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.
Ecologist magazine pushes ‘Agent Orange’ demonization of GM corn, soybeans
A new report published today examines the dangers of the pesticide 2,4-D - an ingredient of Vietnam's Agent Orange - ...
China’s economic reasons for rejecting GM corn
Back in the beginning of December, China blocked 5 shipments of corn from entering the country. The General Administration of ...
Can genetically modified crops end hunger in Africa?
The African Union declared 2014 the Year of Food Security. The plan is to eradicate hunger on the continent by ...
Fears about technology and food are misplaced
If fire was the first technology, then farming was the first applied science. For thousands of years, farmers and inventors ...
Scientists square off against activists over Golden Rice
It is an unusual scene, which took place January 23 in front of the Greenpeace-quarters in Brussels: For once demonstrated ...
Video: How GMOs are created
Learn how GMOs are created in the video below. View the video's YouTube page: How Are GMOs Created? ...
Ethiopian farmers plan summer planting of Bt cotton
Ethiopian farmers are preparing to plant genetically modified cotton seedlings when the rainy season gets underway in June, in a ...
A protestor’s view of Monsanto shareholders meeting
At the Monsanto shareholders' meeting on Tuesday in which activists called for a vote on whether the company should enact ...
GMOs matter most where climate change and population growth are challenges
The question of how we produce food, as the global population heads for nine billion in 2050, must be addressed ...
Video: In search of the mystery glyphosate pathogen with Kevin Folta
Dr. Kevin M. Folta, from the University of Florida, discusses the case of Dr. Don M. Huber, and takes down ...
GMO resources and the science surrounding them
The GMO Skeptic-Forum has gathered a broad selection of popular websites, databases, and subreddits containing information on GMOs and the ...
New Hampshire: Why I voted to kill the GMO labeling bill
New Hampshire State Representative Tracy Emerick explains why he voted to kill his state's GMO labeling bill: What seemed the ...
Are organic farmers over-using pesticides?
If you think you don't need to wash organic food before you eat it, I think you need a sanity ...
Anti-GMO activists escalate attack on Golden Rice
Golden Rice (GR) is genetically engineered to contain increased levels of beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A (also known as ...
Minnesota farmer on why it’s okay to feed your family GMOs
It may seem like “GMO free” label indicates the food is better than those without the label, but that can’t ...
Organic food’s success driven by confusion about GM crops
U.S. sales of organic food and beverages soared from $1 billion in 1990 to $26.7 billion in 2010. Sales in ...
Pakistan draws biotech policy map
The Ministry of National Food Security in Islamabad has started process to formulate a ‘national biotechnology policy’, and was working ...
Genetically-modified purple tomatoes edges closer to market
The prospect of genetically modified purple tomatoes reaching the shelves has come a step closer. Their dark pigment is intended ...
Jackson County, Oregon GMO battle heats up
Some organic farmers have come together to oppose what they see as a growing threat from genetically modified crops contaminating ...
Deconstructing the debate over GM Arctic Apples
The Arctic Apple is not yet on the market. It's currently under approval in Canada and the US. If approved, ...
Minnesota farmer on why it’s okay to feed your family GMOs
It may seem like “GMO free” label indicates the food is better than those without the label, but that can’t ...
German government study reaffirms safety of glyphosate (Roundup) used with GMO crops
As the agency responsible for the health assessment, the German Federal Office for Risk Assessment, in addition to the reassessment of ...
Monsanto’s sneaky plan to undermine GMO labeling
The Grocery Manufacturers Association, the largest trade group representing the biggest food corporations in America, recently approached congressional leaders and ...
Florida oranges may need rethink on use of GMOs, neonicotinoids to survive
Oranges and orange juice in the U.S. are under threat from a lethal, incurable bacterial infection known as "citrus greening," ...
Hawaii legislator says pro-GMO forces unfairly accuse him of bias
In a recent editorial, Mr. Richard Ha accused me [owner of Island Naturals Markets and State Senator from Puna and Ka'u] ...
Nigeria: Drought-tolerant seedlings boost maize production
the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, has developed some drought-tolerant maize varieties that are capable of maturing early ...
Exaggerated perception of GMO risk doesn’t align with political left
Despite the common claim that GMO-aversion is a problem of the political left, this does not seem to be so ...
