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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How anti-GMO activists use monarch butterflies as ideological pawn
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Anti-GMO Japanese groups target US approved GMO salmon
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Putin wants to establish Russia as world organic capitol
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How to restore soil health and fight climate change
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Farmed GMO salmon key to survival of endangered wild salmon
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Study: Crop biotechnology essential to feeding more people on same arable land
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Soil degradation reducing arable land, biotechnology may be part of solution
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Finnish research shows ‘no immediate impact’ of neonicotinoids on bees
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this press release to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Research conducted in Finland ...
Controversial scientist Goulson challenged on study claiming neonicotinoids cause butterfly declines
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Environmentalist opposition to AquaAdvantage salmon ‘irrational, self-contradictory’
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Fish story: Salmon eaten in US modified even before genetic engineering
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GMO rice dramatically reduces farm greenhouse gas emissions
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Drought stricken Indian state of Maharashtra looks to GM sugar cane to preserve crop
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Infographic: Increased crop yield without using more land
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Monsanto to go carbon-neutral by 2021, in part by leveraging low till GMOs
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Western Australia to begin trials of GM medflies in attempt to control pest
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Is Big Organic guilty of ‘Merchants of Doubt’ behavior?
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Engineering debates on GMOs: How to change minds when emotions overrule science
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South African scientist adapting ‘resurrection plants’ to improve crop drought tolerance
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Infographic: Innovation in corn crops to feed hungry world
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Nutrigenomics: Can diets be tailored to an individual’s genetic make-up?
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Organic food sales rising but US acreage remains miniscule
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American Bird Conservatory launches ‘scare campaign’ about neonics in Congressional food
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Legal, PR battles commence to block FDA approved GMO salmon from dinner plate
The world's first genetically engineered fish approved for human consumption arriving in supermarkets within two years. Now the legal fireworks ...
Myth busting: Why Agent Orange has nothing do to with GMOs and the herbicide 2,4-D
By spreading misinformation about the herbicide 2,4-D, which IARC says is less hazardous than glyphosate, anti-GMO activists seek to deny ...
Herbicide mixtures effective, but non-herbicide solutions necessary to combat evolution of weed resistance
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