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
GMO high tech farm animals stuck on the shelf
Various genetically engineered animals have shown promise in research. But they wait in the wings with no certainly of whether ...
Is the organic farming yield gap a sustainability gap too? New study argues for cooperation
Organic farming can't match conventional's yields. But if the acrimony could end, farmers now pitted against one another could crossbreed ...
Non-GMO label hoodwinks consumers to promote corporate profits
For many products, the Non GMO label simply means exploiting concerns of skittish consumers ...
No rotten tomatoes—Can genetic engineering help create a tastier but still hardy fruit?
From Flavr Savr to today, a history of the genetically modified tomato ...
Ontario farmer: Milkweeds, monarch butterflies and GMOs–What should science-minded farmers do?
I see no scientifically credible reason to be less diligent in removing milkweeds and other unwanted plants from my crop ...
Does CRISPR gene editing = GMO? Biotechnology skeptics may split on how to regulate New Breeding Technologies
The movement opposed to products that have been called "GM" maybe splitting into two, with one faction considering to taking ...
Designing GMOs for human Mars colonies: Follow the ‘toxic salt’
Before we grow staple grains such as wheat and corn on Mars , we need to deal with the soil's ...
Will raw or organic milk reduce “inflammation”?
Dairy products do not cause inflammation. They may actually act as anti-inflammatory foods ...
Why activists, but few farmers, complain they can’t save patented seeds
Farmers don't save seeds because buying patented hybrids makes sense. It's not because of evil Big Ag ...
War in Europe—Battle over glyphosate
The battle over glyphosate rages on in Europe, creating a lot of question marks over whether the popular herbicide will ...
Why tomatoes taste bad, how biotech could revolutionize a ‘lost’ fruit—and why you may never eat one
Supermarket tomatoes have a sorry reputation for looking great but tasting like cardboard. Short of growing only heirloom tomatoes, the ...
Are bees in peril from neonicotinoids? Farmer evidence challenges doomsayers
Will farmers be allowed to use safe effective neonic seed treatments or will hysterical and erroneous reports of bee deaths ...
Blind precaution: Europe’s obsession with Precautionary Principle blocks agricultural innovation
The EU has created a regulatory jungle, chocking agricultural innovation, by depending on the non-science based precautionary principle ...
‘We Love GMOs and Vaccines’ back, as Facebook lifts block: Neidenbach on home planting of GMOs
What happens if you grow GMO crops in your home garden? ...
Rogue GMO wheat in Washington State? Latest anti-GMO attempt to pump scare fizzles
Unnecessary anti-GMO panic highlights bankruptcy of current crop agricultural regulatory system ...
Global trade treaties on firing line: Cartagena Protocol, relic of earlier era promoting GMO fears
The Cartagena Protocol, started with the best intentions, may be out of date ...
Facebook bows to anti-science activists, shuts down ‘We Love GMOs and Vaccines’
Popular anti-quack website shut down by Facebook after protests from quacks ...
Do GMOs risk “unintended” health or environmental consequences, as critics maintain?
Concerns about unintended consequences, the backbone of criticism from anti-GMO activists, are actually more likely to occur in traditionally bred ...
GMO sustainability frontier: Helping crops acquire their own nitrogen
Tweaking a crop's genetics to help it fix its own nitrogen could avoid the need for massive amounts of fertilizer, ...
Video: Hillary Clinton endorses GMOs, solution-focused crop biotechnology
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton expressed her support for genetically modified crops and crop biotechnology in a keynote appearance at the ...
Genetics might help grow perfect cup of coffee
Coffee is in danger around the world, but experimental farmers want to save it by finding a variety that can ...
Anti-biotech hidden agenda: Link GMO feed to conventional dairy products to scare adoption of organics
Why is organic dairy, which industry leaders call a "gateway product", so important to anti-GMO movement? ...
Glyphosate found in 100% of wines tested in California–Reason for concern?
Just because we can now discover trace levels of a pesticide like glyphosate doesn't mean those levels are toxic ...
Fitness and health expert: 10 science-based reasons why I’m thankful for GMOs
Some vocal opponents of GMO foods are in the fitness community. There is a perceived belief that engineered foods pose ...
GMO labeling may be more about marketing than transparency
Is GMO labeling really about a consumer's right to know? Or is it about creating doubt about the safety of ...
Pro-GMO advocates capitulate to support GMO label law: Is this science’s Munich agreement?
Is the GMO labeling bill, which was just passed by both houses of Congress, a loss for advocates of biotechnology ...
Myth busting: Are synthetic pesticides, used with some GMOs, more dangerous than natural ones?
Both organic and conventional farmers use pesticides, but these chemicals are rampant in nature and many natural ones are far ...
