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.
The dark side of convenient foods: 32 health problems from heart disease to depression are associated with ultra-processed foods, new study claims
Many studies have indicated that ultra-processed foods are uniquely bad for our health. But the authors of this latest research,ย published ...
Iconic Oscar Mayer wieners will come in a plant-based version with a smoky taste later this year
If you wish there was anย Oscar Mayerย wiener that was plant-based, soon there will be one ...
Nightmare germ: A look back at terrifying Mad Cow Epidemic that began in the 1980s
One of the most existentially frightening illnesses ever to be discovered was mad cow disease, a fatal prion-spread illness that ...
Roundup weedkiller cancer trials now trending Bayer’s way
Bayer on March 5 said it won a trial in a lawsuit brought by a retired postal service worker in ...
As a bill to ban cell-grown meat makes its way through the Florida legislature, science researchers are divided on potential consequences
Legislation in states including Arizona, Alabama, Tennessee and West Virginia has emerged against cultivated meat in the last two months ...
โThis is one of the worst droughts of my lifetimeโ: Renewed push for insect-resistant GMO corn to ward off insect-invasions
โThis is one of the worst droughts I have ever seen in my life. I donโt know what to do,โ ...
Harnessing algae opens a new frontier in sustainable meat-like protein
Evidently, the need for alternatives to traditional meat and cheese has been a growing concern for health and the environment ...
Study: Gene editing in medicine is more favorably viewed than in agriculture
A study published inย Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnologyย explored U.S. public opinion onย gene editing in agricultural and medical fields.ย ...
Viewpoint: Healthy eating is less about what you eat and more about how much
โAvoid carbohydrates!โ โEat intermittently!โ โEat like a caveman!โ โIncrease foods that are antioxidants!โ The list of recommendations is vast ...
AI poised to develop new agricultural practices to curtail plant pests and disease
In keeping with the age-old saying: โprevention is better than a cureโ more sustainable approaches should await the farmers of ...
Viewpoint โ Why the non-GMO label is a deceptive farce
Everyone is able to choose what they want to consume, thatโs the good thing about the U.S. food system. There ...
Bangladesh still stuck in the past as locally grown Golden Rice hits markets in the Philippines
Golden Rice has finally hit markets across the Philippines as the country embraces the genetically modified crop to boost local ...
Epigenetics opens new pathway to producing climate-resilient crops
Genetic manipulations such as RNAi silencing andย CRISPRย are helping researchers and plant breeders enhance traits and characteristics ...
Cell-based protein for your pup? Cultivated meat companies see large potential market in pet food
The pet food market is becoming a target for cultivated meat; a small number of lab meat producers are targeting ...
Viewpoint: Non-GMO seed company mistakenly listed a seed in its catalogue that had a similar name to a genetically-modified tomato โ prompting a bizarre tirade against โBig Agโ
Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company had an intriguing offer in its 2024 catalog: a tomato seed it called Purple Galaxy ...
Want to sell cell-based meat in Tennessee? Youโll face a million-dollar fine in yet another chapter in the โlong-running fight over the future of proteinโ
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisย declared his support for banning a food product that barely exists โ cell-cultivated or โlab-grownโ meat โ ...
Gene-edited bacon could be on your breakfast menu as early as next year
A company in the United Kingdom is editing the genes of pigs used for commercial pork production to make them ...
Goodbye to gene-edited mustard salad: Pairwise discontinues sales of first US-approved CRISPR food โ refocuses efforts on higher value products
Last fall, when Pairwise launchedย Conscious Greensโ in select markets, it was the first food in the US developed with CRISPR ...
Rwandan scientists are deploying genetic modification to rescue its disease-endangered banana crop
Scientists in Rwanda have made a major breakthrough in fight against banana Panama Diseases through agricultural biotechnology by coming up ...
Gene drive CRISPR insects may be only viable tool to fight back against cattle fly that lays eggs on living cows, causing โunbelievably agonizingโ sores
Uruguay is developing a CRISPR gene drive to eradicate the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that kills cattle in ...
From a year down to two weeks: Chinese scientists create efficient plant gene editing tool that leapfrogs over โtediousโ steps
โEven primary school students and old farmers can master gene editing,โ says Southern University of Science and Technology, or SUSTech ...
Hyper-palatable food: Scientist who published the seminal study showing the dangers of all ultra-processed food backs away from his theory
In 2019, Kevin Hall conducted a study that has been cited by researchers all over the world. It is mentioned ...
Rwanda faces a โhoney crisisโ: Hereโs how genetically-modified pest-resistant potatoes could help reduce pesticide use and boost bee populations
If adopted in Rwanda, genetically modified crops such as irish potatoes that no longer require use of pesticides in treating ...
Five reasons why the anti-biotech movement is in retreat
The pro-science community has recently chalked up several important wins in Europe. First, on January 24, the powerful environment committee ...
What drives Environmental Working Group to falsely claim that Quaker Oats cereals contain dangerous levels of pesticides? To ‘create another round of fearmongering about toxins in our food and shill for the organic food industry’
You know theย rule about headlinesย โ if there is a question in a headline the answer is almost always โnoโ. This ...
Viewpoint: Anti-biotech farmers and green politicians decry EU relaxation of genetic engineering rules โ โSpecter of patentable supercrops from corporate giants looms over Europeโ
The specter of patentable supercrops is looming over Europe's agricultural landscape, raising concerns about a handful of corporate giants dominating ...
How do people uniquely respond to different diets? 500 Americans will be living at scientific facilities for six weeks to find out
Kevin Elizabeth, a 28-year-old tech worker, is one of 500 Americans who will be living at scientific facilities around the ...
