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Disaster interrupted: Which farming system better preserves insect populations: Organic or conventional?

Jon Entine | 
A three-year run of fragmentary Armageddon-like studies had primed the journalism pumps and settled the media framing about the future ...
Viewpoint: Mexico’s GM crop import ban creates dire legal and trade consequences

Viewpoint: Mexico’s GM crop import ban creates dire legal and trade consequences

Gabriella Beaumont‐​Smith | 
In December 2020, Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), issued a decree banning genetically modified (GM) corn for human consumption. Mexico ...
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Revising 10 fact-based perspectives on entrenched food myths: Gene editing is good, diet soda is fine, organics is not the answer

Tamar Haspel | 
I’ve been trying to suss out true and false to the best of my inevitably human, imperfect ability, and for ...
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Here’s how we can overhaul our food and farming systems to grow enough food to meet population and climate change challenges

Kerry Taylor-Smith | 
As consumers, our relationship with food – how we grow, produce and eat it, must change in response to increased ...
Developing a biological balancing act: How can we target disease-causing insects while sparing beneficial ones?

Developing a biological balancing act: How can we target disease-causing insects while sparing beneficial ones?

J. M. Mulet | 
Insecticides are our traditional way of defending ourselves against insects. But this approach presents several problems. For one, there is ...
Biological crop treatments: Farmers divided on whether they're breakthroughs on the horizon or ‘snake oil’?

Biological crop treatments: Farmers divided on whether they’re breakthroughs on the horizon or ‘snake oil’?

John Hart | 
Whenever the topic of microbiological crop protection products comes up, the words “snake oil” can appear. Biologicals are said to ...
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3D-printed coral reefs? Can this new approach to reef decline revive coastal ecosystems?

Julia Jacobo | 
Several acres of 3D-printed artificial reefs are currently being planted in coastal North Carolina to bolster the region's biodiversity and ...
Animal fat texture and taste is extremely hard to replicate in plant-based meat. Here’s how next-gen alt meat companies are responding

Animal fat texture and taste is extremely hard to replicate in plant-based meat. Here’s how next-gen alt meat companies are responding

Augustus Bambridge-Sutton | 
Replicating fats in plant-based meat is an important part of getting its texture right. A range of ingredients, including a ...
Meet the Annihilator: Can it be one of the technologies used to rid our bodies and the environment of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’?

Meet the Annihilator: Could this technology rid the environment of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’?

John Wiegand | 
PFAS stands for “per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances,” human-made and incredibly durable chemical compounds that have been used for decades ...
How China’s GMO rice is making salinated land arable for cotton and other seasonal crops

How China’s GMO rice is making salinated land arable for cotton and other seasonal crops

Luna Sun | 
On the rim of Xinjiang’s desert, in a region where the soil is so salty that most vegetation refuses to ...
Pumpkins against poverty: How this drought-tolerant fruit might prove to be sustainable boon in developing world

Pumpkins against poverty: How this drought-tolerant fruit might prove to be sustainable boon in developing world

Rashi Goel | 
Pumpkins are an ideal plant for water insecure regions due to their tolerance of drought. Given their ability to withstand less water and ...
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COP28: Farming is major part of agenda at this global climate crisis conference

Fiona Harvey | 
Greenhouse gas emissions from farming and the land use change that often accompanies it, such as clearing forests and drying ...
How plastic-eating bacteria could help us make a dent in massive Pacific trash vortex

How plastic-eating bacteria could help us make a dent in massive Pacific trash vortex

Shelly Fan | 
The Pacific trash vortex, is a massive collection of debris in the North Pacific Ocean, the main components are tiny ...
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Plant-to-plant communication: Trees can warn each other of impending danger. Here’s how

Kasha Patel | 
Real trees on our Earth can communicate and warn each other of danger — and a new study explains how ...
Viewpoint: ‘Those who want to improve standards of living and care for the environment should be appalled by GMO restrictions around the world’

Viewpoint: ‘Those who want to improve standards of living and care for the environment should be appalled by GMO restrictions around the world’

Jeffrey Miron, Sarah Eckhardt | 
The global controversy over genetically modified organisms is a classic bootleggers and Baptists story. Activists who mistakenly believe that GMOs are ...
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Fabric of the future: This leather-like jacket is made of bacteria fed on fruit waste

Jacopo Prisco | 
What do you get when you feed bacteria with industrial fruit waste? “A yellow leather jacket” might not be your ...
Can Nigeria reach food security without genetically modified crops?

Can Nigeria reach food security without genetically modified crops?

Nurudeen Alimi | 
For Nigeria to attain food sufficiency to feed its current population of over 212 million people and reduce its overreliance ...
BBC corrects its misleading educational site hyping the benefits of organic and the alleged environmental problems of GMOs

BBC corrects its misleading educational site hyping the benefits of organic and the alleged environmental problems of GMOs

The BBC has revised misleading and factually inaccurate statements about different farming systems on its exam revision website BBC Bitesize ...
Ocean-bound fish farms are increasingly unsustainable. Land-based salmon farms can address environmental challenges

Ocean-bound fish farms are increasingly unsustainable. Land-based salmon farms can address environmental challenges

Melissa Clark | 
Salmon is the second-most-popular seafood in the United States, where the average American consumes more than three pounds a year ...
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Viewpoint: Plant-based meats are too expensive for consumers to seriously consider

We need to transform our food systems in the next few decades. In most countries, meat consumption is still growing ...
As climate change devastation escalates across Africa, crop biotechnology innovation offers science-based help

As climate change devastation escalates across Africa, crop biotechnology innovation offers science-based help

Emmanuel Okogbenin | 
Changing weather patterns including rising temperatures, increasing drought incidences, floods and the proliferation of plant diseases are some of its ...
These beekeepers don’t want you to start your own honeybee hives. Here’s why

These beekeepers don’t want you to start your own honeybee hives. Here’s why

David Segal | 
The craze for honey bees now presents a genuine ecological challenge. Not just in Slovenia, but around the world ...
The 2020-2022 plant-based meat gold rush is over. What’s next?

The 2020-2022 plant-based meat gold rush is over. What’s next?

Agnieszka De Sousa | 
Sales of vegan burgers, nuggets or eggs have struggled as rampant food inflation and the cost-of-living crisis force consumers to cut back ...
India’s commercial rollout of newly-approved insect-resistant Bt mustard could help the country acheive self-sufficient edible oil — unless activist disinformation scuttles it

India’s commercial rollout of newly-approved insect-resistant Bt mustard could help the country acheive self-sufficient edible oil — unless activist disinformation scuttles it

Hunger problems arise from multiple reasons—lack of purchasing power and low food availability. India is self-sufficient in cereal grains but ...
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Hot-weather cherries? Drought-resistant melons? Here are 8 new climate-hardy fruits and veggies on the horizon

Kim Severson | 
Recent floods left more than a third of California’s table grapes rotting on the vine. Too much sunlight is burning apple crops ...
Viewpoint: Why a glyphosate ban would lead to use of ineffective and more toxic alternatives

Viewpoint: Why a glyphosate ban would lead to use of ineffective and more toxic alternatives

A complete ban on the use of glyphosate in agriculture in the short term will lead to farmers more frequently ...
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Viewpoint: Is organic food worth higher prices? A Harvard researcher advises on how to sidestep the con, save money and eat healthier

Emily Joshu | 
Organic foods, valued at over $75 billion, have long been touted as superior to conventionally grown foods, with some studies ...
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