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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Viewpoint: Public investment in farming technology could cut land use by 63 thousand square miles—’about the size of Iowa’
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First lab-grown chicken nuggets just hit restaurants in Singapore, and more ‘slaughter-free’ meats could arrive in 2021
The company behind [an in vitro cultured] poultry product, Eat Just, has since sold more than 200 servings of the ...
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Viewpoint: Biden Interior Secretary’s opposition to pesticides and GM crops puts endangered species in jeopardy
Deb Haaland’s nomination to head the Interior Department has advanced to the full Senate, but the New Mexico representative weathered ...
Viewpoint: USDA data show the predicted ‘Beepocalypse’ has been postponed another year
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25 years of GMOs: 4 farmers weigh in on the costs and benefits of biotech crops
[29-year-old Lewis] Stearns is part of a generation of farmers that has grown up with GM technology, which now is ...
Will consumers accept the world’s first gene-edited tomato?
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Biden Administration reviewing USDA proposal to take over animal gene-editing regulation from FDA
A Department of Agriculture spokesman said in February that [the decision to shift regulatory authority of genetically modified livestock] is ...
Just how ‘green’ are biofuels? Why turning crops into energy might not be a worthwhile climate change solution
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Insect-resistant Bt rice nutritionally equivalent to its non-GMO counterpart, study finds
Researchers from the Republic of Korea documented that Bt rice is compositionally equivalent to its non-Bt counterpart by using four ...
Nature editorial: Post-Brexit, the UK should embrace gene editing in food and agriculture while taking safety concerns seriously
[B]ecause of Brexit, [the UK] has an opportunity to diverge from EU [agricultural] regulations. In a consultation that [ended] on ...
‘Gene editing is part of the solution’: With other sustainable farming tools, it will help us beat climate change
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GM crops with bigger, deeper roots could help restore depleted topsoil
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Insect-resistant, GM, Bt corn could help Kenya keep cancer-causing mycotoxins out of its food supply
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Podcast: Why no flu season? Cloning endangered species; Free speech vs science on college campuses
The world has experienced a shockingly mild 2020-2021 flu season, defying the expectations of many infectious disease researchers. How is ...
GM, insect-resistant, Bt cowpea could generate more than $638 million for Nigeria over next six years
The newly released Bt cowpea facilitated by the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) is expected to generate over $638 ...
April Florida Keys release of GMO mosquitoes engineered to curtail Zika, dengue and malaria on track despite protests
The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District [recently announced] a wide and vague planned range of deployment for the lab-designed mosquitoes ...
Latin American researchers use gene editing to breed hardier crops
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Video: Lab-grown meat is a global sensation. But can it really help battle climate change?
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Viewpoint: Fact-checking anti-GMO activist Vandana Shiva’s ‘Poison-Free, Fossil-Free’ food lecture
The event was a missed opportunity to have the more nuanced discussion that such an important topic deserves ...
GM, drought-tolerant, insect-resistant corn could save Nigeria $168 million in pesticide imports annually
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Viewpoint: France’s anti-GMO Green Party committed to a dying breed of ‘radical’ environmentalism
[The French Green Party is] well on their way to becoming the last dinosaurs of a ridiculous and radical ecologism ...
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Is Europe’s Farm 2 Fork plan to expand organic farming really all that good for the environment?
[The European Union's "Farm to Fork" policy] seeks to reduce the use of pesticides and fertilizers by 50% by 2050 ...
Namibia begins pesticide spraying to end locust infestation threatening its crop-producing regions
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