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.
Australian consumers opposition to GMOs about corporations, not safety
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An expert in community ...
Future of citrus: Purple limes, blood oranges from warmer climes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. University of Florida horticulture ...
Organic industry winning ‘contest of ideas’ says Harvard professor
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. "Organic farming," says Robert ...
Greenpeace claims Chinese farmers growing illegal GMO corn
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Farmers are illegally growing ...
Why can’t the U.S. have clear, sensible food guidelines?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Why doesn't the United ...
Campbell will label foods that contain GMO ingredients
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Breaking from its industry ...
‘Natural’ pesticides not as common as people believe
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Currently, the FDA is struggling ...
Father of India’s green revolution calls for new research, technology initiative
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. India's Green Revolution took ...
Video series takes consumers inside large scale livestock, produce farms
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As 2016 approached, two ...
Modern agriculture, including GMOS, helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An excellent paper published in the ...
US launches criminal probe of Chipotle as sales plunge
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In a filing with the ...
Here’s new news about pesticides and bees
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bees are struggling, and ...
Why studies linking diet to health are almost always flawed.
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Whatever you’re worried about, ...
Neonics, genetic engineering can save U.S. citrus industry from greening disease
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Farmers in the major ...
Organic farmers push for county ordinances establishing ‘genetic engineering-free’ zones
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Jackson County, Oregon, has ...
Australia’s Green party may moderate opposition to GMO crops
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Australian Greens leader Richard ...
Will White House review of biotech regulation lead to expanded or streamlined rules?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Obama administration recently ...
Center for Food Safety’s opposition to GE salmon earns it ‘Luddite Award’ nomination
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Center for Food ...
Despite activists’ efforts, 2015 was a good year for genetically engineered food
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Despite what you may ...
Kenya’s decision on growing GMO maize expected soon
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Kenyans will know whether ...
U.S. Right to Know rated #1 in junk science for 2015
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In January, an anti-GMO ...
Nassim Nicholas Taleb now pro-homeopathy as well as anti-GMO
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Author and statistician Nassim Nicholas ...
‘Anti-science’ skepticism: Why we need to retire term
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. To understand this “anti-science” ...
Nobel prize winner: U.S. agricultural research being neglected
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Today, farm production has ...
Banning GMO feed would destroy Polish poultry industry
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Nowadays, the most important ...
Michael Pollan’s approach to food anything but simple, moderate
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. If [Michael] Pollan’s approach ...
It’s practically impossible to define “GMOs”
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Debates rage over what ...
