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Monsanto’s Robert Fraley: Next GMO crops to focus on nutrition, climate change

Robert Fraley | 
The first genetically modified row crops of any kind—herbicide-resistant soybeans and cotton protected against the bollworm and other pests—were introduced ...
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Greenpeace scientist Doug Parr on GMO debate: “Facts matter less”

Doug Parr | 
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

Joan Conrow | 
Tanzania planted its first genetically modified maize research trials [Oct. 5] under an initiative that is building a new model for ...
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Michael Pollan claims ‘Big Food’ out-lobbies the ‘food movement’

Michael Pollan | 
Simply put, [Big Food] is the $1.5 trillion industry that grows, rears, slaughters, processes, imports, packages and retails most of the ...
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Farmers get higher prices for non-GMO soybeans, but are they worth the extra labor?

Annie Baxter | 
In the late 90s, many farmers went all in on biotech crops... But as crop prices falter, and some Americans ...
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DuPont-Pioneer collaborating with non-profit to develop gene-edited, disease-resistant maize

Julie Mollins | 
Although controversial, genetically modified (GM) crops constitute one option for increasing yields and have not been proven to be dangerous ...
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Talking Biotech: University of Southampton’s Mark Chapman on eggplant’s evolution, benefits of GMO variety

Indra Vasil, Mark Chapman | 
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

Willie Vogt | 
"We're going to have 3 billion more people join the Middle Class, which along with the growing population is a ...

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 ...
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GMO proponents may have overstated benefits of herbicide-resistant soy on environment

Anastasia Bodnar | 
[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

Mark Lynas | 
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

Bhagirath Choudhary | 
Contrary to the unsubstantiated... rumors on the ill-effects of barnase-barstar GM mustard technology on honey bees, the South Asia Biotechnology ...
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‘Industrial farming’ and crop biotechnology benefit the environment

Jayson Lusk | 
...[Since the mid-20th century], farm sizes have risen significantly... [T]his large size that is often criticized... in the belief that ...
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Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein says ‘GMOs not good for the planet or people’

Jessica Bonacci, Rachel Looker | 
Dr. Jill Stein, Green Party presidential candidate, spoke to a crowd of supporters at Wilkes University on Wednesday, Sept. 22 ...
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Talking Biotech: Cell biologist, author Iida Ruishalme on glyphosate safety, dangers

Iida Ruishalme | 
Cell biologist, author and Thoughtscapism founder Iida Ruishalme's comprehensive assessment of glyphosate ...
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GMO Bt corn’s underrated ability to reduce mycotoxins benefits health and economy

Rebecca Randall | 
One side benefit of Bt corn is its ability to reduce mycotoxin contamination, which could provide health and economic benefits ...
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Anti-GMO activists can’t admit success of Bangladesh’s insect-resistant GMO eggplant

Mark Lynas | 
For more than a decade controversy has raged in the world’s media about whether genetically engineered crops are dangerous, as ...
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Genetically engineered self-fertilizing crops in development

Erik Stokstad | 
A handful of biologists are working to endow major crops with the ability to "fix" nitrogen from the air into ...
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Insecticides and fungicides—not neonicotinoids—contribute most to bee mortality, study says

Kirsten Traynor et al. | 
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?

Fiona Rotherham | 
Transparency is the best way to overcome people's opposition to genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), says Jack Bobo, a keynote speaker at ...
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Glyphosate found in US honey

Carey Gillam | 
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

Ann Filmer | 
With the onset of climate change and changes in irrigation, adapting food crops to grow in diverse environments could help ...
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GMO myth busting: Behold the dandelion, the weed with farm busting superpowers

Andrew Porterfield | 
What does it mean to say that weeds are developing a "resistance" to glyphosate or another pesticide? Is this related ...

Farmers struggling to counter activist demonization of safe herbicide glyphosate

Gerald Pilger | 
Is agriculture reacting to the GMO debate when we should be focusing on protecting glyphosate? These are questions we need ...
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GMO mosquitoes could save Hawaii’s critically endangered birds

Michael Specter | 
[M]osquitoes, which carry avian malaria, are a principal reason that just forty-two of more than a hundred species of native ...
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Talking Biotech: Single cell to plant: University of Florida’s Indra Vasil on GMO plant regeneration

Indra Vasil | 
Indra Vasil, retired University of Florida professor, on regeneration—Vital step in GMO plant production ...
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