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.
Azerbaijan prohibits use, import of GMO tea, grain
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Azerbaijan is set to ...
FDA says Whole Foods not adequately responsive to listeria, dripping pipes at MA facility
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Food and Drug ...
Kenya moves closer to legalizing GMO crops with drought-resistant GMO corn trial
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . Kenyan ...
Mandatory GMO labeling bill introduced in Canadian Parliament
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An MP has tabled ...
Farmers switch to organic corn makes economic sense even though yield lags
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Hippies and anti-GMO zealots ...
Scientists aim to genetically tweak photosynthesis in rice, increase yield by 50%
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. C4 photosynthesis is so ...
On USDA decisions to allow CRISPR-edited crops to forego additional regulation
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The first CRISPR-edited crops ...
GMO rice strain yields more, requires less fertilizer
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A strain of genetically ...
Organic industry distortions about GMOs means public opinion battle not over
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . . The ...
Australian GMO report shows reduced pesticide use, carbon emissions, increased farmer incomes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Organic farming and genetic ...
Monsanto, Argentina reach deal on GMO soybean royalties
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto Co. and Argentina’s ...
National Academies GMO report is open access, identifies funding sources
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Josh Lancette: . . . ...
UK approves field trials of blight resistant GMO potato
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) ...
Claims organic food better for health, animals, planet ‘marketing hype’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [E]verywhere ...
Conventional milk can be just as nutritious, beneficial for cows, farmers as organic
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . .“Organic” ...
India needs well tested, domestically sourced GMOs for second green revolution
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . . India ...
Farm association urges farmers to respond to Clif Bar’s ‘insulting’ anti-GMO video
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It saddens me to ...
Bayer wants more info, Monsanto more money as acquisition talks advance
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto. . . has still ...
State GMO labeling bills force conservatives to favor federal power over states
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Once upon a time, ...
Debate not settled, but food companies resigned to labeling GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Vermont will not implement ...
GMO regulations dissuade Brazil’s chicken industry from importing U.S. corn feed
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For Brazil’s enormous chicken ...
Congressman: VT law will cause ‘chaos’, voluntary federal GMO labeling law needed
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In three weeks, the ...
Clif Bar’s anti-GMO video promotes myths, misinformation, insults farmers
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In an interview for ...
Study finds dramatic local economic benefits to organic agriculture, surprising researchers
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In a report produced ...
‘Refuge-in-a-bag’ corn seed mixes may be accelerating Bt resistance in insects
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Farmers love "refuge-in-a-bag" (RIB) ...
EU Parliament says intensive agriculture, GMOs in Africa are ‘mistake’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For a large majority ...
Privatization, consolidation of agricultural technology, not GMOs, threaten food security
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . .There ...
