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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Challenging idea organic fruits, vegetables more nutritious, better for the environment
[Editor’s Note: Emma Beckett is a molecular nutritionist at the University of Newcastle’s School of Medicine and Public Health] Many ...
The story behind the well-funded opposition to block AquaBounty’s sustainable GMO salmon
Opposition to the world's first GMO animal approved for human consumption was fueled by a variety of sources --from quacks ...
Judge ponders removal of lawyers behind glyphosate class action suit for possible illegal media release of classified documents
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Podcast: Global ag biotech snapshot: Is GMO adoption on the decline?
UK researcher Graham Brooke on the rising economic and regulatory costs of crop biortechnology--Is it worth it? ...
Plants engineered with algae genes could increase crop yields
To meet the food demands of a rising global population, innovative strategies are required to increase crop yields. Improvements in ...
Unraveling the paradox: Why GMO drugs and GMO foods are treated differently by critics
Many of the people who express outrage over genetic modification of crops because it 'tinkers with nature' are supportive of ...
How technology can reduce pesticide drift
Though neither the EPA nor various state agencies could provide reliable statistics on the total number of [pesticide] drift incidents, ...
Animal geneticist Alison Van Eenennaam: Agriculture supporters need to stand up to GMO fearmongering
Alison Van Eenennaam, an animal geneticist at the University of California-Davis, told the Idaho Milk Processors Association annual conference there ...
Selective breeding for shorter plant stems contributed to ‘Green Revolution’ yield gains
Untangling the genetics that control and regulate the yield of a crop is a complicated, but potentially rewarding puzzle. High-yielding ...
CRISPR could efficiently improve difficult-to-breed oilseed crops, study shows
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Billionaire Randal Kirk behind GMO salmon, apples and mosquitoes
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Why we need peaceful co-existence between GMOs and organics
Could organic and GM farming step past the rhetoric and vitriol, and co-exist? The science says yes ...
Crop scientist Kevin Folta on how to engage science deniers and anti-GMO activists
Since the 2016 presidential election, tensions in the political arena have spilled into the science world. Scientists have been notably ...
Can GMO crops help Australian farmers cope with climate change?
Queensland farmers could use genetically-modified plants to tackle the threat of climate change. Environment Minister Steven Miles said farmers would ...
Pesticide seed treatments may decrease soil health, increase weeds, study finds
Use of seed coated with mixtures of fungicides and insecticides has exploded in recent years to protect most crops from ...
Driving evolution: Sequencing of ocean microbiome shows nutrient limitation plays key role
Microbes dominate the planet, especially the ocean, and help support the entire marine food web. In a recent report published ...
India may be forced to import more food if it doesn’t adopt biotech crops to increase yields
India is not keeping pace with its peers like China in adopting innovative farm technologies, especially biotechnology, a US embassy ...
‘GMOs Revealed’: Documentary series delivers familiar arguments from the fringe
Multi-part documentary series will be rolled out over nine days, offering familiar voices from the anti-GMO fringe ...
Infographic: Why single out GMOs—one of many forms of crop modification—for labeling?
[Editor's note: Layla Katiraee is a scientist at Integrated DNA Technologies. She has a PhD in molecular genetics with a ...
Viewpoint: Farmers not trapped into annually buying patented GMO seeds
[There] is one myth that often gets used as a criticism against genetic engineered crops. This myth usually takes the ...
Mozambique harvests first GMO corn field trial
Mozambique's Institute of Agricultural Research (IIAM) is harvesting its first genetically modified maize (GM maize), which has been grown in ...
Dicamba fiasco: Are Monsanto’s labels too restrictive and confusing for farmers?
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Bayer-Monsanto merger faces delay as European regulators hone in on antitrust concerns, impact on farmers
Bayer AG’s takeover of Monsanto Co. faces deeper scrutiny from European antitrust regulators who say they have “serious doubts” about ...
Conservation biology, ideology and the dangers of censorship
If conservation science is in service to an agenda, then it seems inevitable that research would at times be viewed ...
Can ‘carbon farming’ sustainably reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
From the perspective of global climate change, soils are a major compartment within the planetary carbon cycle, the second-largest pool ...
Podcast: Can the US learn from Canada’s ‘product-based’ GMO regulatory system?
Biotech legal expert Robert Potter: How GMOs are regulated differently in the US and Canada ...
Viewpoint: Democrats’ GMO labeling push is an embarrassment to pro-science progressives
A group of House Democrats, who called the proposed federal GMO labeling standards 'weak' and 'confusing,' are being urged not ...
