magazine, Dr. Mehmet Oz, who once told millions of viewers, "I want you to eat organic foods" and ...
Pressure mounts for retraction of GM crop-cancer study
Pressure mounts for retraction of GM crop-cancer studyNew Scientist (blog)The EFSA concluded that the researchers, led by Gilles-Eric Séralini of ...
Researchers Unlock Secrets of Wheat Genome
Source – Wall Street Journal By Ron Winslow Date – Nov 28, 2012 Website – online.wsj.com Scientists Use a New ...
An interview with anti-GMO crusader Jim Gerritsen
For nearly three decades Jim Gerritsen quietly farmed organic seed potatoes in Aroostook County. These days he is in the ...
Scientists plan to engineer gluten-free wheat
People with serious gluten allergies such as celiac disease now have only one tried-and-true option: swear off all foods containing ...
Ethanol could increase corn prices and exacerbate climate change
The Biofuels Mandate and US Corn PricesCO2 Science MagazineIn a paper recently published in Nature Climate Change, Diffenbaugh et al ...
GM corn in Mexico: Attack on the heart of maize biodiversity
“Corn’s genetic heritage is an intangible asset for all of humanity,” said Carlo Petrini, Slow Food’s president. “We must avoid ...
Wheat genome decoded, scientists hope for improved food security
Scientists have unlocked key parts of the complex genetic code of wheat, one of the world's most important crops, which ...
Africa caught between US and European GMO politics
African countries, Tanzania inclusive, are increasingly getting entangled between two conflicting giants on genetically modified organisms (GMO) issues, and now ...
