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.
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 ...
QR codes in lieu of on-package labeling for GMO foods?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The biotech industry, along ...
FDA offers point by point rebuke of Center for Food Safety, other activists GMO labeling demand
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Food and Drug ...
‘FDA approval of genetically engineered salmon is win for environment’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After 20 years of ...
Organic food sales rising but US acreage remains miniscule
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Despite the strong interest ...
American Bird Conservatory launches ‘scare campaign’ about neonics in Congressional food
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Recently, the American Bird ...
Uganda progresses in ag biotech research but lags behind in implementation
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Kenya is about to ...
Neonicotinoids may impact individual honeybees different than hives
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. French researchers say neonicotinoid ...
Herbicide mixtures effective, but non-herbicide solutions necessary to combat evolution of weed resistance
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In my last post, I ...
Regulatory breakthrough in Europe? Sweden says some gene edited plants not GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. CRISPR-Cas9 is a technique ...
