Food & Agriculture 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
Trump Administration has opportunity to base biotech regulations on science, not fears
At least when it comes to biotechnology, the president's order freezing recent regulations provides a chance to get regulations right ...
Pesticides just one tool in the modern farmer’s pest management toolbox
Modern farming involves much more than just spraying pesticides to keep pests at bay. Farmers must employ a broad array ...
Transparency Is Key To Consumer Acceptance Of New Technology
Can gene-editing technology avoid the stigma associated with GMOs? Center for Food Integrity research says food and agricultural companies must ...
Will – And Should – Gene Edited Animals Be Regulated?
Regulations proposed by the FDA on the final day of the Obama Administration suggest the agency wants to regulate gene ...
Will Biotechnology Regulations Squelch Food and Farming Innovation?
The GLP's 18-part 5-week series -- GMO: Beyond the Science -- begins with a look at the regulatory web that ...
Scientist for hire? Does anti-neonic activist David Goulson produce pre-determined ‘research’ for funders?
Leading UK sustainability researcher embroiled in a scandal over alleged manipulation of European bee health advisory group takes NGO advocacy ...
Wisconsin farm couple to Rachel Ray: Stop spreading pseudo-science about antibiotics in milk
Scientists are increasingly alarmed about the junk science passed along in America's talk shows. Here, a celebrity nutritionist, encouraged by ...
Glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide linked to liver disease in rats? Researcher Séralini under fire again
Animal geneticist Alison Van Eenennaam walks us through a new study by controversial researcher Giles-Eric Séralini, who once again links ...
Will the Arctic Apple usher in a wave of genetically engineered fruits and vegetables?
The non-browning Arctic Apple is the latest food genetically engineered to help tackle the global food waste problem. These types ...
Breeding slower growing chickens: Is that a good idea?
Chickens are the most efficient of our meat animals in terms of how much grain it takes to produce each ...
How conflicts of interest, NGO activism undermine European bee health oversight
The EU recently banned three neonicotinoids to protect honeybees. But a closer look shows the decision was influenced by an ...
FDA proposal to regulate gene edited animals is ‘nonsensical’
Genetic modification of animals is heavily regulated -- so much so that only one major innovation has been approved by ...
Addressing GMO concerns: Will Big Ag let farmers save seeds?
There is a certain emotional appeal to the idea that nobody should be able to patent foods. But how would ...
Addressing GMO concerns: Are agricultural chemicals hazardous, overused?
This is the second in a series that explores common objections to GMOs that are found on the internet. This ...
Addressing GMO concerns: Are foods “made in labs” the same as those “made by nature”
This is the first in a series that explores common objections to GMOs that are found on the internet. The ...
3 disease resistant GMOs could address climate change and save farmers billions
The next generation of genetically engineered crops--if technology skeptics do not have their way--will bring a range of benefits to ...
Top 5 ‘post-truth’ anti-GMO headlines: Biologist critiques outrageous 2016 claims
A reproductive biologist offers her take on the five most outrageous--but astronomically popular--anti-GMO advocacy blog headlines from last year, including ...
Myth busting: Is agricultural pesticide use in the US, and its impact, going down or up?
Anti-GMO groups have shifted their focus from demonizing GMO crops directly to criticizing chemical usage, particularly the herbicide glyphosate, for ...
Kelly v Graham: Should scientists ‘stay out’ of politics?
The question of whether scientists should take special restraint in not lacing their pubic engagement on science issues with politics ...
Video GMO story: The near death and rescue of the Hawaiian papaya
The anti-GMO movement in Hawaii grew into a sizable force in 2013 thanks to funding and directional support from activist ...
UC Davis’ Alison Van Eenennaam’s deep dive into latest Séralini GMOs-are-dangerous paper
The controversial paper by the Séralini team challenges a central tenet of biotech proponents: are GM crops 'substantially equivalent' to ...
Real story of anti-GMO sensation Rachel Parent: Idealist or pawn of ‘natural’ marketers?
Teen anti-GMO activist Rachel Parent tours the world, 'testifying' at anti-GMO tribunals and delivers Ted Talks about the dangers of ...
Why business journalists should not write on science: Washington Post botches India GMO cotton exposé
Business reporters should not attempt to write about science--a point underscored by a botched Washington Post "investigation" about growing cotton ...
‘Agrochemical academic complex’: Should industry fund research?
According to a recent piece in the NYT: Industry funded researchers are shills and the rest are tree-hugging greenies. UC ...
Teenager raped to death in US Animal Research Center (NY Times’ Michael Moss’ F in journalism)
In January 2015, New York Times journalist Michael Moss skewered the research protocols of the US Meat Animal Research Center ...
Can water protect you from glyphosate ‘poisoning’? Gilles-Eric Séralini’s homeopathy “detox” hoax
The controversial French scientist fronts for a homeopathy company that has funded much of his research. What does mainstream science ...
Addressing all farmers’ challenges: Taking ideology out of the glyphosate and ‘superweed’ debate
Hardy weeds that develop from continued use of a limited control system are problems for all farmers. This is not ...
