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.
Monsanto developing genetic, pesticide-free control for bee-killing Varroa mites
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . . Many ...
Synthetic seeds, gene editing could aid agroforestry, conservation
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Conservation and renewable plantation ...
‘Internet democracy’ results in calls for unscientific glyphosate ban
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [Editor's note: This excerpt ...
Russia bans use of GMOs in food production
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A senior Russian government ...
Senator Bernie Sanders will try to kill compromise Senate GMO label bill
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Sen. Bernie Sanders issued ...
Senate GMO labeling bill too late to halt VT law, should federal court intervene?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Federal courts have just ...
Organic farmer, advocate says ‘Smart’ GMO labels not enough
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Friends of the Earth claims organic agriculture could feed world, if yield not considered
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For many years, the ...
GMO fish can help feed the world sustainably
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [E]nvironmental ...
Tanzanian government says country is ready for GMO crops
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Permanent Secretary of ...
Senate Ag. Committee agrees on GMO labeling bill that would pre-empt VT law
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A landmark Senate agreement ...
Argentina, Monsanto finalize agreement on GMO royalties
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto Co. and Argentina ...
House committee questions EPA about leaked glyphosate report
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The EPA report that ...
Pakistani scientists urge government to cut bureaucracy, allow for ‘biotech crops’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A panel comprising Pakistani scientists ...
Days before Vermont law goes into effect, Senate is getting close to GMO labeling deal
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) said late ...
Genetic modification of salmon ‘nothing to fear’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The public tends to ...
Organic seed in short supply due to cost of production, intellectual property rights
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A new report . . ...
India set to approve GMO mustard for commercial release
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The central regulator on ...
Would Brexit benefit GMO prospects in UK?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Ask almost any scientist ...
Plant pathologist Steve Savage discusses issues with, myths about organic food
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In this episode of ...
Crop breeding must speed up to keep up with climate change
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Crop yields will fall ...
Human genetic evidence suggests agriculture invented twice
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Two Middle Eastern populations ...
Philippine government sets up new inter-agency group to regulate GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Five government agencies will ...
Is best way to dispel GMO myths to label foods containing them?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . .[I]t is ...
Robert Saik discusses upcoming documentary project ‘Know GMO’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Robert Saik is an agriculture ...
USDA quietly opens door to CRISPR crops, starting new era of agricultural biotechnology
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. USDA quietly opened the ...
IARC’s reassessment of coffee illustrates problems with its process, messaging
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [B]y ...
