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.
Finnish research shows ‘no immediate impact’ of neonicotinoids on bees
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this press release to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Research conducted in Finland ...
Controversial scientist Goulson challenged on study claiming neonicotinoids cause butterfly declines
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. University of Sussex biology ...
Using CRISPR to edit crops ensures no transgenes, undercuts key anti-GMO ‘foreign gene’ criticism
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this press release to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A team of scientists ...
Beta carotene-fortified potatoes paving way for biofortified African cassava
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The humble potato has ...
Dizzying definitions: Consumers tell FDA what ‘natural’ food means to them
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The FDA will have ...
Here’s how to do GMO labeling so everyone wins
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. What would it look ...
Fish story: Salmon eaten in US modified even before genetic engineering
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As strange as the ...
Environmentalist opposition to AquaAdvantage salmon ‘irrational, self-contradictory’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The FDA just approved ...
Monsanto to go carbon-neutral by 2021, in part by leveraging low till GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto Co. plans to ...
For science to carry more weight in GMO debate, it needs to be more transparent
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The larger problem in ...
Media paint modern agriculture as ‘boogeyman,’ but science disagrees
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In some circles, there ...
Western Australia to begin trials of GM medflies in attempt to control pest
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. West Australian researchers are ...
GMO rice dramatically reduces farm greenhouse gas emissions
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A slight change in ...
Drought stricken Indian state of Maharashtra looks to GM sugar cane to preserve crop
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists of a sugar ...
EU rules for GMO opt-out may open door to case-by-case approvals
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In what follows we ...
USDA urges alternatives to antibiotics for livestock health
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Antibiotics are lifesavers. We ...
Scientist who created genetically engineered salmon didn’t think he’d live to see it approved
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. He didn’t believe it ...
Will Greenpeace lose tax-free donation status in Australia as result of GMO wheat field vandalism?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s eligibility ...
Is Big Organic guilty of ‘Merchants of Doubt’ behavior?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Is Exxon Mobil’s behavior ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
