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
Kenya issues blanket GMO ban
Kenya, one of the first African countries to legalize GM technology, used to be recognized as a leader in that ...
USDA urges consideration of GMO crop insurance; Organic farmers howl
The USDA's new report, “Enchancing Coexistence,” advocates a crop insurance pilot program for farmers harmed by cross-pollination from GM crops ...
Misrepresentations dogged both sides of Prop 37 campaign
The Yes on 37 campaign argued that it lost due to “lies, dirty tricks, and $45 million” spent by the ...
Scientists respond to controversial Séralini maize study
The fallout continues over the questionable study by French molecular biologist Gilles-Eric Seralini of rats fed genetically engineered rice. Food ...
Prop 37 defeated: a retrospective
California's Proposition 37 -- which would have required labeling of genetically modified foods -- failed to pass last night. While ...
Prop 37: An initiative in need of its own warning label
Prop 37 doesn’t deliver what it promises. It's plagued with inconsistencies about what qualifies for a label. Prop 37 isn’t ...
Mother Jones makes case against Prop 37
California's Proposition 37, a ballot initiative that would require the labeling of genetically modified foods, is coming down to the ...
Debating the alleged dangers of genetically modified crops
The Australian science site The Conversation recently carried a story from a scientist with CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, challenging ...
Junk science used to promote Proposition 37
Even if the California ballot measure mandating the labeling of genetically modified food measure goes down, the campaign on behalf ...
Malpractice on Dr. Oz: Pop health expert hosts anti-GM food rant; Scientists push back
The talk show health and science advice program hit a new low with Dr. Mehment Oz’s recent foray into the ...
Geneticists take on Dr. Oz’s anti-science attack on GM foods
In a recent program, the Dr. Oz Show aired graphic images of tumor-riddled laboratory rats and charts implying associations with ...
Scientific assessment of California Prop 37
According to the editor of RealClearScience, biotechnology is being held back by a scaremongering group of environmentalists who seem to ...
Support for California Prop 37 slipping
The genetically engineered food labeling initiative once had a 2-1 advantage but an advertising blitz has trimmed the lead to ...
European food safety agency dismisses anti-GM maize study as flawed
The European Food Safety Authority has dismissed as flawed the controversial maize study by Gilles-Eric Séralini and his research team ...
Fear mongering about DNA-modified apples hurts farmers, consumers, says GM supporter
Most people are familiar with the unappetizing browning of apples shortly after they’re cut or bitten into. The good news ...
Sloppy anti-GMO journalism goes viral
Keith Floor, who thoroughly deconstructed the uncritical reporting that accompanied the release of the now widely discredited Seralini GM maize ...
GM foods present serious challenges
For those that want to complain about restricting technologies, the truth is that we do it all the time. According ...
Are GM foods safe? Opponents are skeptical
Are the emotionally charged, politicized discourse on GMOs mired in the kind of fever swamps that have polluted climate science ...
Flawed GM corn study fallout: Russia suspends import of Monsanto corn
In what can only be described as a hysteria-driven reaction, the Russian government has "temporarily" suspended the import of a ...
Media manipulation by anti-GM scientists and NGOs
The controversial study purportedly documenting the dangers of GM corn continues to come under fire--not from industry critics but from ...
Genetic Literacy Project cited in Maui debate over GM labeling
Are genetically engineered food products safe? And, should such products be labeled to give consumers informed choices? Those questions hung ...
Scientists savage study purportedly showing health dangers of Monsanto’s GM corn
Are GM foods harmful or nutritionally less beneficial when compared to conventional or organic foods? Scientists and regulators almost universally ...
Wal-Mart resists protesters, will sell GM corn
The protest over Walmart’s decision to sell genetically modified sweet corn is building. Opponents of GM foods are alarmed and ...
GMOs and California: To label or not to label?
Steve Savage, a plant pathologist working with agricultural technology, gives his explanation of why voters should absolutely vote 'no' on ...
A song tries to go beyond the ‘OMG’ reaction to GMOs
David Holmes and Andrew Bean, two graduates from NYU, have created a hip hop music video called “OMG GMOs”, aimed ...
“Big Organic” outspends pro-GM forces in California labeling fight
Both the 'yes' and 'no' side of the California GMO labeling controversy have been fundraising to raise money for the ...
High hopes for drought-resistant corn
The United States is having one of the worst droughts recorded in over 50 years. More than three-quarters of U.S ...
