Why we overeat — and how studying voracious locusts may help us learn to curtail a dangerous human vice

Why we overeat — and how studying voracious locusts may help us learn to curtail a dangerous human vice

Tim Vernimmen | 
This story starts in an unusual place for an article about human nutrition: a cramped, humid and hot room somewhere ...
Training our taste buds: How genes and diet shape our food preferences

Training our taste buds: How genes and diet shape our food preferences

Monica Dus | 
Have you ever wondered why only hummingbirds sip nectar from feeders? Unlike sparrows, finches and most other birds, hummingbirds can taste ...
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Should University Agricultural Research Scientists Partner With Industry?

Paul Vincelli | 
Studies show research on GE crops is not significantly influenced by conflicts of Interest. However, it is important to remain ...
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Viewpoint: Anti-agrobiotech activists claim European farmers who support relaxing the EU’s de facto ban on cultivating GMO and gene-edited crops are dupes of Big Ag. Here are the facts

Steven Cerier | 
Staunch opponents of the agricultural biotechnology revolution spin a narrative that large agribusiness have strong-armed governments to approve genetically modified ...
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Africa faces the world’s largest food and hunger crisis. Why then are Africans so skeptical of genetically modified crops that could produce more and healthier food

Ademola Adenle | 
Hunger and undernourishment are two elements of food insecurity that have plagued Africa for years. And the menace is growing ...
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5x increase in rice yields? New CRISPR-created variety could help fight fungal pandemic decimating world’s rice crop

Kristin Houser | 
Thanks to CRISPR, farmers may finally have a good defense against rice blast, a fungal disease so devastating, it’s known ...
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Viewpoint: EU gene-editing regulations requiring traceability and labeling to ‘protect co-existence’ with organic crops could stop innovation in its tracks

Petra Jorasch | 
Major new developments in gene editing are now taking place with increasing frequency, as the world looks to harness the ...
Meet the beetles: Mealworms could be a food of the future

Meet the beetles: Mealworms could be a food of the future

Ricki Lewis | 
I have a special fondness for the yellow mealworm, Tenebrio molitor. As a child, I fed the mealworm stage of ...
Growing more ancient grain millet could help American farmers adapt to climate change

Growing more ancient grain millet could help American farmers adapt to climate change

Eva Tesfaye | 
The Midwest is known for its rows and rows of corn and soybeans that uniformly cover the landscape ...
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Protecting honeybees and wild bees from neonicotinoid pesticides? As environmentalists and politicians lobby for bans, science takes a backseat

Andrew Porterfield, Jon Entine | 
There has been a recent surge in the number and intensity of campaigns by environmental groups lobbying to ban many ...
Why do lab studies suggest neonicotinoid pesticides can harm bees, while field research suggests they have minimal environmental impact?

Why do lab studies suggest neonicotinoid pesticides can harm bees, while field research suggests they have minimal environmental impact?

Diego Macall | 
Pollinators play a crucial role in the production of food crops. While many crops are open pollinated, meaning they don’t ...
We need another source of omega-3 supplements for food and animal feed. Enriched genetically modified rapeseed could fill the gap

We need another source of omega-3 supplements for food and animal feed. Enriched genetically modified rapeseed could fill the gap

Johnathan Napier | 
In March this year, Norway’s Food Safety Authority became the latest country to conclude that using Omega-3 enriched GM rapeseed ...
'Stabilize the climate, halt mass extinction, and reduce the risks of new pandemics': Can rewilding help nature restore itself?

‘Stabilize the climate, halt mass extinction, and reduce the risks of new pandemics’: Can rewilding help nature restore itself?

