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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Vermont ruling on GM labeling case expected this spring; final court decision, end of year
Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell said Wednesday that he expects a judge to rule on dueling motions in the GMO ...
GMO fix for California’s drought-stricken almonds will not come easy
The current drought hitting the west coast of America is giving the nation’s almond growers a particular headache Last week, ...
GMO plant oil could be healthy, sustainable alternative for feeding salmon
Genetically modified plants created by British scientists to contain health boosting Omega-3 have been declared a safe alternative to fish ...
Scientific consensus on GMO safety stronger than for global warming, PEW research center finds
Scientists blame the media and the lack of quality K-12 STEM education for large differences between public opinion and scientific ...
Possible dialogue? Food Babe rebuffs criticism in science students “open letter”
On January 22nd, 2015, a group of science students from the IFT Student Association wrote me a letter. Here is my ...
Improved wheat varieties on horizon to address drought, flooding pests and stresses
After years of research efforts worldwide, researchers have finally identified a draft sequence of the bread wheat genome - an ...
Kevin Folta deconstructs Food Babe’s response to students in scathing fashion
Last week, a group of food science students from the IFT Student Association (IFTSA) wrote a letter to the "Food Babe", Vani ...
Urban consumers should pay more for lower-yielding non-GMO crops
Washington Farm Bureau first vice president Aaron Golladay lives on a family run farming operation in central Washington State, near ...
GLP radio interview: Girl Scouts refuse to bow to activist pressure to go non-GMO
On Agri-Talk radio, GLP's Jon Entine discusses the Girl Scouts' decision to rebuff anti-GMO activists who are demanding they remove ...
TEDx talk: How the organic movement became anti-GMO
Rob Saik, professional agrologist, certified agriculture consultant and founder of Agri-Trend, spoke at TEDx Red Deer, Alberta on GMOs. “Do ...
Climate change could cripple Midwest but genetic technologies could offset damage
Climate change could hammer the Des Moines and Iowa economies in the decades ahead, as spiking temperatures dramatically reduce crop ...
Two markets for dietary supplements: Non-GMO and ‘made with genetic technology’
Opponents of the labeling of genetically modified ingredients have spent millions to defeat the various state ballot measures on the ...
Pests invade Europe after neonicotinoids ban, with no benefit to bee health
The neonics ban in Europe may be backfiring as farmers turn topesticides that had been phased out because of potentially ...
Will new Innate potato, with no ‘foreign’ DNA, satisfy anti-GMO critics?
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in November approved for commercial planting a potato genetically engineered to have reduced bruising ...
False balance between public scientists and non-expert activists on orange crisis and GMOs
I'm so grateful to any author that takes the time to write about citrus greening disease and its potential solutions ...
Oregon governor seeks authority to establish ‘control areas’ for GMO crops
A bill proposed by Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber seeks to expand the authority of state farm regulators over genetically engineered ...
Indian Eco-Goddess Vandana Shiva, charging $40,000 a speech, takes anti-GMO crusade to Hawaii
"What could be more basic to freedom than food freedom and food democracy?” declared Indian anti-GMO activist megastar Vandana Shiva ...
GMO Myth: Farmers “drown” crops in “dangerous” glyphosate. Fact: They use eye droppers
Anti-GMO activists and even some media reports claim that farmers growing GM crops "douse" their fields in "dangerous chemicals," glyphosate ...
Will “non natural” synbio dairy products face same skepticism as GMOs?
Dairy-free genetically modified milk and cheese products could appeal to vegans' environmental sensibilities. But they also face pushback over concerns ...
Genetic diversity of crops and animals threatened by climate change
Climate change threatens the genetic diversity of the world's food supply, and saving crops and animals at risk will be ...
Buzz on how the housefly genome will help cure human disease
Insects that humans have always regarded as nothing but pests are being exploited for good purposes —as genomic sources of ...
Girls Scouts reject attempts by anti-GMO parents to use their kids in fear campaign
The Girl Scouts cookie-selling fund-raising season kicked off this week, again pitting anti-GMO moms against the venerable scouting organization in ...
Simplot’s Generation 2 Innate adds late blight resistance
Back in December, the USDA public comment period opened up for a next-generation transgenic potato variety developed by Simplot. The ...
South’s original peanut provides genetic diversity
In one field just outside Charleston grows the South’s original peanut, long thought to be extinct but now primed for ...
