Sustainability/Climate Change
Talking Biotech: Artemisinin—the malaria treatment that could help prevent 400,000 deaths a year
University of York's Dr. Ian Graham joins Kevin Folta to discuss how the plant-derived compound artemesia could help beat back ...
Crops engineered to consume less nitrogen fertilizer could protect vulnerable ecosystems
Rice, wheat and other grains that have been bred to produce larger harvests using less land have been critical to ...
Scientists hope to use sequenced wheat genome to cut pesticide use, but anti-GMO activists may slow progress
After 13 years of study, a consortium .... of .... 60 countries [sequenced] the wheat genome. [T]he scientific community now ...
Does Ireland’s GMO crop cultivation ban undermine push for sustainable agriculture?
At a time when we should be focussed on building a robust agriculture system that can cope with global climate ...
GMO Bt insect resistant eggplant accounts for 20 percent of Bangladesh market, sells for 6 times conventional
Eggplant is a staple in vegetarian diets throughout South Asia, and one of the cheapest vegetables to procure by resource-poor ...
GMO corn could be key to controlling invasive fall armyworm pest in Asia
[T]he fall armyworm, an invasive crop pest .... has now been officially confirmed for the first time on the Asian ...
Farming mom: ‘Organic methods made our farm’s environmental impact worse’
Carpooler In Chief, Homework Enforcement Officer, President of Lunch-Packing, Bedtime Efficiency Strategist… When you’re a mom, you never wear just ...
Farmers say Laura Prepon and other anti-GMO celebrities make their jobs harder
I really wish there were more celebrities out there who embraced the biotechnology and the benefits behind modern agriculture. ...
Protecting pollinators: New logging practices triple wild bee populations in one year
New research suggests the removal of timber harvest residue during harvesting may be a boon for wild bees, an important ...
Sequenced wheat genome will help scientists combat disease in earth’s most widely-grown crop
The complete sequence of the huge wheat genome [was published August 16th], and the enormous dataset will accelerate innovation in ...
Growing GMO soybeans in South America cut greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to removing 3.3 million cars from the road
This study assesses the economic and environmental impacts that have arisen from the adoption and use of genetically modified (GM) ...
Argentina introduces GMO potato to combat virus that destroys up to 70% of nation’s crop
The Ministry of Food and Bioeconomy, under the Ministry of Agribusiness of Argentina, authorized the commercialization of the seed, and ...
Nigerian biotech startup introduces produce coating to combat malnutrition in Africa
Nigerian biotech startup Coating+ .... has created a transparent gelatinous coating that is sprayed onto fresh fruit and vegetables to prolong their shelf ...
Europe’s decision to reject gene edited crops signals it is losing its commitment to sustainable agriculture
At the same time as Swedish agriculture is affected by the worst drought in recent memory, the European Court of ...
GAANTRY: USDA develops ‘gene-stacking’ solution to fungal pathogens—but will it actually work?
If climate change is the new normal, farmers in some regions of the world will have to get used to ...
If Ghana follows Nigeria’s lead and approves Bt cotton, it could jump-start its textile industry
Nigeria’s decision to commercialize Bt cotton has revived hopes for the novel variety in Ghana, its West African neighbor. Science-focused ...
Viewpoint: France’s agricultural policies giving rise to ‘green totalitarianism’
[France] is slowly drowning reason in a mass of ideologies that stifle common sense. On glyphosate, the French Association for ...
A farmer’s view on educating consumers about GMOs, pesticides and sustainable food
My family’s farm began in 1880s with a sod house and an intrepid couple—the Banmans—willing to brave the unforgiving Canadian ...
CRISPR-edited yeast could make biofuel production more efficient
Some chemicals used to .... breakdown plants for production of biofuels .... are poison to the yeasts that turn the ...
Video: Fear of biotech remains high, but GMOs are revolutionizing farming worldwide
It's no secret that many consumers remain fearful of agricultural biotechnology. More than half of Europe's citizens, for instance, believe ...
How is India’s organic-only farming experiment in Sikkim going? Peering past the propaganda, not so sustainably.
India's farm sector is in massive flux and strife right now. After a massive ten-day strike in June, Indian farmers ...
Video: Ancient corn variety that makes its own nitrogen could lead to more sustainable farming
In the 1980s, Howard-Yana Shapiro, now chief agricultural officer at Mars, Incorporated, was looking for new kinds of corn. He ...
The next food revolution: Brought to you by CRISPR gene editing
Crispr has the potential to boost yields, disease resistance, and taste, and even tackle allergens like gluten. It could radically ...
Climate change threatens champagne production, but wineries use ‘smart genetics’ to stave off problems
In the cold, chalky cellars deep underground at boutique Champagne house A.R. Lenoble, co-owner Antoine Malassagne shares his worries about ...
If every country ate like America, the world would run out of farmland, study claims
If everybody in the world adopted the North American diet, there would be a shortage of land .... a new ...
‘Geoengineering’ the atmosphere to slow climate change would threaten agricultural production
Proposals to combat climate change by reflecting the sun’s rays back into space would cause widespread crop failure, cancelling out ...
With limited arable land available around the world, is organic farming sustainable?
This question comes up frequently in discussions of farming practices – how much arable land is there on the Earth, ...