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.
Agent Orange corn’ thrills farmers, worries critics
There is a controversy in the food industry over so-called “Agent Orange corn.” The genetically modified vegetable is protected from ...
Danish deal on GM crops fails
A Danish plan to break the deadlock in Europe over genetically modified crop cultivation has failed ...
Castor bean moving forward on new biodiesel crop opportunity
Center for Jatropha Promotion & Biodiesel (CJP) has been promoting the farming of castor bean, a seed producing plant that ...
India: ‘GM’ label on packaged food soon
Soon Indian consumers will have the opportunity to know whether the packaged food that they are buying contains genetically modified ...
Scientists develop genetically modified cows that produce low-lactose milk
Scientists have unveiled a genetically modified cow whose milk they claim is healthier, triggering fresh alarm over the growth of ...
GM has not delivered , says US AgResource head
GM has not delivered the yield benefits that were expected while higher seed costs eat into returns. "GM is a ...
Genetically modified crops encourage beneficial bugs
Environmentalists might one day run barefooted through insect-rich fields of genetically modified crops. At least, they might if the conclusions ...
Obligatory animal tests for GM food and feed totally unnecessary, says Eurogroup for Animals
At today’s meeting of the Standing Committee on Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH), Eurogroup for Animals calls on the ...
India: States say no to trials, GM research in the doldrums
India's Genetically Modified (GM) crop growth story has been stalled with just four states allowing field trials. An eminent scientist ...
GM crops ‘aid plant neighbours’
GM crops that make their own insecticide also deliver benefits for their conventional plant neighbours, a study in China has ...
Monsanto may lose GM soya royalties throughout Brazil
The biotechnology giant Monsanto is one step closer to losing billions of dollars in revenues from its genetically-modified (GM) Roundup ...
USDA completes benchmark corn genetics analysis
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colleagues have published the most comprehensive analysis to date of the corn ...
Africa: New film sows Seeds of Freedom , anti-GM twist
A new film from the African Biodiversity Network (ABN) and the Gaia Foundation, narrated by actor Jeremy Irons, is set ...
GM industry all wet about drought tolerant crops
How we deal with losses from drought-the single largest cause of crop loss-and the growing and unsustainable demand for clean ...
Elephant grass used for energy
An Ontario company wants to help turn elephant grass into electrons at a biomass plant proposed for Hantsport. Pro Farm ...
Controversy flares over Agent Orange
The food industry is embroiled in a controversy over what critics call "Agent Orange corn." The genetically-modified vegetable is protected ...
A ban on the use of crops with transgenic traits is unscientific, says GM supporter
Science and technology hold the key to developing low-input, high-output agriculture. The challenge is to use new technologies creatively and ...
Death of “Frankenfood”?
For more than a decade, Europe has faced fierce debate over genetically modified organisms—specifically, consumer crops that have had their ...
US sending money to North Carolina, New York farmers for energy crops
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack plans to announce Wednesday that North Carolina and New York each will receive about $4 million ...
Combating crop diseases
Fusarium graminearum is a notorious fungus that infects major crops, such as wheat, barley and corn, causing significant economic hardship ...
Food and Agriculture Organization official urges Zambia to accept GM
Zambia has consistently expressed its official opposition to GM crops, but as elsewhere in Africa, the pressure to adopt them ...
Genetically modified crops shrink farming’s pesticide footprint, says GM supporter
No wonder modern apocalyptic mythology about agriculture, sinister stories about pesticides and assertions that genetic engineering of crops break a ...
How California’s GM food referendum may change what America eats
Last month, nearly 1m signatures were delivered to county registrars throughout California calling for a referendum on the labeling of ...
Hungary tightens rules limiting GMO crops
The ministry of rural development on Tuesday welcomed a law on GMO-related activities, unanimously passed, which maximises chances of the ...
GM crops good for environment, study finds
Crops genetically modified to poison pests can deliver significant environmental benefits, according to a study spanning two decades and 1.5m ...
California voters to decide on GMO labeling
The California Secretary of State's office has announced that the Right to Know initiative to label genetically engineered foods will ...
Russia to allow GMOs in order to enter WTO
As Russia aims to join the World Trade Organization, it is sweetening the deal by offering to drop its restrictions ...
