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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Monsanto’s Robert Fraley: Next GMO crops to focus on nutrition, climate change
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Greenpeace scientist Doug Parr on GMO debate: “Facts matter less”
Many people criticize Greenpeace for backing the scientific consensus when it comes to climate change, but not when it comes to the safety of GMOs ...
Tanzania kick starts GMO era with field trial of drought-tolerant GMO maize
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Michael Pollan claims ‘Big Food’ out-lobbies the ‘food movement’
Simply put, [Big Food] is the $1.5 trillion industry that grows, rears, slaughters, processes, imports, packages and retails most of the ...
Farmers get higher prices for non-GMO soybeans, but are they worth the extra labor?
In the late 90s, many farmers went all in on biotech crops... But as crop prices falter, and some Americans ...
DuPont-Pioneer collaborating with non-profit to develop gene-edited, disease-resistant maize
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Talking Biotech: University of Southampton’s Mark Chapman on eggplant’s evolution, benefits of GMO variety
University of Southampton's Mark Chapman on evolution of eggplant, benefits of GMO variety; reflections on Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug ...
Monsanto says Bayer merger will help company tackle climate change challenges
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Toyota develops DNA analysis technology to increase biofuel yields
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that it has developed a new deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis technology called Genotyping by Random ...
GMO proponents may have overstated benefits of herbicide-resistant soy on environment
[M]any people... have talked about how glyphosate tolerant crops allowed replacement of more toxic herbicides. ...[B]ut that trend seems to ...
Former anti-GMO campaigner Mark Lynas: Green movement should support crop biotech
Former anti-GMO campaigner Mark Lynas discusses what changed his mind about GMOs. He addresses why the green movement is so threatened ...
No evidence that GMO mustard would harm India’s honeybees
Contrary to the unsubstantiated... rumors on the ill-effects of barnase-barstar GM mustard technology on honey bees, the South Asia Biotechnology ...
‘Industrial farming’ and crop biotechnology benefit the environment
...[Since the mid-20th century], farm sizes have risen significantly... [T]his large size that is often criticized... in the belief that ...
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein says ‘GMOs not good for the planet or people’
Dr. Jill Stein, Green Party presidential candidate, spoke to a crowd of supporters at Wilkes University on Wednesday, Sept. 22 ...
Talking Biotech: Cell biologist, author Iida Ruishalme on glyphosate safety, dangers
Cell biologist, author and Thoughtscapism founder Iida Ruishalme's comprehensive assessment of glyphosate ...
GMO Bt corn’s underrated ability to reduce mycotoxins benefits health and economy
One side benefit of Bt corn is its ability to reduce mycotoxin contamination, which could provide health and economic benefits ...
Anti-GMO activists can’t admit success of Bangladesh’s insect-resistant GMO eggplant
For more than a decade controversy has raged in the world’s media about whether genetically engineered crops are dangerous, as ...
Genetically engineered self-fertilizing crops in development
A handful of biologists are working to endow major crops with the ability to "fix" nitrogen from the air into ...
Insecticides and fungicides—not neonicotinoids—contribute most to bee mortality, study says
The impact of pesticides on pollinators remains an ongoing concern, especially as new research highlights the complex web of pesticide ...
Will GMO labeling help public recognize benefits of biotech, build trust?
Transparency is the best way to overcome people's opposition to genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), says Jack Bobo, a keynote speaker at ...
Glyphosate found in US honey
The Food and Drug Administration, under public pressure to start testing samples of U.S. food for the presence of a ...
High-elevation maize genes may hold keys to help crops adapt to changing climate
With the onset of climate change and changes in irrigation, adapting food crops to grow in diverse environments could help ...
GMO myth busting: Behold the dandelion, the weed with farm busting superpowers
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Farmers struggling to counter activist demonization of safe herbicide glyphosate
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GMO mosquitoes could save Hawaii’s critically endangered birds
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Talking Biotech: Single cell to plant: University of Florida’s Indra Vasil on GMO plant regeneration
Indra Vasil, retired University of Florida professor, on regeneration—Vital step in GMO plant production ...