Sustainability/Climate Change
Food production needs are expected to roughly double over the next 35 years as the world population grows and people in under developed countries become more affluent and demand more calories. Healthy ecosystems are vital to the survival of all organisms. How can we grow crops without harming the environment? How can we balance technology and global food security? What is the right balance of organic and conventional farming? What role can genetics and biotechnology play without compromising the needs of tomorrow?
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Should organic agriculture consider allowing gene-edited crops?
Proponents of agricultural biotechnology are calling for a reconsideration of the organic opposition to GMOs in light of [New Plant ...
Boulder farmers criticize ‘rushed, incomplete’ plan to phase out GMO crops
[In March, Boulder County, CO Comissioners decided to ban cultivation of GMO crops on county-owned farmland. The following is an excerpt from ...
Food companies may go ‘non-GMO’ for marketing reasons
[Editor's Note: The author of this excerpt, Shiloh Perry, is a communications assistant for the American Farm Bureau] Companies often make ...
GMOs can provide vegans improved alternatives to animal products, more nutritious plants
[Editor's note: Jayson Merkley is a contributor to Vegan GMO, an organization that advocates "for a rational approach toward biotechnology ...
Scientists’ ‘Open Letter’ to NY Times’ Public Editor brightlines Danny Hakim’s ‘misleading’ GMO article
Seven prominent scientists and academicians from around the world challenge the New York Times' ethics editor to correct the public ...
Sustainable agriculture has major role in addressing climate change
Agriculture, including forestry and fisheries, is the sector most threatened by climate change. At the same time, the agricultural sectors ...
Are GMO crops improving children’s IQ?
[Danny Hakim's October 29th article in the New York Times appears to suggest] that planting GMO crops has 1) lead to ...
GMO crops not ‘contaminating’ nearby organic farms, USDA data suggest
In 2015, Oregon lawmakers passed House Bill 2509, which created mediation protocols for growers who believe nearby farming practices are ...
African Centre for Biodiversity claims South Africa’s GMO maize provides poor nutrition, will not help nation cope with drought
[Haidee Swanby is Research and Outreach Officer and Linzi Lewis is a Researcher at the African Centre for Biodiversity.] A new report by ...
UK research facility spent over $2.5 million to protect GMO wheat trial from threatened vandalism by anti-GMO activists
[Editor's note: Rothamsted Research is the longest running agricultural research center in the world. It has three campuses in Britain. The research ...
African researchers develop drought-tolerant GMO maize variety
Maize is a staple food crop for millions of Africans. Despite this fact, African farmers have been harvesting average grain ...
Beer maker SABMiller working with scientists to produce flood-tolerant hops
[Editor's note: This excerpt was translated by Google Translate and lightly edited for clarity] Hops, one of the main ingredients ...
GMO grasses could provide healthier forage for livestock, reduce environmental impact
Grasses of the future will make animals healthier, more productive and reduce their impact on the environment. AgResearch scientist Tony Conner said advances in modern ...
Could genetic modification via insects protect crops against agricultural bioterrorism?
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biological Technologies Office (BTO) has announced a Proposers Day for the new Insect ...
Myth busting on ‘contamination’: GMO farms’ halo effect often protects organic farms
Some organic farmers worry that their farms can be ‘contaminated’ by modified crops grown nearby. But no organic farmers in ...
German Plant Breeders Association says EU should not regulate gene-edited plants as GMOs
[Editor’s Note: The author, Petra Jorasch, is vice-secretary general of the German Plant Breeders’ Association.] A key issue, not only ...
GMO sugar beets offer 30% yield boost, but mandatory labels could devastate farmers
[F]armers began using genetically modified beet seeds eight years ago. Sugar extracted from ... beets shows no trace of genetic modification. It’s the ...
Model predicts banning GMOs would spike greenhouse gas emissions and food prices
A global ban on genetically modified crops would raise food prices and add the equivalent of nearly a billion tons ...
Three scientist-mothers explain why they avoid non-GMO products
[The Non-GMO Project] NGP leads consumers to believe that choosing non-GMO is consistent with values that consumers (including ourselves) seek ...
Do GMOs boost yields? ‘Superwheat’ set for field trials boosts harvests by 20%
Genetically modified crops could help us grow more food on less land in a world struggling to cope with climate ...
European scientist: WHO’s IARC faces scrutiny over glyphosate cancer designation
One of the World Health Organization's cancer research bodies faces increasing criticism because of its questionable categorizations of numerous safe ...
As food companies demand sustainability from suppliers, where will GMOs fit in?
...Increasingly, major food companies are raising the bar over what they consider to be “sustainable” agricultural practices around the globe ...
Nobel laureate Sir Richard Roberts: ‘Green activist opposition to GMOs hurts food-insecure developing countries
If the thought of genetically-modified organisms, or GMOs, brings to mind vague notions fraught with danger, Nobel laureate and Distinguished ...
Waitrose, major UK grocery chain, reducing use of GMO fed animals in its supply chain
Waitrose has received its first shipment of soya grown in the Danube region of Europe as it attempts to bring ...
Mother Jones: New York Times report on GMOs used misleading statistics
[Editor's note: A recent article in the New York Times claims that GMO crops have not lived up to their ...
Following ban on neonicotinoid pesticides, Cambridge University’s lawns destroyed by pests and crows
The immaculate lawns of Cambridge University are being spoiled by crows feasting on bugs after an EU ban on a ...
Agricultural economist: GMO crops have benefits, otherwise farmers wouldn’t grow them
[Editor's note: Jayson Lusk, a food and agricultural economist at Oklahoma State University, responds to Danny Hakim's recent article in ...
