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.
One percent of U.S. organic farmers reported economic losses due to GMO commingling
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. U.S retailers are seeking ...
GMO labeling bill faces tough opposition from Sen. Sanders, Senate Democrats
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman ...
Is the GMO conversation in Europe one sided?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Here in Europe, we ...
Can GMOs, improved seeds help smallholder farmers?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . .Most ...
European commission draft law would renew license for glyphosate
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The European commission plans ...
Is food journalism too uncritical of foodies like Michael Pollan?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. This piece by Hermione Hoby ...
NY Times Editorial: Congress should not takeaway state’s power to label GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Senate could soon ...
What do organic labels really mean?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Organic farming has boomed ...
When will the GMO debate end?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In the January 2010 ...
How much would GMO labeling really cost consumers?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. How much money does ...
Can we call gene edited crops GMOs when we can’t agree on a definition of GMO?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. We don’t know what ...
South Africa to ease restrictions on GMO corn imports as drought affects maize crops
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. South Africa will relax ...
The true cost of GMO labeling may depend on whether food companies reformulate
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. According to Agri-Pulse: A new ...
USDA concerned about sugar shortage as demand soars for non-GMO sugar
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The U.S. Department of ...
Survey says consumers don’t understand GMOs, but transparency may ease anxiety
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [Editor's note: A recent survey ...
Indian researchers developing new insect resistant GMO cotton varieties
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Central Institute of ...
African scientists work to improve cassava using sophisticated genomics breeding
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Staple foods of the ...
Dr. Mercola offering $250,000 matching grant to support radical factions of the organic industry’s anti-GMO efforts
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. This week [February 22], ...
Colorado activists seek ban on GMO beets, corn grown on Boulder County land
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Boulder County, Colorado's open ...
Can probiotic seed coatings for plants increase crop yields?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A startup launched [in ...
Agricultural industry weighs in on Senate draft GMO labeling bill
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Establishing a national framework ...
Nassim Taleb calls Reason’s Ronald Bailey an ‘idiot’ after backing out of GMO debate
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . [A]nti-GMO alarmist ...
Like them or not, ‘China needs GMOs’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. China has a fifth ...
Gerber claims baby formula contains no GMOs but here’s the complicated truth
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On February 10th, Gerber announced that its ...
Campbell’s affirms GMO safety, says ‘transparency’ drove decision to begin voluntary GMO
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. While acknowledging bioengineered food ...
Senate draft bill would pre-empt state GMO labeling laws
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) ...
Are claims that organic crops use carcinogenic pesticides ‘Food Babe tactics?’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The new headline circulating ...
