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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Indian government’s indecision on GMO trials stranding research in labs
The government’s continued flip-flopping over field trials has disappointed Indian research scientists. Delhi University has spent 18 painstaking years developing ...
GM might be best hope for saving coffee from ‘looming Coffee Apocalypse’
Scientists have managed to sequence the java genome, a breakthrough that brings new insights into the venerated bean while also ...
Filipino farmers faction calls for ‘immediate halt’ to Golden Rice trials
A year after the uprooting of Golden Rice, more than a hundred farmers, scientists, consumers and basic sectors are calling ...
29-year study of trillions of meals shows GE crops do not harm food-producing animals, humans
According to GMO critics, livestock around the world are developing cancer and dropping like flies after eating genetically engineered feed ...
Hornless cattle make case for gene editing and less restrictive regulation of GM animals
Will new gene editing techniques that don't involve the insertion of "foreign" genes soften the opposition to genetic modification? Researchers ...
Ag department accused of ‘industry-friendly approach’ in regulating outdoor GMO tests
At a secret location among the vineyards of California's Central Coast, a plot of genetically engineered corn is producing proteins ...
GMO fears are ‘mirror image’ of climate change denial
Back in July, the bipartisan Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture subcommittee held hearings on the subject of whether food ...
Biotech ‘critical’ tool for Nigeria’s food security and industrialization
Despite the availability of biotechnology and all its potential, Nigeria is yet to fully tap from biotechnology to feed its ...
Do GMO farms ‘contaminate’ neighboring crops? A farmer’s view of co-existence
Skeptics of GMOs often voice concern over cross-pollination--what activists say is the potential for the 'contamination' of neighboring fields by ...
First trial of GM crops rich in omega-3s harvested in UK
Britain’s first trial of GM crops enriched with nutrients to improve health has been successfully harvested. Following a groundbreaking field trial, ...
Moving closer to GM cup of coffee
A consortium of scientists announced in Science that they've sequenced the coffee genome for the first time. By determining all of the ...
American industry groups pressuring EU to allow GM imports
Britain and other European Union member states are under increasing pressure from North American business groups to open their borders ...
Ag Department records raise concerns of illegal experimentation with GM crops
An inspection of an orchard of experimental, genetically modified apples in central Washington last year turned up a troubling finding ...
Vandana Shiva responsible for ‘irrational’ fears of GMOs, dismisses science that doesn’t suit ideology
The person most responsible for cementing the GMO-suicide link in European minds is the environmentalist Vandana Shiva. She is given ...
NaturalNews endorses GMOs as solution to bee crisis
Here we go again, folks. Recently Natural News published an article titled “New, all-natural pesticide unveiled by scientists – and ...
Climate Corp co-founder is Monsanto’s new unlikely champion
When Monsanto Co. purchased Climate Corp. for $930 million last year, it got a San Francisco-based startup that crunches weather data to improve ...
Both small and large farms are needed for ‘optimal’ sustainable farming system
Small farms are inefficient but are more likely to grow healthful foods and might be more environmentally friendly, while large ...
Greenpeace’s ‘crimes against humanity’ preventing release of biofortified GM foods
Vitamin A deficiency, according to the World Health Organisation, is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children and is ...
African leaders call for efforts to increase agricultural productivity, including biotech
African ministers and business leaders have gathered in Ethiopia to consider ways to trigger a green revolution and improve the ...
Scientists create bacteria that excrete propane
Propane, the gas that fuels your barbecue (and perhaps one day your car), may soon have a new, renewable source ...
Anti-GMO groups mount misinformation campaign against pesticide-reducing Bt brinjal in Bangladesh
The campaign against pest-resistant Bt brinjal in Bangladesh appears to have shifted into a new gear, as the powerful anti-GMO ...
Activists seek endangered status for monarch butterflies, blame pesticides and GMOs
As monarch butterfly populations dwindle to unprecedented low levels, activists say the colorful and far-ranging insects need protection of the ...
GE microbes address climate change, sequester carbon dioxide by making plastics
What's the fix for a warming planet? Just one word: Plastics. As the world grapples with greenhouse gas emissions still ...
China needs open debate on GMO public policy
Biosafety certificates permitting Chinese researchers to grow genetically modified rice and corn expired last week, with little indication that the ...
My garden is organic and I grow GMOs
Enter by the wooden gate, you'll find a lush vegetable garden with red veined chard, green cabbages, spicy arugula, bright ...
New generation Amish farmer’s view of next Green Revolution
In 2010, a young man on a quest for enlightenment walked into the office of Jerry Hatfield, director of the ...
New Yorker editor David Remnick responds to Vandana Shiva criticism of Michael Specter’s profile
The Vandana Shiva affair takes a new turn today with the release of The New Yorker Editor David Remnick's point-by-point ...
