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.
Sugar is sugar: Source does not matter
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Just like there’s no ...
Bayer backtracks on EPA’s negative assessment of popular neonicotinoid
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Pharmaceutical giant Bayer has said it ...
Harassment of scientists not ‘necessary evil in quest for science accountability’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On January 10, the New ...
‘Mandatory GMO labeling is a mistake,’ USDA organic label case in point
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The anti-GMO crowd has ...
Are anti-GMO activists really winning the debate?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Over the course of ...
Mark Lynas: Mandatory GMO labeling will make GMO opponents ‘anti-choice’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [January 8th], in a ...
Campbells GMO labels are brilliant marketing strategy
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Campbell Soup Co. . ...
Sanders, Murkowski vow to block appointment of FDA commissioner over GMO salmon, drug prices
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A crucial Senate committee ...
USRTK anti-GMO activist calls for open access to all scientist emails
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . .If you ...
Fear of Fear: Will Campbell’s support for mandatory GMO labeling break impasse?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Campbell Soup company, ...
EPA’s assessment of neonics in citrus ‘misleading,’ threatens citrus industry
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On January 6 the ...
Is ‘all-natural’ becoming synonymous with ‘buyer beware?’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Last spring, there was ...
Purdue entomologist: ‘No such thing as colony collapse disorder, we can use neonics safely’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A Purdue University entomologist’s ...
Lawsuits loom over Syngenta as company is courted for merger
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For months now, Swiss ...
Weeds developing resistance to non-GMO linked herbicides in Australia
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. With herbicide resistance in ...
Australian consumers opposition to GMOs about corporations, not safety
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An expert in community ...
Consumer pressure forces ‘Big Food’ to make big changes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In the past five ...
‘Certified organic’ benefits sales, not kids’ health says pediatrician
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Marketing for organics focuses ...
Monsanto, Scotts seek USDA approval for feral glyphosate tolerant grass
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto Co. and Scotts ...
‘Fruitless food fights won’t feed world sustainably, high-tech agriculture will’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The basic facts concerning ...
‘Natural’ pesticides not as common as people believe
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Currently, the FDA is struggling ...
Future of citrus: Purple limes, blood oranges from warmer climes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. University of Florida horticulture ...
Organic industry winning ‘contest of ideas’ says Harvard professor
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. "Organic farming," says Robert ...
Greenpeace claims Chinese farmers growing illegal GMO corn
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Farmers are illegally growing ...
Why can’t the U.S. have clear, sensible food guidelines?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Why doesn't the United ...
Campbell will label foods that contain GMO ingredients
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Breaking from its industry ...
Modern agriculture, including GMOS, helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An excellent paper published in the ...
