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.
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 ...
What constitutes ‘close ties’ to Monsanto?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Are these close, personal ...
How the ‘agroecology’ movement misrepresents ‘agroecology’ science
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The word "agroecology" is ...
Anti-GMO activists in Africa accuse Monsanto, Gates Foundation of bioterrorism
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Consortium for Food ...
Swaziland’s cotton industry threatened by GMO cotton ban
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Though agriculture remains a ...
Critics say US and EU ‘dominate global market in hypocrisy,’ promote food security
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The upcoming World Health Organization ...
EU committee rejects proposal to block extension of glyphosate authorization
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A key committee in ...
Anti-microbial protein produced by GMO plants effective at killing E. coli on meat, produce
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A team of scientists ...
Scottish official admits GMO ban based on marketing not science
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A controversial decision to ban ...
World’s ’17 most dangerous foods’ includes no GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A list of the ...
NZ farm group on Australian court ruling: ‘all farmers have duty to make co-existence work’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A Western Australian Court ...
US overturns approval of sulfoxaflor, only neonicotinoid approved in EU
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A worldwide dispute over ...
World faces many problems– why talk about GMOs?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Why are we still ...
Why Ben and Jerry’s, Non-GMO project, others oppose SAFE Act
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. From my perspective, HR1599 ...
Moms defending science, GMOs in culture of alarmism
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Julie Gunlock, IWF's Culture ...
Fear of rogue organism, global catastrophe drives anti-GMO hysteria
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Are GMOs just too ...
Do anti-GMO activists use ‘tobacco science’?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Credible Hulk has ...
‘McCarthy-style’ attacks on biotech scientist amplified by NYT, Chronicle of Higher Ed.
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [Editor's note: Jean Goodwin ...
Anti-GMO activists promote flawed paper claiming GMO soy accumulates formaldehyde
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists occasionally “go rogue,” ...
Should emotional issues like GMOs require higher standard of conflict of interest disclosure?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. GMOs are an emotionally charged ...
Un-trendy reasons NOT to feed your family organic
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When I read Mamavation's ...
Non-GMO Project objects to competition, opposes federal voluntary labeling standard
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. While supporters of Rep ...
Allowing EU states to ban GM feed would threaten European animal food production
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On September 10th, the agriculture ...
Dangerous chemicals causing sex changes in frogs? Yes, natural ones
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It's not easy being ...
Are scientists who collaborate with industry tainted?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When does conflict of ...
Tufts nutrition expert navigates ‘destructive debate’ over GMO labeling
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [Editor's Note] Parke Wilde ...
GMOs gaining favor in US, Australia has potential to lead in biotech if ‘hard choices’ made
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An American journalist, scholar ...
