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.
British scientists push for government to relax GMO barriers
Many people are pretty fed up with the continuing fuss about GM food and crops. There have been innumerable reviews and ...
When scientific consensus meets GMOs
The information on a scientific consensus is easy enough to find, but for the topic of GMOs it is in ...
Connecting agricultural biodiversity to environmental justice
When the U.S. Supreme Court held last year that farmers can be liable for damages if they use patented seeds ...
GMO labeling push reflects deep misunderstandings of science
Critics say genetically modified foods might be unsafe, but even if they are not, consumers have a right to know ...
Scientists build designer yeast from scratch
Humans have been using what they know about the biological world to make stuff for centuries—from beer to antibiotics. But, ...
Going GMO-free: Easier said than done
Boulder is known for its staunch commitment to organic products, sourcing local and an emphasis on avoiding genetically modified organisms, ...
US regulators sitting on non-browning Arctic Apple approval
A Canadian company petitioned USDA regulators two years ago to “deregulate” – approve for unrestricted cultivation and marketing — a ...
Sec of Ag: Technology offers alternative to mandatory GMO labeling
Tom Vilsack, the Secretary of Agriculture, told a House subcommittee his department is talking with the U.S. Food and Drug ...
US farmers continue to sow GM corn banned by China
Six months after China began rejecting shipments of a genetically modified corn developed by Switzerland's Syngenta AG, two of the ...
Farmers clash in Hawaii court over GMO disclosure requirements
Does requiring farmers growing genetically modified crops to register with Hawaii County result in the release of proprietary information? That’s ...
Holding Monsanto and other corporations accountable
What does it mean to hold a corporation accountable and responsible? The Monsanto Roundup resistance story has been in plain sight for ...
Beefing up livestock with GM crops
New methods of genome editing for precise DNA changes of living organisms could make varieties of crops easier for farm animals ...
India can only gain from more GM crops
An Indian technical expert committee recently recommended that the Supreme Court declare a 10-year ban on field trials of GM ...
GM and organics can coexist
The biggest farming group in the US has backed moves to promote coexistence between organic and biotech farmers. With a ...
How Grist’s Nathanael Johnson changed his mind on GMOs
Journalist and author Nathanael Johnson was skeptical of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) when he began a six-month investigative series about their ...
British scientists urge Europe to revamp GMO regulation
Europe’s stringent regulation of genetically modified (GM) crops has no rational basis and should be revamped to allow countries who ...
GE labeling measures moving through California and Colorado
California’s 2012 food-labeling ballot measure, rejected by state voters, makes a return from the grave tomorrow with a public hearing ...
Organic activist criticizes proposed FDA nutrition labels for leaving GMOs out
In February, First Lady Michelle Obama launched a media blitz to tout the FDA's proposed new rules for nutrition labels on packaged ...
Can you get E.coli poisoning from GMOs?
Biofortified blogger Layla Katiraee takes on a Farm Wars story about how GMOs allegedly cause E.coli poisoning. Katiraee counters points made ...
Greenpeace calls on Philippines to scrap Golden Rice, claims it provides no vitamin benefits
Insisting on the potential threats of GMOs to human health and the environment, environmental groups urged Philippine Agriculture Secretary Proceso ...
GMO corn seed distribution trials in Uganda postponed to 2015
Maize farmers who have been expecting to plant new, improved maize varieties at the National Crop Resources Research Institute (NACRRI) ...
Why Europeans are reluctant to embrace GMOs
Many European Union countries do allow imports of GMO corn and soybeans from the U.S. Those GMO products are used ...
Happy Birthday Norman Borlaug, father of the Green Revolution
March 25, 2014 marks the 100th birthday of Dr. Norman Borlaug (1914-2009), who is widely recognized as the Father of ...
‘Non-GMO’ to trump ‘organic’ as new consumer buzz word in 2014
Consumers want 'Non-GMO' now, more so even than 'organic,' according to a new study published by Progressive Grocer. In their ...
10 GM crops reapproved for ‘confined field trials’ in India
Taking a major step forward to scientifically assess 'risk' and 'safety' aspects of transgenic crops, the Indian government's top regulator ...
Norman Borlaug’s daughter decries anti-GMO ‘fear mongering’
Julie Borlaug will be among dozens of family members coming to Washington next week to honor the 100th birthday of ...
Texas GMO labeling advocates face stiff opposition
When Eric Herm heard in 2005 that genetically modified cottonseeds were the latest innovation on the market, he thought he ...
