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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Glyphosate used with GMO crops under attack for disrupting microbiome: Science or a gut feeling?
Despite professional science and health organizations such as the American Medical Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science ...
How activists planned assault on neonics (and bees)
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China’s wild plant species could provide global resilience to climate change
A team from the University of Birmingham in the U.K., and partners in China, have identified 871 wild plant species ...
GMO DEBATE RECAP: Battle over Biotechnology—Public backs GM research and farming
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In wake of GMO debate defeat, antis throw leaders under the bus?
Within minutes after the routing of anti-GMO scientists Margaret Mellon and Charles Benbrook at Wednesday's Intelligence Squared debate--the motion in favor of ...
EU “independent” bee task force chair plotted to blame neonicotinoids for deaths then cook research to fit PR plan
Research blaming pesticides for the decline in honeybees has been called into question by a leaked note suggesting that scientists ...
Anti-GMO Activism and Its Impact on Food Security
Activists have dismissed the opinions of the world’s leading scientists to undermine public trust in the benefits of GM crops ...
GMO Bingo!! What will the scientists say at tonights’ Great Biotech Debate. Check to see who plays the ‘fear’ cards.
Click the image above to read the story:Â TONIGHT: Battle over Biotechnology: Pro and anti GMO scientists square off ...
GMO farmers sometimes more sustainable than organic ones
One of the common arguments against the use of genetically modified organisms (GMO), specifically plant GMOs, is that it allows ...
William Powell video interview on the return of the American chestnut tree
When European settlers came to America, they found vast forests in the Appalachian mountains, dominated by the American chestnut. But ...
Battle over Biotechnology: Pro and anti GMO scientists square off
Intelligence Squared will be hosting the first high profile debate among scientists over genetically modified food in years. Viewers can ...
British opposition toward GMO food softening
On a damp Sunday afternoon shoppers at Tesco, a supermarket, in south London seem uninterested in discussing genetically modified (GM) ...
Filipino farmers petition government to deny golden rice approval
Jon Sarmiento, a farmer in the Cavite province in southern Manila, plants a variety of fruits and vegetables, but his ...
Genetic Literacy Project Special Report: GMO: Beyond the Science
The Genetic Literacy Project launches a unique six-part series on crop biotechnology, examining the science of GMOs but also the ...
Green Genes: Sustainability Advantages of Herbicide Tolerant and Insect Resistant Crops
Anthony Shelton, entomologist and professor, Cornell University; David Shaw, vice president for Research and Economic Development, Mississippi State University ...
GMO American chestnut tree unique among GM innovations
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Even this organic advocate thinks African farmers need herbicide
Why aren’t agroecological techniques farming spreading faster among poor farmers? If you are a farmer in the rural part of an ...
Organic Center challenges view that organic farming lags in sustainability
Organic farming has many environmental advantages when compared to conventional farming. Organic farming supports biodiversity and soil health, decreases nutrient ...
GLP Infographic: All GMO research is industry funded? Biofortified analysis sets record straight
One of the most common criticisms of GMOs is that 'almost all the research is industry funded' and therefore cannot ...
Millennials support sustainability and biotech
Health and nutrition related information are two important topics for US consumers, but recently there has been an increasing interest ...
Swiss GMO potato goes to field trial
The Swiss Agricultural Research Institute, Agroscope, wants to try growing genetically modified potatoes, reports the Swiss website Blick.ch. The goal of ...
Bee deaths and neonics: Inside story of Colony Collapse Disorder, Harvard’s Chensheng Lu’s crusade
Two "Harvard studies" by nutritionist Chensheng Lu are the linchpin of the claim that we face a global bee collapse ...
Poll shows most Americans buy organic food based on fear, misconceptions
Young American consumers care about their food, but they’re also entirely baffled by what they’re eating. When brand consultancy BFG ...
San Juan Islands’ 2012 ban on GMOs: Incubator for debate
In 2012, a humble farmer in the off-the-beaten-track archipelago of the San Juan Islands fired a shot in the form of ...
Israel warming to GMO crops as eco tech solution
Supplying food to a growing population without destroying the world’s ecological systems is one of humanity’s great challenges. Israel is ...
Climate change challenges demand more than GMO seeds
When my daughter turned 7 last week, we celebrated with a homemade chocolate cake. I wonder whether she’ll be able ...
Infographic: The more GMO corn grown in US the less harmful insecticides are used
The surprising inverse relationship between genetically modified crops and insecticide use in the U.S. (from Mark Lynas) ...
