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.
Golden Rice raises stakes in war over GM foods
One of the world’s great humanitarian crises has a simple cause and, some researchers argue, a simple solution. But that’s ...
Skepticism grows over claims that organic food is healthier
You've no doubt noticed that organic foods are a fair bit more expensive at the grocery store. An organic head ...
Anti-GMO activist Vandana Shiva earns $40,000 per speech advocating policies harming poor
Vandana Shiva, the Indian activist who opposes modern agriculture and modern science — and well, modernity in general — is a popular ...
Anti-GMO activist Food Babe tries to do good things but arguments are ‘silly’
Vani Hari’s followers hail her as a savior of food activism who reaches hundreds of thousands of readers eager for ...
Nigerian university plant breeder says Africa needs GMO technology
Prof. Mahammad Faguji Ishiyaku is a plant breeder/biotechnologist at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. In this interview with Dele Ogbodo, ...
Australian farmers need to improve public opinion of GM crops
A greater effort is needed from farmers to improve mainstream attitudes towards genetically modified (GM) crops, says Agricultural Biotechnology Council ...
Field trials for 21 new varieties of GM crops, including rice and wheat, approved in India
The new government has approved field trials for 21 new varieties of genetically modified (GM) crops, including staples such as ...
Liberal fundraising giant MoveOn.org doubles Vermont’s fund for GMO labeling law
Liberal fundraising giant MoveOn.org raised more than $50,000 for Vermont's Food Fight Fund, designed by lawmakers this year to help ...
Considering safety of GMOs, labels should inform, not prompt alarm
Vermont recently joined two other New England states and passed a law to require labels on food that contains genetically ...
Will GM wheat be accepted if killer fungus wipes out global wheat supplies?
For bread fans everywhere—and millions of the world's most impoverished people—the debate over genetically modified crops just got trickier. A ...
Should TV ‘quack docs’ like Dr. Oz be regulated?
Dr. Mehmet Oz is a television personality with his own show, The Dr. Oz Show, focusing on medical issues and personal ...
Attempted thefts of GM seeds reflect obstacles to innovation in China
The court documents read like something out of a Coen brothers film. Employees of the Chinese agricultural company Dabeinong Technology ...
Irish celebrity chef protests new EU-US trade deal over GM foods
Top chef Kevin Thornton has expressed his concerns over a new EU-US trade deal that could open the door to ...
Proponents and opponents of GMO labeling step up efforts in Colorado
Proponents of a proposed ballot initiative that would require labeling of genetically modified foods are nearing the end of their ...
Molokai voters have most to lose but least to say in Maui’s proposed GMO ban
Samson Kaahanui wakes up every weekday on the Hoolehua homestead, pulls on a neon long-sleeved shirt and goes to work ...
Poorest have most to gain from GMOs, hurt most by GMO scare-mongering
The Grocery Manufacturers Association brought a lawsuit in response to Vermont becoming the first state to require GMO labeling regardless ...
Mexican farmers reject GM beans
Bean grower Manuel Alvarado is part of the majority of producers in Mexico who consider it unnecessary to introduce genetically ...
Video: Monsanto moving away from GMOs to crossbreeding
Agriculture giant Monsanto is spending significant money and resources to create 'new' all-natural vegetables and fruits through crossbreeding techniques. Cue ...
Going non-GMO often means returning to less environmentally friendly food production system
When consumers think about GMOs, they tend to contrast them with “some hypothetical alternative food that is pristine”, when in ...
Video: Congressional panel concludes labeling would stoke GMO fears
It's pretty rare that members of Congress and all the witnesses they've called will declare out loud that Americans are ...
Zambian municipality destroys over 1000 lbs of cereals with GMOs
The Livingstone City Council swung into action seizing and destroying cereals from Shoprite Supermarket containing Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Livingstone City Council Chief Health Inspector ...
Scientists call to lift Kenyan GMO ban, claim it affects HIV-Aids patients who need nutrition
A group of scientists from public universities and research centres has faulted the government for banning genetically modified foods. The scientists ...
Wealthy foreign NGOs block GMOs in India, hinder progress to food security
Six foreign NGOs based in wealthy countries, many of which themselves permit such innovations, have thus far succeeded in blocking ...
Organic Consumers Fund makes second $100,000 donation to Oregon’s GMO labeling measure
A group called the Organic Consumers Fund has made a second $100,000 contribution to Oregon GMO Right to Know, the political action committee behind ...
South Africa to review GMO labeling regulations over ‘loophole’
Local food companies had been hiding large amounts of genetically modified organism (GMO) content behind the “may contain GMOs” label, ...
‘Preppers’ join anti-GMO movement in search of healthier post-apocalyptic lifestyle
Activists championing organic foods have found support among preppers (people preparing for the end of civilization). They're sympathetic to the ...
GMOs are not meaningful ‘category’ of foods or ingredients
Even after two decades of stunning scientific, humanitarian and financial successes and an admirable record of safety, the application of genetic engineering ...
