Sustainability / GreenGenes
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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Marker-assisted plant breeding: agricultural genetics without GMOs
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Are GMOs causing an increase in allergies?
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Henry Rowlands, organic movement’s cyber mastermind behind anti-GMO websites
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Henry Rowlands, organic movement’s cyber mastermind behind anti-GMO websites
Wonder how, when an anti-GMO initiative is launched, so many activist sites carry the same coordinated message? Meet Henry Rowlands, ...
Why embracing the “unnatural” can help us improve on—and preserve—nature
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Confronting fear of genetic modification, a life-saving technology
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Stine Seed flies under media radar but is patent backbone of biotech industry
Few outside of the biotech industry know Stine Seed Farm, a plant breeding and biotechnology group that develops germplasm for ...
‘Green gene’ movement can blend genetic engineering and organic practices
While most people treat genetic engineering and organic agriculture as worlds apart, the green gene movement is trying to think ...
Greener paper through genetically engineered trees
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Does the Union of Concerned Scientists’s Doug Gurian-Sherman misrepresent GMOs?
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GM food just the latest chapter in 10,000 years of high-tech agriculture
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How anti-biotech groups leveraged fear of pesticides to pass Kauai anti-GMO bill
The feast of fear that was intentionally served up to pass Bill 2491, the pesticide/GMO regulatory bill, is now serving ...
RNAi researcher accuses Monsanto of muzzling her research, hiding risks of GMOs
After nearly 30 years studying how plants use their genes to defend against viruses, Vicki Vance, a professor at the ...
4 billionth acre of biotech crops about to be planted
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As FDA rejects mandatory GMO labeling, some ‘green’ groups advocate vandalism
FDA commissioner's science-based support for voluntary labeling of GMOs disappointed anti-GMO campaigners, some of whom are now advocating ripping up ...
Genetically engineered poplar trees break down more easily, hailed as environmental boon
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Modern genetics undermines neat boundaries of species
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Anti-GMO Ecologist magazine claims ‘extreme levels’ of glyphosate residue in GM soy
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Filipino farmers fight against ruling on Bt crops
The Supreme Court in the Philippines has been asked to nullify a decision of the Court of Appeals stopping the ...
University extension educator urges farmers to know basic biotech crop science
Farmers need to know the basic biotech crop science to educate consumers about what they do. Jenny Rees, a University ...
Borlaug’s Green Revolution: Neither green, nor revolutionary
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Greenpeace calls on Philippines to scrap Golden Rice, claims it provides no vitamin benefits
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Honoring of Green Revolution’s Norman Borlaug ignites ideological skirmishes
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Black Swan author Nassim Taleb warns of unpredictable dangers from GMOs
New York University professor Nassim Taleb, author of The Black Swan, which many believe foreshadowed the events leading up to the Great ...
Organic farmer speaks out for GMO co-existence: Labeling might break impasse for the reasonable
A new "GLP Voice" from our growing stable of guest contributors: Quebec organic farmer Rob Wallbridge says organics and GMOs ...
Horshoe crabs bleed for biomedicine
The bright blue blood of horseshoe crabs is a biomedical treasure, but harvesting the blood of these unique creatures seems ...
Are GMO crops sustainable? Bullets fly over environmentalist Jon Foley’s controversial essay
“Against my better judgment, I’m dipping my toe into the genetically modified organism debate," wrote University of Minnesota environmentalist Jon ...
Video: Feelings, Facts, Food and GMOs
Andrew Revkin led a Google Hangout discussion with Shelley Boris, a chef committed to conscientious cuisine and author of “Fresh ...
