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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Oregon GMO label advocates release first TV ads
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GMO cotton has transformed India into world’s largest cotton exporter
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Monsanto chief scientist Rob Fraley backs national GMO-free law, defends patenting
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Farmer asks, Why are scientists sitting on the sidelines in the GMO debate?
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Organic food can cure autism caused by GMOs? More ‘quack science’ from Dr. Oz
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“Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code” is an initiative of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) and the National Human Genome ...
As state GMO labeling laws are proposed, critics wonder about logistics and costs
With a mandatory GMO label law recently passed in Vermont, and more in the hopper, scientists and the food and ...
India’s political flip-flopping over new GM field trials paralyzes innovation
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Gates Foundation funds research for genetic tools in sweet potato breeding
North Carolina State University will receive $12.4 million over the next four years from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ...
Agent Orange redux? Dr. Oz called out for fear-mongering on newest GMO products
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9 most asked questions about GMOs: University of Florida’s Kevin Folta answers
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Activists, farmers link GMOs to use of neonic pesticide, claim bees endangered
Today, genetically engineered crops dominate agriculture, and two-thirds of the world’s cropland gets a regular dose of neonicotinoids, including 90 ...
Technology-based agriculture in Africa could lower carbon pollution as farming expands
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Making friends with Frankenfood: What critics, supporters miss in conversation over GMOs
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Can ‘Big Data’ help sidestep the controversy over GMOs and the future of food
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Generation Y put off by anti-science, anti-GMO bent of green activists
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What happens when 100 billion animals, over 18 years, eat GMOs?
Visit almost any anti-GMO website and you will find alarming headlines about the alleged dangers of GMO foods. They kill ...
New weed fighting herbicide-tolerant GMO trait approved
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Biotech could increase crop yields by improving photosynthesis
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To feed hungry world, is the future of agriculture a battle between organics and GMOs?
Many activists frame the future of food as a pitched battle between organic based agroecology and crop biotechnology. But scientists ...
Anti-GMO critics dominate National Academy of Sciences crop biotech evaluation
The first two days of hearings on the latest round of scientific review for biotech crops and genetically engineered foods ...
Ralph Nader: Is GMO science corrupt?
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Public GMO studies database finds GMOs safe, half of studies independent
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Environmental activists sometimes hurt those they intend to help
Addressing environmental concerns is critical to counteract consequences of progress. But some of the causes embraced by activist groups can ...
Can biotechnology rescue diseased Florida orange crop?
For the past decade, Florida's oranges have been literally starving. Since it first appeared in 2005, citrus greening, also known ...
Conventional plant breeding outpaces GM technology for drought tolerance
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