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.
Kauai Council delays decision on modified crops
The Kauai County Council will wait for legal opinions before deciding whether to approve a measure that would require agricultural ...
Philippines: Golden rice rice approval ‘edging closer’
Scientists in the Philippines are weeks from submitting a genetically modified variety of rice to the authorities for biosafety evaluations ...
Polyploidy: Multiple genomes at core of mystery of plant evolution
A new understanding of the evolutionary history of plants has been revealed by University of Aberdeen scientists. The findings – ...
Papaya farmers struggle amidst Hawaii GMO debate
Hawaii native Alberto Belmes is worried his Papayas will likely rot on the trees of is 100-acre papaya farm, as ...
European fear of GMOs may disrupt trade deal talks
The U.S. and EU want to strike a trade deal. The two economies make up 45% of the world's GDP ...
Fight over labeling delays Uganda GMO bill
Northern Uganda farmers are seeking to petition Parliament over the bill promoting the use of Genetically Modified Organisms. This was ...
GMOs don’t hurt anyone, but opposing them does
How do you demonize scientists who added 3 genes to the 30,000 in rice in order to stop vitamin A ...
Nigeria: Biotechnology is a key platform for sustainable economic growth
Since the advent of biotechnology, the number of countries that cultivate genetically engineered (GE) crops continues to increase globally. While ...
India’s farmers wait as Bangladesh embraces biotech eggplant
Many people in India view their neighbors in Bangladesh with a measure of pity. They inhabit an overcrowded, less-developed country ...
Oregon farmers cheer Japan’s decision to resume purchases of GM wheat
Drought, crop prices, and equipment breakdowns are still on the list of troubles for Oregon's wheat farmers, but Japan's agricultural ...
French president to keep ban on GM corn despite court ruling
French President Francois Hollande said Friday that a ban on growing GM corn sold by US giant Monsanto would remain ...
Hawaii’s Bill 2491: Prohibitive GM regulation assumes the worst
The debate over Kauai's anti-GMO bill has drawn huge interest and more than 1,000 people to a raucous public hearing last ...
Foodie Michael Pollan roundly criticized for baseless “industry talking points” tweet
Michael Pollan of the University of California-Berkeley School of Journalism has had quite a week – and not in a good way ...
Tanzania: Formerly anti-GMO journalist Mark Lynas speaks out in favor of crop biotech
“In my view the controversy over GMOs represents one of the greatest science communications failures of the past half-century,” [Lynas] ...
GM crops don’t kill kids, opposing them does
Golden rice’ prevents the vitamin A deficiency that kills millions every year. Yet Greenpeace is blocking it It was over ...
Prince Charles warns GM crops risk causing the biggest-ever environmental disaster
In his most outspoken intervention on the issue of GM food, the Prince said that multi-national companies were conducting an ...
Kauai GE debate evokes emotion from both sides
Although relatively peaceful — other than the occasional snicker, laugh or boo from the audience — testimony during Wednesday’s public ...
More anti-GE dishonesty from GMWatch
GMWatch, in attempt to make you believe that scientists are anti-gmo did a little selective editing to prove their point, ...
France: Court overturns ban on Monsanto GE maize
France's highest administrative court rejected on Thursday a government ban on growing Monsanto's MON810 genetically modified maize (corn). In its ...
Are anti-science positions part of the Green political strategy?
The anti-science position of the greens on GMOs, fracking and nuclear power, is itself political tool used to whip up ...
Science ‘swat team’ informs Hawaiians about ag biotech
Seek understanding of differing viewpoints. You can agree to disagree. That was one of several house rules Monday evening inside ...
Nutraceutical CEO: We won’t see government mandated GE labeling; it’s a marketing issue
From California to Washington, and from Connecticut to Vermont, initiatives to label the presence of ingredients derived from genetically modified ...
UK: Survey finds GM gaining favor
More people support rather than oppose the growing of genetically modified crops and more of them are prepared to buy ...
Nina Fedoroff: Can we trust Monsanto with our food?
The World Food Prize laureates for 2013 were announced in June. They are Marc van Montagu, Mary-Dell Chilton and Rob ...
Russia: GE regulations are not being enforced
Since 2007, the Russian government has required that foods containing more than 0.9 percent genetically modified (GM) material be labeled, ...
Bangladesh: GE eggplant taken to court
Campaigners against genetically modified (GM) crops yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court against a government move to ...
The world needs GM potatoes
At least one conventional crop breeder and even an organic farmer consider genetically modified crops worth being allowed on the ...
