Daily Food & Ag Digest
Every day, the staff of the Genetic Literacy Project scours the Web for stories on a range of agricultural and food issues, including the GMO debate, conventional and organic farming, regulations, new breeding technologies and sustainability. We publish excerpts of those stories and encourage our readers to visit the original publications for the complete stories.
The world’s biggest seed companies are wooing
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. They call the giants ...
GMO crops, pesticides essential for no-till, dryland agriculture
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . I was ...
Russia bans cultivation of GMO crops, animals
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On July 3, 2016, ...
USDA crafting rules to properly and promptly implement GMO labeling law
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Now that the GMO ...
Is Europe’s stance on GMOs selfish?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . .[A] very ...
Did France ignore its farmer’s needs when voting against renewal of glyphosate’s license?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [Editor's note: This excerpt ...
Many of Non-GMO Project’s labels are illegal in Canada
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Majority of Americans still unaware of scientific consensus on safety of GMO foods
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [M]ost ...
When Colombia ended aerial spraying of glyphosate, cultivation of cocaine crop surged
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After six straight years ...
‘Mama Monsanto’ video attempts to pass off misinformation as comedy
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It’s hard to tell ...
Does labeling GMOs with QR scan codes make sense?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [A] ...
Organic weed control methods, not just synthetic pesticides, can kill frogs in farm fields
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Just saw a link ...
Reasonable discourse exists in GMO labeling debate
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. With the Vermont [GMO ...
Are GMOs better solution for feeding world’s poor than shipping them West’s surplus food?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. One of the most ...
India will listen to anti-GMO activists, but make science-based decision on GMO mustard
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Moving ahead with the ...
Bayer increases bid for Monsanto
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bayer AG has raised ...
House passes GMO labeling bill, President expected to sign it in current form
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In a victory for ...
Vancouver, Canada bans neonicotinoid pesticides
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A hotly-debated class of ...
Was GMO labeling a waste of Congress’s time?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [S]elf-serving ...
Israeli biotech startup plans to produce lab-grown chicken meat
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An Israeli biotech startup ...
Gene-edited food already in U.S. market, not labeled as GMO
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Products made possible through ...
Nature: With labeling debate over, time to focus on more pressing biotech issues
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [In early July], the ...
Herbicide resistance predates GMOs by 40 years, say weed scientists
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. You may think weeds ...
Patagonia’s film about sustainable food avoids discussion of GMO solutions
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Outdoor gear giant Patagonia ...
Sen. Murkowski says GMO labeling bill would not mandate GMO label for salmon
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Prior to the final ...
President Obama ready to sign GMO labeling bill if passed by House
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The White House plans ...
House to vote on GMO labeling bill
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The House is expected ...
