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.
Sorghum eyed as a southern bioenergy crop
Sorghum is an ideal candidate because of its drought tolerance, adaptability to diverse growing conditions, low nitrogen fertilizer requirements, and ...
Crop breeding consultant questions GM wheat report
A WA consultant in crop breeding and biotechnology has questioned the credibility of a report that suggests a variety of ...
Genetics expert calls for fertility focus on cattle
A UNITED States cattle reproduction expert has urged Australian dairy farmers to take reproduction in their herds more seriously ...
GM rice is more than food for thought
The Ministry of Health's investigation into a controversial US-backed genetically modified rice research project in Hunan province raises a wider ...
GM crops a solution for improving crop yield, say experts
Genetically modified crops are an answer to improve crop yield and help maintain high food production, industry experts have said ...
French Prime Minister maintains ban on GM crops
France will uphold a ban on genetically modified crops as President Francois Hollande pushes his plan to put the environment ...
India needs GM food crops to boost farm productivity, says GM supporter
It’s important to understand this background of the Left in India and the CPM and its philosophy in particular to ...
As drought hits corn, biotech firms see lush field in GMO crops
The worst U.S. drought in half a century is withering the nation's corn crop, but it's a fertile opportunity for ...
Study reveals rice genes involved in hybrid sterility
Fertility-fighting versions of three genes at the same genetic locus contribute to hybrid sterility in plants produced by crossing two ...
Greenpeace “out to sea” on GM rice issue, bioethicist says
Greenpeace, perhaps best known for its battles at sea to protect whales and the oceans, has gotten itself involved in ...
GM food production increasing
The future in feeding the projected more than 9 billion world population by 2050 will require doubling the world’s food ...
An open letter to California voters from an Iowa pro-GM farmer: “Prop 37 impacts me too”
I can’t vote on Proposition 37 this Election Day, but I’m watching it closely, all the way from my farm ...
Agricultural biotechnology ‘should be open source’
Open source biotechnology, through which biotechnology inventions are made freely available for others to use and improve upon, could help ...
With food security in mind, India’s Agriculture Minister plans push for GM crops
Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has said the lack of a cohesive governmental policy on genetically modified (GM) crops could harm ...
Nigeria: No GM foods in the Nigerian food market
The National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) has said there are no genetically modified (GM) foods in Nigerian markets, dispelling fears ...
GM crops given boost by European Union judges
The European Court of Justice has clarified the legal requirements involved in the cultivation of genetically modified crops in EU ...
Anti-GM protesters arrested outside Monsanto plant
Nine anti-genetically modified food activists were arrested this week during their protest against Monsanto, who is against Proposition 37, which ...
Anti-GM crops farmer Hector Christie prepares to go on hunger strike
A farmer fined for criminal damage at a genetically modified crop trial has told how he intends to go on ...
Is labeling of genetically engineered foods a losing proposition?
As Joe Six-pack munches Fritos and popcorn during the opening games of the NFL season, does he care what variety ...
Genetic proof for cilantro haters
Scientists have had a hunch for some time that cilantro hating might be partly inherited. But now a genetic survey ...
Genetically modified pet fish worries Florida environmentalists
Since Yorktown Technologies first sold its genetically modified pet — the GloFish — in 2003, the fluorescent fish, an altered ...
China suspends researcher on “golden rice” study
China's national health watchdog suspended one of its researchers after announcing it hadn't approved or participated in a 2008 Sino-U.S ...
Tastier beef by genetic design
New research to examine the link between genetics and health and meat-eating quality has just begun at the Tully research ...
West Australian government dismisses as scaremongering call to abandon GM wheat trial
SCIENTISTS from three countries are warning a CSIRO-led push to make Australia the first nation in the world to introduce ...
Kenya divided on use of GM crops
The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), a semi-autonomous government research institution, recently announced that after years of trials, genetically modified ...
Are biorefineries the future?
I caught an interesting report last week by John Licata, founder of Blue Phoenix Inc. via CME Group in a ...
Free market view of California Prop 37
When Californians go to the polls this November, one of the ballot initiatives they will vote on will be the ...
