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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
EU rejects Seralini report linking GM maize to cancer
The EU's food safety agency definitively rejected Wednesday a bombshell French report linking genetically modified corn to cancer, saying it ...
GMO scare: “A lot of hype with little substance”
If an organization has an issue with a product, any product, I agree that it has the right, perhaps even ...
Court battles over GMOs in Wildlife Refuges
A judge recently ordered Fish and Wildlife Services to halt the planting of genetically engineered crops on the national wildlife ...
Food radicals will fail in court
Source – Wall Street Journal Letter to the Editor by Henry I. Miller, M.D. Date – Nov 26, 2012 Website ...
Watermelon genome data may aid in creating disease-resistant breeds
It is hoped that the genomic data from this study will shape future research into watermelon genetics and provide a ...
Proposition 37: Gone, but probably not forgotten
Supermarket NewsProposition 37 – gone, but probably not forgottenWestern Farm Press (blog)California's Proposition 37, which would have mandated the labeling ...
India’s GM Food Hypocrisy
Source – Wall Street Journal Opinion Asia, by Henry I. Miller Date – Nov 27, 2012 Website – online.wsj.com While ...
GM crops are vital to Africa’s future
If our continent is ever going to feed itself, we’re going to have to beat the odds–and adopt the same ...
Mexico postpones GMO corn plantings
A temporary halt on the planting of GMO corn took place on Thursday, Nov. 22 as it was announced that ...
Kenya issues blanket ban on GM food imports
The recent Cabinet ban on the importation of GM foods citing health risks was unfortunate. It was clear proof that ...
Organic farmers condemn scientific method
If you don't believe in miracles like that organic produce is nutritionally superior or that you can taste GMOs in ...
Scientists: Kenya’s GMO ban will cripple research, deny food to hundreds of thousands
[S]cientists are raising alarm over the blanket ban imposed on genetically modified organisms by public health minister Beth Mugo. Researchers ...
“Natural” food label means almost nothing
GoodFood WorldNaturally, food labeling issue lives onMonterey County HeraldThe campaign against genetically engineered foods didn't disappear with California's defeat of ...
Greenpeace will keep fighting GM
Greenpeace has vowed to continue campaigning against genetically modified (GM) crops in Australia, despite backlash from the farming and scientific ...
Reaction to USDA report splits along predictable lines
It held five meetings, waited until after the election, gained consensus among all but one of its members, sent off ...
Boosting biofuels can mean less food for the poor
Original opening remarks by BEI Young Professionals member Olivette Burton. The bioethical principles of beneficence, justice, and non-malevolence were ...
Organic farmers condemn USDA biotech report
The final USDA report appears to heavily favor biotech farmers. While the report does state that farmers should show respect ...
