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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Infographic: How crops are genetically modified to resist plant viruses
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Bio-weapons for good: Chemicals and genetics could battle havoc-creating zebra mussels
[Kenny Beckman’s lab at the University of Minnesota] expects to release...the first ever sequence of the entire genome of the ...
Regulatory delays of GMO crops in Africa cost lives and millions of dollars, study finds
Kenya, Uganda and many other African countries had the chance to follow South Africa's example of adopting genetically engineered (GE) ...
Viewpoint: Canadian monarch butterfly and bee populations thrive as glyphosate use increases
What happened to the monarchs? The popular story is that genetically modified crops and an evil herbicide called glyphosate (also ...
GMOs are not an either/or debate
On the one hand, GM crops can help us feed poor people in far-flung parts of the world by making ...
Food Evolution interview: Could ‘pro science’ documentary inspire a pro-GMO food movement?
Food Evolution director Scott Hamilton Kennedy talks with the Genetic Literacy Project about the film's funding, and challenges the "ruthless ...
Ireland’s ag minister wants to make island GMO-free global seed refuge
Ireland should work to have all-island status as GMO-free to maintain biodiversity, according to Minister of State for Agriculture Andrew ...
Oyster crackers deception: Dissecting Westminster Bakers’ Non-GMO label scam
[Editor's note: James Cooper holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Ohio State University.] So what does that mean for oyster ...
Opinion: GMOs could help address world hunger—if ag giants focused on people, not profit
[Transgenic crops] combine genetic material obtained through the most modern biotechnology. This...technology allows plant breeders to bring useful genes together ...
Food Evolution director Scott Hamilton Kennedy: ‘I wanted to reset the debate’ over food and farming
Oscar-nominated director talks with the Genetic Literacy Project about the reaction his documentary has received, both from GMO critics and ...
India’s GM mustard approval on hold pending outcome of anti-GMO lawsuit
India’s top court ... put the commercial release of a genetically-modified mustard variety on hold until it decides on a case ...
House Democrats push for neonicotinoid insecticide ban in next farm bill
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) wants to include a ban on pesticides linked to declining bee health in next year’s farm ...
Uganda ponders gene-edited crops to avoid restrictive GMO regulations
Scientists globally... are engaged in plant breeding using genetic modification methods where a gene from a different plant is identified ...
‘Chemicals’ not biggest threat to food safety—and 9 other myths about modern farming busted
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Indian scientist: Promoting ‘rich man’s’ organic food’ and delaying insect-resistant GMO eggplant hurts poor
Chairman of Review Committee for Genetic Manipulations (RCGM) Dr B Sesikeran ... said by stalling Bt brinjal [eggplant], India has only done more ...
Why one anti-GMO farmer switched to genetically engineered herbicide-tolerant seeds
Greg Guenther is now an enthusiastic user of genetically modified seed, despite steering clear of it in the mid-1990s, having ...
Chipotle got rid of food with ‘scary-sounding chemicals’—So why are customers getting sick?
[Editor's note: Joseph Perrone is the Chief Science Officer at the Center for Accountability in Science.] [Spring 2017], Chipotle reinforced its ...
Over-fishing to supply fish oil with omega-3? GMO camelina may soon offer sustainable alternatives
Metabolic engineers have moved a step closer to sourcing fish oils from fields rather than from the oceans with a ...
Does the US grow too much GMO corn and soy, most used for livestock?
[Editor’s Note: Jayson Lusk is a food and agricultural economist and head of the Agricultural Economics Department at Purdue University.] ...
How EU could make GMO crop regulations more scientific
In recent years, the EU legislation on genetically modified (GM) crops has come under severe criticism. Among the arguments are ...
Canadian GMO salmon facility will require federal environmental risk assessment
A proposal to produce the world's first genetically modified salmon for human consumption in P.E.I. will face assessment, says the ...
UK expected to follow EU policy on neonicotinoid insecticides
Newly proud “environmentalist” Michael Gove is promising to deliver a “green Brexit” which will set global gold standards on policies ...
Viewpoint: California activists ‘gamed system’ to get glyphosate herbicide labeled as carcinogen
Environmental activists found the perfect targets to help them defame the popular herbicide glyphosate — widely-accepted as safe — in ...
10 ‘fake news’ unscientific buzzwords and health fads
[Editor's note: Alex Berezow is Senior Fellow of Biomedical Science at the American Council on Science and Health. He holds ...
Megafarms: ‘US model’ large-scale livestock farms offer efficiency—and consequences
Intensive farming of livestock offers many advantages over traditional open ranges, not least economies of cost and scale, more efficient ...
Quebec’s plan to prohibit neonics and other pesticides upsets grain producers
Grain producers are not digesting the concept of pesticide regulation announced on [July 19] as part of the Quebec Pesticide ...
Activists claim ‘faulty’ environmental assessment led to approval of Canadian GMO salmon facility
It was a faulty environmental assessment process that allowed a company in eastern [Prince Edward Island (P.E.I), Canada] to build ...
