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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Infographic: Are Europeans more opposed to GMOs than North Americans?
What do Europeans really think about GMOs? Are they as skeptical of the technology as is the European political establishment ...
Organic sales have plateaued following rapid growth
According to the 2012 Census of Agriculture, total organic product sales by farms and ranches in the U.S. have increased ...
Would GMO labeling cause $500 increase in grocery bill?
A study by Cornell University Professor William Lesser found that if GMO labeling is required in New York, a family of ...
Watch scientist challenge the scare-promoting Food Babe
Food Babe has built her career on denigrating scientists, farmers and food experts. Then she encountered Alison Bernstein, aka Mommy ...
Jeffrey Smith: ‘I know nothing about GMOs but that doesn’t stop me from promoting junk science’
Jeffrey Smith, head of one-man band and rabidly anti-GMO organization Institute for Responsible Technology, has taken aim at two respected ...
Scientific American: Why trumped up glyphosate controversy obscures benefits of GM technology
It’s been awhile since I’ve written on GMOs, but it may be time to start again. Recently, a huge amount ...
Anti-GMO groups lobby fast food restaurants to not sell GM apple or potato
Consumer advocacy groups are asking Burger King, Wendy’s, Subway and Dunkin' Donuts for commitments not to sell the genetically engineered ...
From pink pineapple to purple tomatoes, next wave of GMO foods will have health benefits
Cancer-fighting pink pineapples, heart-healthy purple tomatoes and less fatty vegetable oils may someday be on grocery shelves alongside more traditional ...
EPA to place restrictions on glyphosate due to weeds developing resistance
U.S. regulators will put new restrictions on the world's most widely used herbicide to help address the rapid expansion of ...
Better face for GMOs: Drought resistance and resistance to ‘superpest’
Much of the current criticism of GMOs rests on the currently-available varieties, dominated by RoundUp Ready (herbicide-resistant) and Bt (pesticide-producing) ...
USAID, University of California partnering to develop rice strains compatible with challenging African climate, soil
Rice is a staple food in many African countries and constitutes a major part of the diet in many others ...
Geneticist Pamela Ronald: GMOs pave way for sustainable food
When it comes to the earth’s dwindling resources, climbing temperatures and burgeoning population, talk is as plentiful as it is ...
Bananas, monoculture and biotech solution: No, Michael Pollan, GMOs do not limit genetic diversity
The Panama disease ravished Cavendish banana is a cautionary tale of the vulnerabilities of monoculture crops. Can biotechnology play a ...
UK Independent editorial: Britain can’t afford to miss out on GMO benefits
Two decades ago, when the very real scare over “mad cow” disease undermined people’s trust in the safety of the ...
Sustainability proponents talk GMOs, health, superweeds and patents
As the legal frenzy makes clear, genetic engineering elicits extreme reactions. It’s decried as humanity’s final untethering from the natural ...
ActionAid in Africa ensnared by its own ugly GMO cancer scare tactics
Although the UK based NGO is scrambling to distance itself from its fear efforts in Uganda, GLP's African contributing writer ...
Deep dive analysis of glyphosate exposure-cancer link research
A little over a week ago, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced that glyphosate would be added ...
Common denominator in GMO corn and ‘natural’ quinoa: Both produce pesticides
I feel that one of the most highly misunderstood things about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is the insect-resistant trait that ...
British researchers wait until after June elections to begin trial on GMO ‘super spud’
British scientists are developing a genetically modified “super spud” free of fungal diseases and other pest problems, as well as ...
Success of independently funded GMO papaya confounds anti-tech ideologues
Hawaii’s Big Island has banned or severely limited the farming of genetically engineered (GE or GM) crops, including a papaya ...
He said/She said on GMOs: Mark Lynas v Claire Robinson
This week The Independent has been investigating the future of genetically modified food – nearly 20 years since the first ...
In wake of Owen Paterson rebuke of anti-GMO ‘Green Blob’, advocates and opponents play tug-of-war over Africa
Owen Paterson's recent speech on the green lobby's role in blocking GMOs in Africa stirred some strong responses from both ...
GMOs—Good option for climate friendly farming
Shahriyar Smith's guest opinion ("Clean fuels plan would drive GMO expansion in Oregon," March 8) misleads in a number of ways ...
What happens when Big Data meets Big Ag?
Big Data is the 'next new thing' in agriculture. It's captured the imagination of investors and has resulted in dramatic ...
Australian “contamination” battle highlights divide over GMO-organic coexistence
The appeal of the high profile Marsh-Baxter ruling underway this week in the Supreme Court of Western Australia, the debate ...
Does herbicide glyphosate make wheat ‘toxic’? Science, farmers say ‘no’
There's been a lot of talk about the alleged dangers "toxic wheat" circulating the Internet, and even a lot of ...
