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.
Federal judge: Lawsuit over Chipotle’s GMO-free claims can move forward
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A lawsuit accusing Chipotle Mexican ...
European organic agriculture leader comes out in favor of CRISPR
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. European activists opposing all ...
NRDC plays scary Agent Orange card about 2,4-D herbicide found safe by regulators
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. There has been a ...
Vermont asks court for access to industry’s internal studies on GMO safety
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A key player in ...
Are politicians setting the wrong priorities debating GMO labeling?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . .[S]ome politicians ...
Nestle eliminating GMOs, artificial flavors from some of its U.S. ice cream products
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Nestle SA is eliminating ...
Mother Jones’ Tom Philpott visits Monsanto headquarters
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. I normally cover the ...
U.S. government convenes panel of biotech researchers ahead of update to regulations
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The U.S. government is ...
Cassava genome mapping may provide tools to make crop disease resistant, less toxic
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bill Gates called it ...
Zambia grants grocery chain permission to import products containing GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The National Bio-safety Authority (NBA) ...
Nigeria’s Environment Minister: Biotech vital to success of country’s Great Green Wall initiative
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Minister of Environment, ...
WebMD’s advice on organic food relies on activist recommendations
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Boasting credible, accurate content ...
African farmers missing out on biotech tools to boost yields, mitigate climate change
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Farmers are missing out ...
‘Fear is profitable’: Environmental Working Group’s 2016 ‘Dirty Dozen’ list still flawed
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Sometimes it pays to ...
Contrary to EPA, new report finds neonicotinoids boost yields in soybean fields
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The class of insecticides ...
Glyphosate residues, most at safe levels, found in breakfast foods, including organic products
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. According to a report ...
Non-browning crops not new, modern science just better at making them
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Those quick to criticize ...
Is Post Foods using non-GMO labeling to ‘scam customers’?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. At this time, I’d ...
Do international NGOs push anti-GMO agendas on India, ignoring its actual environmental crises?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Two weeks ago, six ...
Scientists document natural transfer of DNA between insects and trees
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Very few cases of ...
Israeli scientists genetically modify banana to extend shelf-life
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It seems that it ...
RNA interference technology may help stop citrus greening disease
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [Nabil] Killiny, an assistant ...
Euractiv science blogger says he was censored for his views on glyphosate, IARC
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A provocative blog post ...
DuPont Pioneer plans to market gene-edited CRISPR corn, USDA will not regulate it as a GMO
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In a letter released ...
Does milk from cows fed genetically engineered food need GMO label?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Warren Taylor grew up ...
GMO maize still banned in France despite court overturning 2014 law
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. France's top administrative court ...
State GMO labeling laws may lead to deluge of other process-related food labels
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Manufacturers of chocolate, pet ...
