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.
The Geek Manifesto on GM crops
On Sunday, an anti-GM crop group called Take the Flour Back is planning a “day of mass decontamination” at the ...
An all-out war over lab-food labeling
For more than a decade, almost all processed foods in the U.S. -- cereals, snack foods, salad dressings -- have ...
The GM scientists’ risky strategy that won public support
The phrase "Frankenfood" entered tabloid English at the turn of the last century when protesters, backed by the green movement, ...
European activists link up against GM wheat
Around 200 protestors from across the UK, Ireland, France and Belgium have been marching against the return of open air ...
Mexican farmers block Monsanto law
Progressive small farmer organizations in Mexico scored a victory over transnational corporations that seek to monopolize seed and food patents ...
Seeds of doubt over GM wheat
The field trial of GM spring wheat has raised questions about the technology and the intentions of the researchers. Research ...
FDA okays GMO carrot for rare Gaucher disease
The US Food & Drug Admin. just approved a drug made from genetically modified carrots to treat Gaucher, a rare ...
Squaring the genetically modified crop circle
CONTROVERSY over genetically modified wheat is building to what seems likely to be confrontation in the UK on 27 May ...
Nigeria: Activists flay genetically modified food
Environmental activists under the auspices of the 'Friends of the Earth Nigeria' have condemned the attempt by multinational agricultural companies ...
French ban of Monsanto GM maize rejected by EU
France's attempt to ban the planting of a Monsanto strain of genetically modified maize was rejected by the EU's food ...
A genetic cure for tomato rot
Gardeners are all too familiar with the experience. You plant a handful of shriveled sand-colored tomato seeds, urge them out ...
Asia’s stinkiest fruit gets genetic makeover
Some liken it to heaven. Some liken it to a sack full of spoiled onions and jock straps. But durian, ...
Rights group aims to stop killing of Canada GMO pigs
A U.S. animal rights group hopes to save a herd of genetically modified pigs from early deaths after funding dried ...
Singapore firm reveals new GM biofuel crop
Singapore-based bioenergy company JOil has announced a new genetically modified strain of the jatropha plant which produces a higher quality ...
GM crops: Protesters go back to the battlefields
A decade ago anti-GM protesters tore up fields and Britain roundly rejected so-called 'Frankenfood'. Now, as researchers trial new crops, ...
Researchers find gene that boosts sugar beet yields
A European team of researchers has discovered a gene with the potential to increase sugar beet yields. Presented in the ...
Professor argues that people will starve to death because of anti-GM zealotry
In 1968 Paul Ehrlich wrote in his book The Population Bomb that “mass starvation” due to “burgeoning population growth” was ...
Richmond passes ban on genetically engineered crops
Richmond council has passed a motion banning genetically modified plants and crops from being grown in the city, the first ...
Singapore firm reveals new GM biofuel crop
Singapore-based bioenergy company JOil has announced a new genetically modified strain of the jatropha plant which produces a higher quality ...
Africa’s First Sustainable Biofuel Plant Opens in Mozambique – Triple Pundit
Today marked the grand opening of the largest industrial park in Mozambique -and it’s got a sustainable edge to boot ...
Swaziland moving towards GM crop farming
SEA in partnership with the University of Swaziland, took the media on an educational tour of genetically modified crops in ...
Expert calls for expedition of the implementation of Biosafety Law in Ghana
Mr. Kwame Dei Asamoah-Okyere, Head of the Biosafety Unit of the Food and Drugs Board, on Wednesday called for a ...
U.S. Embassy partners to organize agricultural biotechnology workshop to promote awareness about GMOs
Funded by the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, the workshop aims to create awareness of the bio-safety of ...
Dairy producers gain access to new genetic testing services
Canada’s dairy producers have long recognized the benefits of identifying desired genetic traits in their herds. Now, with the creation ...
Man faces GM wheat break-in charges
A 50-year-old man has been charged with criminal damage after an incident at a research centre where a trial of ...
Stringent GMO regulatory system urged by anti-GM group
MANILA, Philippines -- International environment group Greenpeace urged a strict scrutiny of regulators of GMO (genetically-modified organism) products being introduced ...
GM products imported into Swaziland illegally
Despite the fact that Swaziland does not have a bio-safety law, genetically modified (GM) products are being imported into the ...
