Sustainability/Climate Change
GMOs and herbicide resistant weeds stumbling blocks to sustainable farming
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Have we become more ...
Anti-GMO myth busted—We’re not losing plant genetic diversity after all
Anti-GMO activists and even some science publications claim GMOs are accelerating the trend toward a drastic loss in biodiversity. They ...
Should GMO drugs be perceived differently than GMO food?
Many of the same people who express outrage over genetic modification because it 'tinkers with Nature' are silent or supportive ...
Left McCarthyism? SF Pacifica radio station KPFA blacklists scientist because he’s not anti-GMO
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The following is an ...
Activists pressure Costco, other retailers to boycott GMO salmon
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Consumer groups are pressuring ...
Bees to birds: Have neonics and other pesticides ushered in a bird apocalypse?
The hysteria generated by a select group of advocacy scientists warning that bees are endangered is now being focused on ...
How to cut farm use of pesticides: GMO moths, but anti-biotech groups wary
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An invasive species, the diamondback ...
Activists warn Monsanto poised to become Big Veggie
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Broccoli, the original superfood, ...
Talking Biotech: Using spinach gene, GE citrus fights disease devastating Florida oranges
Orange producer Ricke Kress on how genetic engineering can defeat devastating citrus greening disease ...
Sustainable potato that resists blight given green light by USDA, but anti-GMO activists remain opposed
Sustainable potato that reduces browning and bruising and lowers presence of potentially cancer-causing chemical now has added benefit of resisting ...
Bt crops safe to eat, reduce pesticide use and collateral damage to beneficial insects
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Crop loss due to ...
Vandana Shiva, activists spread misinformation about GMO mustard up for deregulation in India
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Personalities that aspire to ...
GM technology increases drought tolerance by protecting roots
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Agriculture is estimated to ...
Global Food Series: How much do households from around the world spend on food?
In an absolute sense, the United States spends more per household on food consumed at home ($2,390 per year) than, ...
As Kenya prepares to lift ban on GMOs, critics say biotech crops aren’t only option to improve production
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion, and analysis. The debate sparked by ...
GM plants great option for organic farmers but arbitrarily excluded
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Professor Ian Godwin from ...
Is organic farming and food a sustainable choice?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Producers of organic food ...
Hell on wheels for organic purists?
Oh, the organic humanity... ? Won't anyone think of the children...? ...
Yale professor dissects flawed anti-GMO commentary in New England Journal of Medicine
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion, and analysis. A recent commentary published ...
GMO crops benefit small vegetable farms as well as large industrial farms
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion, and analysis. Novel seed genetics—particularly GM ...
Organic food recalls due to bacterial contamination soaring
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion, and analysis. New data collected by Stericycle, ...
Non GMO salt? Water? Food companies exploit GMO free labels, misleading customers, promoting misinformation
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion, and analysis. Last year, Evolution Salt ...
Targeting Kevin Folta for teaching genetics shows ethics of anti-GMO activist attackers
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion, and analysis. A well-respected researcher in ...
Talking Biotech: In wake of bungled USRTK FOIA attack, Kevin Folta clarifies future of genetic literacy outreach
In wake of bungled USRTK FOIA attack, Kevin Folta clarifies future of genetic literacy outreach ...
Vandana Shiva’s ‘GMO myths’ don’t stand up to evidence
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GM oilseed turns poor quality farmland into rich source of industrial biofuel
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion, and analysis. A Kansas State University ...