Victoria Masterson | 
Rewilding has gone global, and rewilding projects are growing in more than 70 countries across Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, Latin America and ...
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Chocopocalypse? Social justice, sustainability and economic threats pose increasing challenges to the cocoa industry

Steve Savage | 
“Chocolate” represents a diverse category of products with distinctive and delicious flavors, often with pleasant “mouth feel,” and a range ...
Viewpoint: Simplistic anti-agrobiotech narrative — ‘Companies lie; activists are outraged; regulations are tightened further; companies lie again... Wash, rinse, repeat’

Viewpoint: Simplistic anti-agrobiotech narrative — ‘Companies lie; activists are outraged; regulations are tightened further; companies lie again… Wash, rinse, repeat’

David Zaruk | 
Today’s narrative has a simplistic view: Companies lie; activists are outraged; regulations are tightened further; companies lie again… Wash, rinse, ...
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Viewpoint: ‘Think globally, act locally’? It’s a buzzy environmentalist catchphrase, but it may not be the best way to address climate change and conservation challenges

Alex Smith, Patricia Mathu | 
Few bumper stickers have made as large of an impression as “Think Globally, Act Locally.” Plastered on the back of ...
Viewpoint: OMG, humans might suffer convulsions from consuming parts-per-trillion of glyphosate? Here's how wild headlines advance the ideological agenda of science-rejecting advocacy groups

Viewpoint: OMG, humans might suffer convulsions from consuming parts-per-trillion of glyphosate? Here’s how wild headlines advance the ideological agenda of science-rejecting advocacy groups

Kevin Folta | 
Scrolling through the news has become a game of “What Great Horror Did Glyphosate Wreak This Week?” And the latest ...
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Global food production has increased 390 percent since 1960. Here’s how farmers have done it.

Stuart Smyth | 
The use of modern seed genetics (which includes genetically modified (GM) crops, chemical and fertilizer use) greatly contributes to improved ...
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Web of Disinformation: How environmentalists conspire with tort lawyers, RFK, Jr. and the Church of Scientology to deceive the public, manipulate the media and fill their coffers

Jon Entine | 
Is aspartame, used in thousands of products, from Diet Coke to Trident Gum to Log Cabin Sugar-Free Syrup, potentially cancer-causing? ...
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Viewpoint: ‘Even if it seems like breaking a taboo, CRISPR gene editing techniques and organic farming are an excellent match’

Alwin Schönberger | 
Even if it sounds like breaking a taboo, new gene editing techniques and organic are an excellent match ...
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Who will have the most progressive crop gene editing regulations: England or the European Union?

Samantha Brooke | 
When UK Ministers first unveiled plans to diverge from restrictive EU rules classifying gene edited products as GMOs, it was ...
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6 fake news websites stoking fear about crops grown from genetically-engineered seeds

Andrew Porterfield | 
"Fake news" may be new to most people, but not to followers of the anti-GMO debate. Here are some of ...
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Safety of herbicide glyphosate reaffirmed by European Food Safety Authority, rejecting activist claims

Philip Blenkinsop | 
The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) said on [July 6] it had not identified "critical areas of concern" to prevent ...
Viewpoint: 'Why farmers are essential partners in the fight against climate change'

Viewpoint: ‘Why farmers are essential partners in the fight against climate change’

V. Ravichandran | 
The “Farm to Fork” strategy is an important part of the EU Green Deal. As a farmer, I endorse the ...
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GLP podcast and video: 10 myths about modern farming, debunked; New malaria and polio vaccines could save thousands of lives

Cameron English, Liza Dunn | 
Many harmful myths about farming persist on social media. Let's explore some of the most common falsehoods about agriculture you're ...
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Is a split developing between the European organic establishment and the farmers it claims to represent over the regulation of CRISPR and other New Genomic Techniques?

Steven Cerier | 
Anti-GE activists spin a narrative that large agribusiness companies have seduced farmers into planting GMO crops where it’s legal, such ...
Viewpoint: ‘It’s time for transparency’ — How promoting alleged benefits of organic food misleads shoppers and undermines our farm system

Viewpoint: ‘It’s time for transparency’ — How promoting alleged benefits of organic food misleads shoppers and undermines our farm system

Rather predictable howls of protest from organic lobbyists greeted the recent decision to allow the temporary use of neonic seed ...
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