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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What happens if GM fish get released in wild? Lessons from GloFish suggest minimal concerns
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Monsanto slammed for Syngenta takeover proposal
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GMO-free: Corporate irresponsibility trend
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Hungary poised to become first EU nation to block GMOs under new regulation
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Transgenic solution to virus-threatened African cassava faces anti-GMO protests
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Removing antibiotics from food makes a difference, removing GMOs doesn’t
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In defense of Chipotle: GMOs may be safe to eat but they aren’t safe to grow
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Video: Bill Nye explains conversion to GMO supporter
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Sustainable household products? Not if anti-GMO “green” groups have their way
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Organic foods claimed nutritional benefits rest on shaky anti-oxidant study
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If not anti-science, what’s in the heads and hearts of GMO opponents?
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Why GMOs? Challenging anti-technology conspiracy theories
Used appropriately, genetic engineering is a fantastic tool—to create new life-saving drugs and encourage cutting edge ecologically based farming techniques ...
Science Babe is back! New target: Natural Food Movement
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Big Ag funds ‘grassroots’ groups to campaign for GMOs
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Celebrity mom’s Mother’s Day video demonizes GMO foods as dangerous
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GPS, drones, robots: Precision agriculture transforming food and farming
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Dow Chemical’s Enlist Duo weed killer—designed for use with GMO seeds—tied up in lawsuit
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In wake of IARC carcinogenic warning, Colombian president urges end to spraying herbicide on coca plants
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Panera latest consumer-senstive food company to ditch controversial ingredients
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Agroecology can ‘save the world’ from GMO-led industrial agriculture
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Mark Bittman: Food movement has bigger issues to tackle than GMO labeling
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Why Chipotle’s GMO-free move got so much backlash
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