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.
Indian farmers protest Monsanto GM corn field trial in Haryana
Carrying banners and placards featuring monster corn, farmers protested outside the Regional Research Station where open air GM corn trials ...
South Africa: Draft changes to GM label laws published
New draft laws will compel industry to label food containing genetically modified (GM) ingredients. This comes after a protracted row ...
Syria: Assad approves law on GM food as deadly conflict rages
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, where more than 33,000 people have been killed in 19 months of conflict, issued a ...
Scientists call out French researchers to release GMO test data
More than 700 scientists and academicians have signed petitions calling on French researcher Gilles-Eric Seralini to release research data behind ...
Indian Scientific Advisory Council recommends GM crops for nutrition security
The Scientific Advisory Council (SAC) on Biotechnology and Agriculture to the Prime Minister of India recommended a judicious blend of ...
India: Genetically modified foods capped for 10 years by Supreme Court panel
The fate of genetically modified (GM) food crops in India has been virtually sealed. After the damning report of the ...
Scientists create transgenic chicken unable to contract Avian Flu
The H5N1 avian flu virus, which ministers of health propaganda around the world have been using for years to generate ...
Popular mobile food app adds GMO feature
Fooducate, a mobile app launched last year to help grocery store shoppers quickly look up nutrition and other product info ...
New future for an old crop: Barley enters the genomic age
Higher yields, improved pest and disease resistance and enhanced nutritional value are among the potential benefits of an international research ...
A European-wide network for systematic GMO impact assessment
The authors of this paper propose a framework for a European-wide network for systematic GMO impact assessment. This network aims ...
Label GMO foods to protect consumers, urge activists
Civil society groups yesterday petitioned the government to ensure that genetically modified food in the country is labelled to protect ...
Kenyan farmer to California voters: Your vote on Prop 37 will impact me
When the United States votes on November 6, many Kenyans will want to see if Americans will re-elect President Obama, ...
Food security challenges: Biotechnology to the rescue in Africa?
It is imperative for Nigeria to embrace the modern food production techniques that have come in the form of Agricultural ...
Crop genome plasticity and its relevance to food safety of genetically engineered breeding stacks
Genetically engineered (GE) stacks (also known as stacked or combined events) are produced by combining two or more single transgenic ...
Why are field tests of golden rice necessary?
Field tests and other evaluations help us determine how Golden Rice will grow in the field and if it will ...
Are politics holding back animal engineers?
When she saw the trailer for the documentary Genetic Roulette, Alison Van Eenennaam wanted to laugh, then cry. The film ...
Monsanto expands biotech wheat field tests, anti-GM activists unhappy
The Monsanto Co. has nearly tripled the acreage of its permitted field tests for genetically engineered wheat in 2012, bringing ...
EU food safety agency defends itself against GMO claims
The European Food Safety Authority has defended itself after claims that it is has links with the biotech industry that ...
Vietnam: GM crops key to future food security say experts
Genetically modified (GM) crops will help Viet Nam achieve food security in the years to come when the demand for ...
Agricultural biotechnology is under attack … again, says pro-GM supporter
Attacks against agricultural biotechnology have increased noticeably this fall within the United States and around the world. It appears that ...
Mystery of nematode pest-resistant soybeans cracked
For 50 years, the world's soybean crop has depended on the use of cyst nematode resistant varieties of beans, but ...
Greenpeace warns Philippines’ ‘relentless’ approval of GMO crops will lead to food crisis
In Southeast Asia, the Philippines has so far the most number of genetically modified (GMO) crops approved by the government ...
Sustainable impact of biotech crops
A review of available scientific evidence about genetically modified (GM) crops clearly indicates their benefits for environmental sustainability and managing ...
Bt cotton demonstrates biotech’s potential, says expert
Bt cotton has delivered significant benefits to all members of the agricultural value chain in the country, and has contributed ...
GMOs: “Frankenfood” or “better living through chemistry?”
GMO’s are a touchy topic, mostly because of the affiliations of the people who do the arguing. People who have ...
Scientists dash hopes for dinosaur cloning
Well this might put a crimp in Steven Spielberg's plans to make "Jurassic Park IV." A team of scientists in ...
GM food: We can no longer afford to ignore its advantages, says pro-GM supporter
Given the crises facing the planet, with the population set to reach the 9 billion mark by 2050 and increasing ...
