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.
Golden Rice not only tool in fighting vitamin A deficiency, but important one
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An expert from the ...
GMO misconceptions: Tomatoes with fish genes not ‘fishy’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A backlash toward GMO foods ...
Gene editing could revolutionize fish breeding
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Genome editing technology looks ...
How science communication community failed Kevin Folta
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Kevin Folta's decision to ...
Inconsistent definitions of ‘GMO’ can lead to regulatory headaches
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. There are a few ...
Cancer-fighting tomatoes: Second generation GMO with benefits for consumers
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Last week, researchers in ...
Setting aside the debate over GMOs, what are the problems in our food system?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. I have a theory. It’s ...
Podcast: Does anti-GMO wing of organic industry use scare tactics?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Two moms take on ...
By focusing on pest, herbicide resistance, GMOs failed to win over public
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The agricultural biotechnology industry ...
Video: First world anti-GMO “food paranoia” harms developing world
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Rob Saik discusses how ...
What do GMO crops have to do with herbicide resistance?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Lately, we’ve been hearing ...
Dietary supplements: Low probability of benefit, high probability of illness
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Former NBA star Lamar ...
Nigeria evaluating nitrogen and water efficient salt tolerant GMO rice
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The federal government and ...
Genetically engineered spider silk in North Face’s new jacket
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. You can't tell just ...
Science, public will miss Kevin Folta’s public outreach on GMO literacy
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When a science advocate’s ...
Activist Vandana Shiva misappropriates Indian culture promoting anti-GMO agenda
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. At the risk of ...
Golden Rice opens door for other vitamin enhanced GMO crops, such as cassava
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bangladesh announced last month that ...
Entomology study: Neonicotinoids increase yields for most rice farmers
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In October 2014, the ...
What does “organic” actually mean?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. What does organic actually ...
GMO mustard developed in India cheaper, has higher yields, but activists claim it causes sterility
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Following news reports on ...
GMOs have won over many critics in food industry, but consumers cautious
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Who’s worried about GMOs? ...
Bacon may not be so bad after all, depending on your DNA
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After the World Health ...
Keither Kloor examines Brooke Borel’s controversial article criticizing Kevin Folta GMO parody site
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. How do journalists decide what ...
Lundgren whistleblower complaint claims USDA silencing scientists discussing controversial issues
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Late last year, Jonathan ...
Already-developed whitefly resistant GMO cotton could have protected Indian crop
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In a quiet corner ...
Will food policy become part of national political dialogue?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Food is becoming political, ...
Fading organic movement ratchets up fear-based marketing campaign
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The organic-products industry is ...
