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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Myth busted: Only ‘Big Ag’ develops GMO crops
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Organic farming’s positive impact on bees may be ‘overestimated,’ new study suggests
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Viewpoint: FDA should eliminate non-GMO labels that ‘vilify’ food innovation
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Ontario study: Some good news about glyphosate
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Corn bred to ‘stand tall’ could prevent rotting crops, food waste
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Indoor farms could boost food production, but energy-friendly alternatives exist
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Methane-cutting GMO ‘super-grass’ could start new biotech crop debate in New Zealand
Groundbreaking New Zealand research shows that methane production from livestock could be dramatically reduced with a new so-called pasture super-grass ...
Scientists ‘turn off’ pathogenic genes to protect cotton from devastating wilt disease
Verticillium wilt (VW) is a devastating disease that affects a wide range of crops, causing major losses in agriculture .... One ...
Lessons learned from Twitter GMO debates with David Crosby and other celebrities
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CRISPR gene editing speeds breeding of Cassava and other staple food crops
Cassava plays a big role as a staple food and a highly favored commodity in the multibillion starch industry. However, ...
Urban food ecosystem: How vertical farms and 3D-printed food could feed world’s growing cities
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Canada, US embrace AquAdvantage GMO salmon, Brazil and China may be next
Genetically modified salmon firm AquaBounty has found “very enthusiastic” buyers in Canada, according to president and CEO Ronald Stotish. The ...
Scientists devise new way to protect forests from habitat destruction
Globally, forest trees are increasingly at risk from habitat destruction .... But the guidelines for effective preservation of a tree ...
Bt and other biopesticides might stop fall armyworm advance across India
Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), an invasive insect which had severely affected maize crops in Africa has now spread to fields ...
Kenya can achieve food security if government invests in agricultural technology
Kenya relies on only 10% of her landmass for food while 89% of the country’s landmass, home to 36% of ...
CRISPR-edited crops with better ‘ventilation systems’ could withstand climate change
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Organic vs. conventional: Which farming method produces consistently higher yields?
One of the primary challenges of our time is to enhance global food production and security. Most assessments in agricultural ...
Agricultural innovations in synthetic biology will help launch next tech boom
Civic and mechanical engineering harnessed the principles of physics to erect buildings, cities, and modes of transportation. Chemical engineering exploited ...
US promotes GMO acceptance in Africa to boost food security, public health
A Trump administration official [recently visited] Africa to promote government acceptance of genetically engineered crops. Peter Haas, a State Department ...
Did Canada overestimate the risks of neonicotinoid pesticides?
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Newly-discovered microbes could save endangered plants from extinction
One fine Hawaiian day in 2015, Geoff Zahn and Anthony Amend set off on an eight-hour hike .... The two ...
Talking Biotech: 30-year study confirms environmental benefits of glyphosate use
Anti-GMO activists continue to warn about the dangers of glyphosate, but 30 years of data show the controversial herbicide is ...
Embracing biotech crops and why Nigeria’s GMO fight is far from over
In July, Nigeria took a significant step down the biotech road by approving its first commercially available GMO crop, offering ...
Scientists hunting Asian hornet—invasive ‘honey bee killer’ spotted in U.K.
An Asian hornet sighting has been confirmed in Cornwall, sparking a hunt for the honey bee killer's nesting sites. The ...
Memphis Meats vice president says traditional agriculture ‘required’ for success of lab-grown meat
Start-up company Memphis Meats says that in the future, consumer meat products won’t start in a pasture or a feedlot. Rather, they ...
Scientists aim to engineer genetic defense system against deadly grapevine disease
A new discovery by Washington State University scientists could help grape growers roll back a devastating virus that withers vines ...
80 percent of Americans prefer organic produce, but are they healthier for it?
A whopping 82.3 percent of American households stock up on organic food .... But what if everything we know—or think we know—about ...
