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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Video: Obama on GMOs — ‘Humanity has always engaged in genetic modifications’
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Dangerous GMO petunias? Bright orange-red flowers pulled from UK shelves
Garden centres [in the UK] have been ordered to withdraw orange petunias from sale over concerns that they may be ...
How to reduce pest tolerance to insect-resistant GM Bt crops? Breed the plants with conventional ones
Insect pests that are rapidly adapting to genetically engineered crops threaten agriculture worldwide. A new study published in the Proceedings ...
Infographic: Global GM crops reduced farm chemical usage and CO2 emissions in 2016 boom year
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Bangladesh’s embrace of GMO technology may embolden innovation in developing countries
Bangladesh's successful application of biotechnology and development of its own GM crops could serve as a model for other developing ...
Pamela Ronald reinvents rice: Drought-resistant varieties show progress
Pamela Ronald stands in front of two rows of rice plants, sprouting from black plastic pots, in a stifling greenhouse ...
Cargill’s Non-GMO Project partnership highlights food companies’ ‘unwillingness to educate consumers’
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Talking Biotech: Genetic engineering’s role in breeding more disease resistant and nutritious potatoes
Michigan State's David Douches builds a better potato combining genetic engineering and traditional breeding ...
Nobel Laureate Sir Richard Roberts’ $4 billion dollar solution: GM moths could fight cabbage and broccoli pest, reduce insecticide use
The deadline to submit comments to the USDA on the proposed field trial of the GM diamondback moth is nearing, ...
Backward regulations may prevent Europe from ever benefiting from easy-to-develop disease-resistant tomatoes
Engineering a tomato resistant to a pernicious fungal disease doesn’t seem like it’d be the easiest part of a plant pathologist’s ...
Do farming and chemicals hurt overall honey bee health? Much the opposite, concludes independent study
While recent media reports have condemned a commonly used agricultural pesticide as detrimental to honey bee health, scientists with the ...
GMO algae as food source and renewable fuel: First EPA-approved field trial completed
Scientists at the University of California San Diego and Sapphire Energy have successfully completed the first outdoor field trial sanctioned ...
‘Follow the money’: Why the organic industry funds anti-GMO campaigns
Everything we eat has had their genes modified by humans at some point in history, and nothing we eat exists ...
Neonicotinoid insecticide may reduce wild bumblebee queens’ egg development, lab study finds
Use of a common pesticide in spring could have an impact on wild bumblebees by interfering with their life cycle, ...
Controversy emerges over government-funded project to counter GMO food ‘misinformation’
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Former Boulder, Col mayor: Only people propagating threats and distortions are anti-GMO organizers
I recently read results of a survey in which 57 percent of respondents reported feeling "strongly" about an issue, yet ...
Popular TED Talks explore future of agricultural innovation, biotechnology
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Student scientists join global march in support of science, offer their thoughts on where things stand in Uganda ...
Video: WaPo investigation raises questions about large dairy farm’s compliance with USDA organic standards
[A] closer look at Aurora [Organic Dairy] and other large operations highlights critical weaknesses in the unorthodox inspection system that ...
UK government advisors: Farmers’ emergency application for neonicotinoid insecticide use should be refused
The National Farming Union’s (NFU) application for an emergency authorisation for neonicotinoid seed treatments is not looking hopeful as Government ...
GM salmon farm won’t require new federal assessment, Canadian government says
A plant in eastern [Prince Edwards Island] that plans to produce genetically modified salmon will not require a new federal ...
Camera-equipped drones may soon detect plant disease before any visible signs
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Boulder County, Colorado’s GMO ban destabilizes the environment and economy
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