Food & Ag Features
The GLP explores the role of genetic engineering in food production and the polarized debate surrounding it. We highlight the work of our own writers, as well as that of contributors from around the Web. The GLP does not take a position on genetics-related issues; any opinions expressed belong to the authors.
Categories include:
- Chemicals and pesticides
- Organics
- Conventional crops
- New breeding technologies
- Animal biotechnology
- Food systems
- Sustainability
- Regulations
- Politics
- Ideology
Oregon: Genetically modified crops vandalized
Some 6,500 GM plants have been destroyed by "eco-activists" in Oregon since the beginning of the month ...
When is a tomato not a tomato?
Our modern tomatoes are tasteless -- could GM tech restore the tomato's tastiness? ...
The dangers of condescension in the GM debate
The UK's Environmental Minister needs to reframe his proposed GM discussion if he wants to avoid a slow-motion train wreck ...
World Food Prize goes to those who made GM plants possible
The "Nobel Prize of food" has been given to three biotech pioneers -- including an executive from Monsanto ...
Biotechnology must remain part of EU-US trade negotiations
Biotech crops are a sticking point in free-trade negotiations between the US and European Union ...
The impatient optimism of GM crops and food security
Are GM crops needed to feed the world? That's not the right question to ask ...
Comedian Dusty Smith gores GMO critics and anti-Monsanto junkies
Comedian-critic Dusty Smith rails against common misconceptions surrounding GM crops and Monsanto's business practices ...
“GMOs make pigs sick” paper avoids rigorous analysis
New research claiming GM foods hurt pigs is more fishing expedition than proper science ...
Congress “protects” GM crops
The "Monsanto Protect Act" provision passed earlier this year has elicited overstated responses from critics and proponents alike ...
Genetic modification and the fate of sustainable fish farming
Whole Foods's refusal to stock salmon fed with GM yeast may stifle technology that delivers environmental benefits ...
What if we discussed organic the same way as biotech?
It's easy it is to concoct a reasonable-sounding (but false) argument that organic crops must cause autism and diabetes ...
Europe’s anti-GM stance denies Africa’s ability to feed itself
A leading African academic condemns European environmentalists for blocking the adoption of biotech crops ...
Pulitzer Prize winner makes incredibly inaccurate remark about GM food safety
Michael Moss, Pulitzer Prize food journalist, claims "the research hasn't been done" on GM crops. He's wrong ...
Transgenic salmon hybridize with trout, produce sterile offspring
A recent "worst case scenario" breeding experiment has opponents of the AquAdvantage salmon unduly scared ...
Biotech crops do not produce new allergens or toxins
The idea that GM crops might result in novel allergens is "at best wildly misleading and at worse an all-out ...
Food companies struggle to replace GM ingredients
What exactly does it take to gain certification as "non-GMO" food? ...
Pesticide use is up — have biotech crops backfired?
What does increased pesticide use really say about the success or failure of pest-resistant biotech crops? ...
Where in the world are GMOs?
This interactive Google Map shows a variety of genetically modified crops in the pipeline around the world ...
Voices come out in defense of Monsanto
Everyone's least favorite company has seen stories this week highlight its good side ...
AquAdvantage salmon: “Frankenfish” or “Wunderfish”?
Even with approval inching ever-closer for the AquAdvantage salmon, the debate about its safety rages on ...
How to recognize questionable information about genetically modified organisms
A genomics scientists helps lay readers separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to GMO misinformation ...
DIY biotechnology: Glowing trees
Hoping to give new meaning to the term “natural light,” a small group of biotech enthusiasts is trying to create ...
Navigating the agricultural biotech minefield: When an MIT study is not an MIT study
Thanks to a credulous Reuters report, a shoddy piece of pseudoscience is making the rounds as “an MIT study” linking ...
The ignorance of Whole Foods
Henry Miller argues that the folks running Whole Foods are misguided at best when it comes to biotech ...
Nature’s must-read issue on genetically modified organisms
Keith Kloor dissects and summarizes Nature magazine's special issue on genetically modified organisms ...
Scaremongers and ignorance might win with “Right to Know Act”
If the "Right to Know Act" introduced to Congress passes, food companies might as well go ahead and slap GMO ...
Federal GMO labeling bill introduced to Congress
Federal legislation that would require food labels to identify genetically engineered ingredients was introduced Wednesday ...
