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.
New York Times reverses position, now supports mandatory labeling
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In approving genetically engineered ...
Animal biotechnology regulation needs overhaul
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. What do a fast-growing ...
Developing generic GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After the patent on ...
CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing improved meat volume and cashmere production in goats
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As one of the ...
Costco says no to genetically engineered salmon
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. AquAdvantage salmon, made by ...
Gene editing opens possibilities for improved livestock, but regulation controversies remain
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Other than the few ...
Add tardigrades to list of animals that swap genes with other species…naturally
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists have known for ...
Buying Thanksgiving groceries at Whole Foods? Bring your whole paycheck
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Whole Foods Market Inc ...
GMO critical scientists say ‘political’ revisions to Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety gut ‘independent’ science
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this abstract to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Since 2011, a scientific Guidance ...
When it comes to GMOs, Africa can speak, decide for herself
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Africa and Uganda in ...
What changed Bill Nye’s mind on GMOs?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Earlier this year, Bill ...
South African scientist adapting ‘resurrection plants’ to improve crop drought tolerance
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As the race to ...
Proper training for scientists will allow FOIA to coexist with science communication
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . Researchers ...
Why traditional hybrids deserve Frankenfood label more than GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Traditional breeding practices include: ...
FDA defines GMO scientifically, many ‘non-GMO’ foods are in fact genetically modified
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. While the F.D.A.’s stance ...
Saving OJ: Researchers develop genetically modified citrus trees resistant to greening disease
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After a decade of ...
Bernie Sanders claims CBS canceled interview on rBGH after Monsanto threatened lawsuit
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bernie Sanders alleged that ...
‘I am Kevin Folta’: Skepti-Forum directors stand with science communication
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Skepti-Forum Board of ...
‘Regulate animal biotechnology based on product rather than process’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . “Modern” ...
Why activist criticism of GMO salmon is more scare than substance
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Some environmentalists are assailing ...
Could AquaBounty GMO salmon escape containment causing ecological havoc?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. This post is a ...
Food Poison Journal alert: Chipotle’s E. coli outbreak spreads to 45 people in 6 states
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Forty-five people infected with ...
Alaska Sen. Murkowski slams FDA approval of GMO salmon, lack of labeling
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For about 5 years ...
Tide turning against activists with approval of GMO salmon, apple?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Public health and environmental ...
Christie Brinkley jumps on anti-GMO bandwagon
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. “What I don’t like ...
Scientists call out Indian government to reject activist agitatiton over GMO mustard
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Activist Vandana Shiva, an ...
IARC adds to ‘risk’ vs ‘hazard’ confusion
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. According to IARC’s own ...
