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
Food Evolution interview: Could ‘pro science’ documentary inspire a pro-GMO food movement?
Food Evolution director Scott Hamilton Kennedy talks with the Genetic Literacy Project about the film's funding, and challenges the "ruthless ...
Food Evolution director Scott Hamilton Kennedy: ‘I wanted to reset the debate’ over food and farming
Oscar-nominated director talks with the Genetic Literacy Project about the reaction his documentary has received, both from GMO critics and ...
Behind the NY Times glyphosate fiasco: Why anti-GMO activists turned on Ben & Jerry’s
The pile-on against Ben & Jerry's — "outed" for having traces of glyphosate in its ice creams — seems like ...
Herbicide-tainted Ben & Jerry’s ice cream? NY Times falls for anti-science group’s dubious attack on glyphosate
The Organic Consumers Association uses junk science testing organization to claim ice cream contains trace parts-per-billion of glyphosate—at least tens ...
Viewpoint: California activists ‘gamed system’ to get glyphosate herbicide labeled as carcinogen
Environmental activists found the perfect targets to help them defame the popular herbicide glyphosate — widely-accepted as safe — in ...
Dicamba drift fiasco: Example of failed GMO-related chemical technology?
Several states have banned the use of a recently reformulated dicamba herbicide after farmers complained about damaging chemical drift. Identifying ...
Opinion: Anti-GMO documentaries on Hawaii farming warp reality
A movement in Hawaii promotes the romanticized view that the world can be fed locally and without farm pesticides and ...
Making the case for sustainability in ‘industrial agriculture’
Attacks on GMOs are often a proxy for criticisms of globalization, synthetic chemicals and what has come to be called ...
15 years after debuting GMO crops, Colombia’s switch has benefited farmers and environment
GM crops saved water, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and provided farmers and the rest of Colombia with a variety of ...
With GMO insect-resistant sugarcane approval, Brazilian farmers poised to reap benefits of biotech pipeline
With the approval of Brazil's fourth genetically-engineered crop--insect-resistant sugarcane--Brazil is emerging as the most genetically innovative developing country ...
How Berkeley-led academics conspired with anti-GMO groups to attack Food Evolution movie
Emails show the Pesticide Action Network, Center for Food Safety, and Friends of the Earth helped write and promote a ...
Monoculture: Do intensive farming and GMOs really threaten biodiversity?
Many critics claim GMOs increase the practice of monoculture cropping, but is this accurate? Does intensive farming damage our land ...
15 tips to better communicate about GMOs with the public
Plant pathology professor Paul Vincelli shares what social science research and his years of experience have taught him about communication ...
Activists attack humanitarian ‘GMO’ corn shipment to Haiti — but seeds aren’t genetically engineered
The Non-GMO Project attacked the government of Haiti for approving a humanitarian shipment of high-yield conventional corn, claiming the seeds ...
Transgenic fish are ready for us. Are we ready for them?
After overcoming two decades of regulatory and legal challenges, AquaBounty now faces the ultimate tests as it prepares for the ...
Is it true there are no long term GMO safety studies?
Anti-GMO activists call for longer animal feed studies to assess the safety of GMOs. But are longer tests really necessary? ...
Harmful, beneficial or no effect? Flawed European bees and neonicotinoids study could be misused to support ban
A widely-discussed 3-country study showed no clear impact of neonics on bees. Why did the authors appear to explain away ...
Backlash to flawed ‘landmark’ European neonicotinoid study: Inconclusive data suggest both health benefits and harm
Upside down news: A backlash by independent scientists has begun to emerge, challenging sensational accounts of a 'landmark' European field ...
Global hunger challenge requires mix of high-tech, GM and organic methods
As the world's population booms, solutions are needed to feed an additional 2 billion humans by 2050. Can organic and ...
Opinion: GMO opponents in ‘frenzied heat’ trying to discredit Food Evolution movie
Michael Pollan, Marion Nestle and other anti-GMO activists have complained that the documentary Food Evolution is nothing more than a ...
Opinion | Putin’s ‘sock puppets’: How Russia ‘uses’ anti-GMO activists to undermine crop biotech and science
In its promotion of 'fake news,' Russia is committed to undermining US technological advantages by using anti-GMO activists to spread ...
Food Evolution’s NYC premiere proof science and reason can win over GMO skeptics
Change is hard. But a skeptical New York City crowd's reaction to Food Evolution, a new documentary about GMOs, provides ...
Plight of the monarch: Threatened by more than the loss of milkweed food supply
Anti-GMO critics often blame the herbicide glyphosate for monarch butterfly population declines, as it kills the insect's habitat--weeds. But a ...
Why one scientist refuses to buy organic foods
Many consumers opt for organic food thinking it is healthier and is grown more sustainably. One plant scientist challenges the ...
Opinion: Activists—not biotech companies—responsible for public backlash against GMOs
Biotech companies like Monsanto are often blamed for not doing enough to combat consumer skepticism of GM foods. But anti-GMO ...
‘Food Evolution’ movie could mark turning point in public GMO discussion
Food Evolution, a documentary about the GMO debate, brings pro-science perspectives into the mainstream and casts a harsh light on ...
WHO’s IARC under fire for ignoring exculpatory data on glyphosate: Should it be reformed or abolished?
Independent scientists challenge IARC's use of 'hazard' rather than 'risk' analysis--its operating premise that a substance should be ‘labeled’ carcinogenic ...
