Daily Food & Agriculture 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.
Glyphosate, cancer confusion: Explaining WHO’s contradicting reports
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Glyphosate poses no cancer ...
National Academy of Sciences says GMOs safe for humans and environment, but no panacea
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Genetically-engineered crops are as ...
USDA allows more cane sugar imports as demand for non-GMO sugar increases
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. USDA announced [May 17] that it ...
Academies GMO report points to regulatory challenges ahead for gene edited crops
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The [National Academies of ...
Corporate funding does not necessarily lead to biased research
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . .[C]orporate funding ...
Gwyneth Paltrow concerned about GMOs, sells ‘spirit dust’ containing hallucinogens
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Gwyneth Paltrow, human wheat ...
Founder of Ginkgo Bioworks, a GMO company, supports GMO labeling
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. I [am the] founder of ...
Contradicting IARC, World Health Organization says glyphosate unlikely to cause cancer
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The pesticide glyphosate. ...
U.K. approves field trials of disease, pest resistant GMO potato with low acrylamide
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Defra has given the green ...
Judge strikes down GMO ban in Josephine County, Oregon
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The prohibition against genetically ...
Is organic really more sustainable?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When you pony up ...
U.S. lawmakers question EPA’s handling of glyphosate review
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. U.S. lawmakers have asked ...
Market shift to non-GMO sugar loss for environment
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . Dan Charles ...
Indian silk farmers testing genetically modified, disease resistant silkworm
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A quiet movement from ...
Are GMO researchers resisting transparency about corporate funding?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In science as in ...
Shift to milk from cows fed non-GMO feed increases environmental footprint
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Several large yogurt companies ...
Environmentally friendly GMOs cannot move forward without public acceptance
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Despite the controversy surrounding ...
Bangladesh field testing three GMO crops: potato, cotton, rice
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Inspired by the success ...
Artificial selection has increased carrots’ beta carotene content by 50% since 1970
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [A]fter ...
Action Aid leads opposition to GMOs, biosafety law, as Ugandan Parliament vote nears
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Civil Society has accused ...
Should GMO regulation be based on individual gene changes?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Getting regulation of agricultural ...
Bayer, BASF explore acquisition of Monsanto
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Shares of Monsanto Co ...
Plant scientists call on EU to make genome editing regulations product based
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Novel plant genome editing ...
‘Non-GMO’ claims legally risky for food manufacturers
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. ‘Fat-free,’. . .‘gluten-free’ ...
U.S. sugar beet farmers prepare for record crop despite trendiness of non-GMO cane sugar
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. U.S. sugar beet farmers ...
Imagining the future of genetically engineered haute cuisine
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . .[L]et’s visit ...
Monsanto considers pulling out of Argentina due to GMO soy royalty controversy
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Agricultural heavyweight Monsanto could ...
