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.
Kenyan agricultural scientists win international award for genetic work unappreciated at home
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Ruth Wanyera, a plant ...
Scientists’ and policymakers’ concerns mount as weed resistance to glyphosate increases
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Concerns about the world's ...
GMOs huge opportunity for Hawaiian economy, misunderstood by critics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. There is tension on ...
‘Scaremongering’ turns Tanzanian farmers away from drought, disease resistant GMO seeds
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. “Our farmers are afraid ...
Most people aren’t farmers, easily scared by spin about GMOs, modern agriculture
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Modern farming is remote. Though ...
Agricultural experts argue biotech would improve crop yields, diversify Nigerian economy
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Agricultural experts in Nigeria ...
China commits to making biotech approval process ‘timely and science-based’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. China has agreed to ...
Genome sequencing speeds foodborne illness investigations
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In August 2015, whole-genome sequencing ...
‘Stinky cheeses’ made naturally from molds with genes from other species
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Many cheeses require a ...
Organic food gets less ‘green’ as market goes global
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Soybeans from India, coconut ...
US regulators propose restrictive rules for GMO wheat field trials
After rogue genetically engineered wheat plants found in Oregon and Montana caused market fluctuations and lawsuits, the federal regulating agency proposed a change ...
Texas legislature in no hurry to pass GMO labeling bill
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. People in the U.S ...
Serbia bans cultivation of GMO crops
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Serbia will not allow ...
South Africa rejects commercial production of GMO potatoes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. South Africa has rejected genetically modified ...
Environmental impact of US corn, cotton crops halved in last decade thanks to GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. We applied life cycle ...
China may approve seven GMO crops, including corn, cotton, soy
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Myron Brilliant, an executive ...
Wash Po’s Tamar Haspel addresses conflict of interest charges
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [This post is excerpted ...
Chinese Bt rice may not go commercial due to ‘societal pressures,’ not safety concerns
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Multiple lines of transgenic ...
Activists consider GMO labeling initiatives in CA, OR, as VT’s law faces injunction
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Pro-GMO labeling groups are ...
Kevin Folta: Evidence alone won’t change minds of GMO critics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. How do you think ...
GMO labeling bill could allow organic farmers to sue for GMO “contamination”
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Unless it’s drastically altered, ...
Organic industry spends big on unconventional lobbying
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A recent popular media narrative portrays ...
Russian cabinet may impose ban on GMO food production, imports
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A senior Russian government ...
Dan Rather calls out Democrats, press for misrepresenting science, GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. I know some Democrats think "anti-science" ...
Concerned with Scotland’s ban, Royal Society of Edinburgh calls for rational GMO debate
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In light of the ...
Chipotle faces ad attack in response to its anti-GMO promotions
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Chipotle, the popular fast-food ...
Anti-GMO scientist claims biotech industry launders messages through scientists
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The biotech industry’s web ...
