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.
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 ...
French anti-biotech activists claim “hidden GMOs” are being smuggled into country
A group of French green campaigners have claimed that “hidden GMOs” are being smuggled into France in the form of ...
Is there something missing from the New York Times story on GE oranges?
Here's what I like about Amy Harmon's New York Times story: It's very nicely written, nicely organized, and it spins ...
We don’t want GE crops, but we’ll export them to Africa
Activists in the U.S. have been fighting the use of GMO seeds promoted by Monsanto. A leaked cable suggests that ...
American biotech industry lobbying for fewer Europe barriers
American biotechnology firms want U.S. trade negotiators to stress the need for a more flexible import process of genetically modified ...
Can crop biotech save the cassava?
Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) and cassava mosaic disease (CMD) are currently two major viral diseases that severely reduce cassava ...
Are you ready for a tall glass of GE? Grist’s take on transgenic orange juice
It’s rare that us lowly eaters experience any personal gain from genetically modified food. But over the weekend the New ...
Pepsi will no longer label Naked Juices ‘all natural’ after settling lawsuit
PepsiCo Inc. says it will no longer label its Naked juices 'all natural', after a lawsuit complained that the drinks ...
Multinational firms eye Pakistan for GE products
Three multinational companies along with a number of national firms have approached the Ministry of Food Security seeking licences to ...
GE soybeans are speed bump in EU trade deal
Scientists started working back in the 1990s to genetically engineer a soybean that’s oil would be free of artery-clogging trans ...
Poll shows strong support for GM labeling
Americans overwhelmingly support labeling foods that have been genetically modified or engineered, according to a New York Times poll conducted ...
It’s opponents of GM crops who are harming farmers
Had he been born 50 years earlier I can imagine Owen Paterson as a stiff young official on the groundnut ...
Biotech food companies pledge transparency, launch GMOAnswers.com
With pressure growing to label genetically modified foods, the developers of biotechnology crops are starting a campaign to gain support ...
A hippie’s defense of GE foods
I’m a vegetarian yoga instructor, and even I can tell the case against genetically modified food is overblown. Let me ...
Kenya: Scientists call for lifting GM ban
Scientists called on the Kenyan government on Thursday to remove the ban imposed on the importation of genetically modified food ...
Elle Magazine hops aboard the GMO Fright Train
As I have previously observed, “the belief that GMO foods are deadly or potentially harmful” has come to dominate the ...
GM crops and real risk
The World Apple Report has tracked the perilous road that Okanagan Specialty Fruits has been travelling to get approval for ...
GMOs may feed the world using fewer pesticides
Walter De Jong shouts over the roar of fans in the greenhouse. He’s telling me about the seedlings beside him, ...
A gale of fresh air on GE crops in the UK
Exactly a week before this editorial was written, Owen Paterson, the UK Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and ...
Unraveling 5 popular anti-GE claims
The mainstream scientific community, specific science organizations and the scientific literature converge on the conclusion that genetically modified foods are ...
Suppressing technology will not feed Hawaii or the world
Roseanne Barr would like to burn down my papaya farm in Hawaii. The wealthy actress said so earlier this month, ...
Sequenced palm oil genome paves the way for sustainable plantations
Few environmentalists feel any fondness for the oil palm, with its connections to deforestation in the tropics. But the waxy ...
Purdue scientists identify two genes in soybean that could prevent $250 million in lost yield
Purdue University researchers have identified two genes within the soybean genome that are highly resistant to a soilborne pathogen that ...
UK: Farmer recalls GM rapeseed trial after Monsanto’s decision
Monsanto Co.'s decision to withdraw applications for approval of genetically modified crops in the European Union was "deeply disappointing," said ...
UK: Public fears over ‘Frankenstein food’ may be easing, poll finds
More people support rather than oppose the growing of genetically modified crops and more of them are prepared to buy ...
Debate: Is the FDA’s review process for GE animals fit for purpose?
To explore whether the regulatory process in question is fit for purpose, the Food & Drug Law Institute's Food and ...
