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.
Tests so far show commercial wheat seed GM-free, sabotage a real possibility
The following is an excerpt. Monsanto said Wednesday that broad testing of commercial wheat seeds in Oregon and Washington state ...
Massachusetts public hearing set on three GMO labeling bills
The following is an excerpt. A hearing has been scheduled to allow the public to offer testimony on three bills ...
It’s past time for world to embrace biotechnology
The following is an edited excerpt. Convincing Americans about the advantages of biotechnology never has been the main issue. The ...
GE wheat: Pulitzer Prize winner gets things wrong on the Colbert Report
The following is an edited excerpt. Near the beginning of an interview about GE wheat, Colbert asks (humorously) how the ...
Italian researchers explore how GE could improve the taste of wine
The following is an edited excerpt. A gene expression study of grapevine berries grown in different Italian vineyards has highlighted ...
Kickstarter-funded glowing plant sparks debate
The following is an edited excerpt. Among the many projects attracting crowd-sourced funding on the Kickstarter website this week are ...
Recommended reading on GE foods for skeptics
The following is an edited excerpt. Late June in 2009, I went to a talk at the Long Now Foundation ...
Will genetically engineered animals bring home the bacon?
The following is an edited excerpt. The critics of biotechnology who predicted the eventual emergence of a fearsome Dr. Frankenstein's ...
GE cotton improves diet quality for small-scale farmers in India
The following is an edited excerpt. Insect-resistant genetically modified (GM) cotton has significantly improved calorie consumption and dietary quality among ...
Connecticut will label GE foods if you do too
The following is an edited excerpt. The final version of the Connecticut bill includes quite a crucial catch: The labeling ...
UK: Kraft’s GE wheat label is a mistake
The following is an edited excerpt. The case of the labels warning of genetically modified wheat found on Kraft Mac ...
Biotech should be central to food security
The following is an edited excerpt. Scientists worldwide believe that genetic engineering should play a central role in meeting the ...
Monsanto says rogue wheat in Oregon may be sabotage
The following is an edited excerpt. Monsanto said experimental wheat engineered to survive Roundup weedkiller may have gotten into an ...
Keith Kloor makes a beat out of policing frightful coverage of GE foods
The following is an edited excerpt. The media have stoked irrational distrust of science in many fields over the years, ...
In wake of Oregon wheat controversy, US News hosts debate on GE foods
The following is an edited excerpt. GE wheat that had not been approved for public consumption was recently found in ...
Could the non-GMO label threat the organic label?
The following is an edited excerpt. As the Non-GMO Project logo appears on more and more grocery shelves, some members ...
Kansas farmer sues Monsanto after GE wheat found in Oregon field
The following is an edited excerpt. A Kansas farmer has sued seed giant Monsanto over last week's discovery of genetically ...
USDA geneticists search for more nutritious rice
The following is an edited excerpt. U.S. researchers have discovered varieties of rice that appear to have increased calcium and ...
Monsanto gives up fight for GM plants in Europe
The following is an edited excerpt. The world's largest producer of seeds, Monsanto, has apparently given up on attempts to ...
New York: GE labeling bill goes down in committee
The following is an edited excerpt. A bill introduced into the New York Assembly that would have required the labeling ...
Connecticut passes first GE labeling bill with qualifications
The following is an edited excerpt. Connecticut on Monday became the first state to pass a bill that would require ...
Decoding ‘orphan crop’ genomes could save millions of lives in Africa
The following is an edited excerpt. The future wellbeing of millions of Africans may rest in the unlikely hands of ...
If GM crops are bad, show us the evidence
The following is an edited excerpt. It is nearly 20 years since the first GM crops were grown. Some 28 ...
When journalists say really stupid stuff about genetic engineering
The following is an edited excerpt. I’ve been arguing that the worst misinformation and myths about genetically modified foods has ...
Europe’s anti-GE stance denies Africa the right to feed itself
The following is an edited excerpt. A leading African academic has issued a withering attack on the “petty political mischief” ...
The problem with GE bill is Congressional corruption, not GE foods
The following is an edited excerpt. Only one American industry is provided protection from government interference in the U.S. Constitution ...
Philippines: Organic advocates seeking ban on Golden Rice
The following is an edited excerpt. Euphoric over the ruling against the field testing of genetically modified Bt eggplants, organic ...
