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.
Fungi offer non-GM way to enhance food crops
JOHANNESBURG, 7 November 2012 (IRIN) - As temperatures soar and droughts increase in frequency, scientists around the world are working ...
India: 10-year moratorium on GM crops proposed
Doing business in India is about to get harder for genetically modified seed companies like Monsanto, an article in this ...
Mom: you owe your kids “yes” on 37
My stance, as a mother, is clear: I will do everything in my power to avoid subjecting my baby boy ...
What does Prop 37 actually say?
Unfortunately, as with any political debate these days, there’s a lot of mud slinging and less than accurate information coming ...
Green movement sees Prop 37 as battle against “Big Food”
The green movement’s worldview today is the same as it was in 1970: Nature is sacred, big business is the ...
Cloned horses create controversy in thoroughbred industry
There's no horsing around around at Viagen, a company in Austin, Texas that clones living animals, including horses. People are ...
Prop 37 to be decided by dollars, not debate
The role of outside money in the fight against Proposition 37 has become a case study of how public policy ...
Biologists urge “no” on 37
A group of eight biology professors from throughout the site asked to weigh in on the state proposition that would ...
Brazil aims to clone jaguars, maned wolves, other endangered species
Brazilian scientists are attempting to clone animals in danger of extinction, like the jaguar and maned wolf, although the potential ...
Can genetically engineered foods harm you?
Genetically engineered (GE) foods are in the headlines again. Last month, a controversial French study claimed that a particular strain ...
Farm workers’ interests neglected in Prop. 37 debate
SALINAS – As an organizer with the United Farm Workers, I’ve grown accustomed to seeing farm workers routinely be excluded ...
Biotechnology could offer “quantum leap” for Nigerian agriculture
An interview with Dr. Abubakar Lawali, a Plant Breeder is with the Department of Crop Science of Faculty of Agriculture, ...
Both sides of Prop. 37 debate guilty of misleading voters
The No on 37 campaign used misused the FDA seal to make them seem in favor of their cause; the ...
GMO prop drops in poll as spending against soars
As food and biotechnology giants spend millions of dollars battling Proposition 37, support for the mandatory genetically modified food measure ...
India: Scientists present joint front on GM crops
Rattled by the possibility of a ban on genetically modified (GM) crops in India, the country’s top scientific organizations are ...
Armenia: GMO free zone
Today at the usual Cabinet session the RA Minister of Nature Protection Aram Hartutyunyan presented to the Cabinet the project ...
UK: Row erupts over GM ‘agenda setting’ claims
Anti-GM lobby groups Genewatch UK and GM Freeze have published information which they believe shows GM companies such as Monsanto, ...
Prop 37: An initiative in need of its own warning label? Pro-GM supporter says no to Prop 37
Like much that transpires in politics, most of the anti-genetic engineering campaigns we’ve seen over the past 30 years are ...
Biofuels ‘dead’ without U.S. aid
Venter: Biofuels 'dead' without U.S. aidNorth County TimesVenter's strongly worded statement came Tuesday night at the annual Stem Cell Meeting ...
Proposition 37 losing in late poll
SACRAMENTO -- Backing for Proposition 37, the genetically engineered food labeling initiative, is falling, fast. A new poll by the ...
Anti-Prop 37 ads from Monsanto and others seem to be working
Recent campaign finance filings from the California Secretary of State show that the No on 37 campaign has raised more ...
Beer foam gene identified, could improve froth
A recent paper identifying the gene in yeast that gives beer its head may be the first step in applying ...
In battle over Prop. 37, a tale of two farms
Wall Street JournalIn battle over Prop. 37, a tale of two farmsSan Jose Mercury NewsThe incendiary issue is at the ...
We’re all wearing the same genes
We're all wearing the same genesBiofortifiedWhile the similarities between organisms were originally determined by examining physical characteristics from bones to ...
Whole Foods suffers second thoughts on Prop. 37
Whole Foods suffers second thoughts on Prop. 37 By Wayne Lusvardi, Calwatchdog, 10/30/12 The campaign over Proposition 37 isn't as ...
Supreme Court refuses to ban open field trials of GM crops
Supreme Court refuses to ban open field trials of GM crops, next hearing on ...Economic TimesHearing a public interest litigation ...
Scientists confirm safety and benefits of genetically modified crops
There is widespread agreement among scientists that genetically modified plants are not only safe, but also better for the environment ...
