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.
Kevin Folta proposes new standard for transparency between industry and academia
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Over the last six ...
Forced to rely on agroecology, as sanctions ease will Cuba embrace agricultural technology?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Cuba was once one ...
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 ...
20 answers to FAQs about GMOs: Safety, butterflies, glyphosate and more
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [Editor's note: The original ...
Can physicians combat GMO misinformation?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Beyond the day-to-day treatment of ...
Some say GMOs answer to hunger in Africa, critics claim seed companies just want new market
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The promise of genetically ...
GMOs potential for third world, not yet realized
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For thousands of years, ...
As organic moves into ordinary grocery stores will it lose elite, trendy cachet?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. If you prefer an ...
Northern Ireland bans cultivation of GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Northern Ireland's environment minister has ...
World food prize winner says GMO wheat key to feeding world
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, the ...
China’s addiction to imported GMO soy has domestic, global environmental consequences
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. China's struggle to balance ...
Nature editorial: GMO debate highlights potential industry-academia conflicts
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. What sort of industry ...
With new GMO maize, Kenya poised to become leader in African biotech
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Agricultural biotechnology critics are ...
Farmers growing fewer types of crops, increasing climate change and pest challenges
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. U.S. farmers are growing ...
GMOs reduce food waste, increase global food security
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. People may be condemning ...
County suspends GMO ban pending lawsuit
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Daily Courier newspaper ...
Vegan makes case for GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Some people think that ...
More competition for Non-GMO Project: NSF’s Non-GMO True North certification
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. NSF International has launched ...
Logic for using precautionary principle with GMOs faulty
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A working paper coauthored ...
Chipotle went ‘GMO-free’ to appear socially responsible, accomplished opposite
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The fast-food chain Chipotle ...
Humans aren’t the only species that can make GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A study published September 17 in the ...
Genetically modified cow gives birth in China, stirs debate over “GM beef”
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The news that China’s ...
Extreme labeling: Start-up aims to index GMOs, gluten, more in packaged foods
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. How much gluten, GMOs ...
Computer scientist, holistic nutritionist claim GMOs, glyphosate cause concussions
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. MIT computer scientist and ...
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan: Nobel scientist says GMO objections by people who have never known hunger
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [Editor's note: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, winner ...
Europe votes to ban cloning due to animal welfare concerns
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The EU Parliament voted ...
