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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‘If tomorrow there were no transgenic crops, a third of humanity would starve to death’: Leading Cuban scientist outlines support for genetically modified crops
"If tomorrow there were no transgenic crops in the world, a third of humanity would die of hunger," advised Luis ...
Frying foods like wheat and potatoes can produce a carcinogen, acrylamide. A CRISPR gene-edited wheat in development could prevent that
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‘We can’t go back to precolonial food self-sufficiency’: Current UK food policy blocks sustainable genetically modified crops and other agricultural diversification strategies
The UK has not been self-sufficient in food and drink production for hundreds of years. The first foreign outposts, trading ...
Viewpoint: Countries opening doors to genetically modified wheat and other cereal grains, but regulatory reluctance remains
Genetically modified wheat is finding paths into crop production in some parts of the world, and the science behind it ...
GLP Podcast: Vitamin-D boosted CRISPR tomatoes; Don’t fear monkeypox; Environmentalism is anti-technology
Consumers in the UK may soon have access to a gene-edited tomato that boosts their vitamin D levels. Monkeypox is ...
Viewpoint: Environmental advocacy groups continue to push misinformation about non-existent honeybee crisis, distorting public policy
Given everything bees contribute to our lives, it’s not surprising that the public’s interest in pollinators has increased over time ...
New research confirms that GM corn is safe for beneficial insects
Growing genetically modified (GM) corn has virtually no impact on the abundance or ecological function of beneficial insects, according to ...
Viewpoint: Should you choose plant-based chicken over the real thing to protect the planet and your health? Here are the facts
We’ve all seen and probably tried the Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat beef burgers. Plant-based options are popping up in almost every fast-food ...
Viewpoint: Rethinking pros and cons of livestock ‘factory farms’
Large-scale or industrial farming or factory farms — whatever you want to call them, are farms designed to maximize efficiency, just ...
Gene editing makes list of top 6 agricultural technology innovations
Thanks to advancements in technology, farmers can now do things that were once impossible. The agriculture industry is constantly evolving ...
Vegan gold rush: When will billions of dollars poured into plant-based meat ventures result in more than bland-tasting imitations?
The new foods I’ve tried are just a smattering of what’s on offer from the dozens and dozens (and dozens) of ...
World’s first GM lager: Could beer made from genetically modified wheat usher in a new era of GMO crop acceptance?
Argentina’s Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp., the farm technology company that’s trying to convince the world to eat genetically-modified wheat, is in talks with ...
Viewpoint: Sri Lanka’s botched organic farming experiment illustrates danger of ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to agricultural sustainability
Even though the transition towards organic farming seemed like an environmentally sustainable step forward, the sudden switch was a time ...
Viewpoint: Britain’s deregulation of agricultural gene editing a good first step — but further reform needed
Britain's deregulatory plans around GMO crops focus on gene editing, a type of genetic modification that "is heavily restricted in the EU." ...
‘Sleepwalking into a food crisis’: High-yield, intensive farming using advanced biotechnology is key to address climate crisis
The world needs to increase food production and availability by 70 per cent by 2050 to keep pace with the ...
How the Green Party-Led Anti-Biotechnology Movement Captured German Policy and Why it Endangers Germany’s Future Innovation in Gene Editing
Wolfgang Nellen, Emeritus Professor of Genetics, University of Kassel | June 27, 2018Highlights:Green Party’s opposition to biotechnology innovation began with its ...
Viewpoint: ‘Britain must address the madness of its organic-obsessed, science-denying agricultural system’
When the Ethiopian famine finally ended in 1985, with a million people dead, nobody expected it to be the last ...
‘Regenerative agriculture’ has replaced organic as the ‘green’ solution to farming and food. What does it really mean?
The hype about regenerative farming has some sustainable food and climate researchers and advocates concerned. Unlike organic farming, which is ...
Video: RNA technology used to develop COVID vaccines can protect crops from viruses, fungi and insect pests
It’s one of the biggest challenges facing the environment and farmers across the globe – pest control. But now, University ...
Part II: Seeds of Reaction — How anti-GMO ‘progressivism’ morphed into a technophobic science rejectionist movement
Part One of this essay on the evolution of anti-GMO activism ended with an introduction to the book The Rhetoric ...
‘Unnatural selection’: How humans are altering the evolution of other animals
The bouncing orange specks could be popcorn dancing on a hot plate. But there's something odd about how they move ...
Part 1: Viewpoint — Anti-GMO activists conjure up new scare messages as their influence wanes
It's been ten years of downhill sledding for advocacy groups and activists campaigning to throttle the burgeoning biotechnology revolution transforming ...
Video: Viewpoint — Why GMOs are good for us
Activists have convinced Americans that "organic" food is better—healthier, better-tasting, life-extending. As a result, poor parents feel guilty if they ...
Viewpoint: ‘Bolivia cannot continue imposing straitjackets on itself by embracing retrograde ideological visions’ — Renewed plea to embrace GMO technology
[Bolivia] suffers from a shortage of corn, a grain of fundamental importance in the production chain that guarantees national food ...
Here’s why the invasion of Ukraine could prompt Europe to reform GMO food barriers and embrace gene edited crops
The brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine, and especially the blockade of the port cities of Odessa and Mariupol, mainstays of ...
Viewpoint: ‘A very curious form of self-sabotage’ — Organic industry rejects crop biotechnology solutions for environmental damage caused by widespread copper sulfate use
Last February, the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (Anses) published a “mapping” on the uses ...
Protecting wild salmon and other aquatic species: Success of AquaAdvantage salmon shows sustainable aquaculture will lean heavily on advanced breeding and biotechnology
Wild salmon are in trouble worldwide. Many Pacific and Atlantic populations have disappeared or declined to record lows. But as we and a group of ...
