Sustainability & Climate Change
Can next generation GMOs be rebranded as ‘green?’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Growing consumer concern about ...
Discovery of drought tolerance gene may be key for future crops as climate warms
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Global warming increases the ...
Can algae be a viable source of nourishment for growing global population?
In the ever-growing need to find solutions to feed the world’s population, researchers are turning to non-conventional ways for food ...
Companies make big bucks by making you afraid of chemicals
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Most people don’t realize ...
FDA approves GMO potato that resists blight that caused Irish potato famine
The FDA announced Wednesday their approval of second generation Innate potato. A major step for a crop that has seen ...
Bayer backtracks on EPA’s negative assessment of popular neonicotinoid
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Pharmaceutical giant Bayer has said it ...
Are anti-GMO activists really winning the debate?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Over the course of ...
Could genetic engineering be a valued tool against climate change?
How can genetic engineering help against climate change? By many, many ways, but only if we let it ...
‘Certified organic’ benefits sales, not kids’ health says pediatrician
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Marketing for organics focuses ...
‘Fruitless food fights won’t feed world sustainably, high-tech agriculture will’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The basic facts concerning ...
Weeds developing resistance to non-GMO linked herbicides in Australia
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. With herbicide resistance in ...
‘Natural’ pesticides not as common as people believe
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Currently, the FDA is struggling ...
Permaculture: Our ecological future or unsustainable hobby for exurban agroecological activists?
It's advocates claim permaculture is a key agroecological movement that will help pivot world food production from 'industrial agriculture' to ...
Father of India’s green revolution calls for new research, technology initiative
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. India's Green Revolution took ...
Modern agriculture, including GMOS, helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An excellent paper published in the ...
Here’s new news about pesticides and bees
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bees are struggling, and ...
Nobel prize winner: U.S. agricultural research being neglected
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Today, farm production has ...
Global food shortage? How advanced breeding could domesticate 50,000 wild, edible plants
We rely on less than 150 of the world's edible plants for most of our nourishment and just three make ...
Michael Pollan’s approach to food anything but simple, moderate
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. If [Michael] Pollan’s approach ...
While attempt to save American chestnut through cross-breeding flagging, GMO seeds expect to be ready in 3-5 years
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. New Hampshire is home ...
Recapping the 2015 GMO debate: Science eclipses ‘Dark’ voices of anti-biotech hysteria
The year ends with a Congressional battle over GMO labeling after the historic approval of the first animal modified for ...
As Chipotle struggles with poisoning crisis, it’s under fire for GMO and sustainability claims
Chipotle has made than a food poisoning crisis--it's also yet to face up to its deceptive marketing around its use ...
Eating your veggies may be good for your health, not for the planet
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Contrary to recent headlines ...
Myth busting: There is no such thing as GMO sugar
Advocacy groups that encourage consumers to avoid sugar derived from GE sugar beets target small, farmer-owned businesses ...
Farmer generation gap? Father and son split on use of herbicides to control weeds
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Father [Bach Bakehouse] and ...
CRISPR crops could help solve hunger, climate change challenges if they avoid PR mistakes of GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As Newsweek pointed out ...
Time for genetically modified organic grown food?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Organic farmers really do ...