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.
Egypt: Anthropologist attacks GE seeds because they’re ‘imported’
The following is an edited excerpt. Anthropologist Reem Saad warns of the increasing challenges to Egypt’s food sovereignty due to ...
Monsanto backing away from GE crops in Europe
The following is an edited excerpt. Monsanto is not pushing for expansion of genetically modified crops in most of Europe ...
Feminist site on the March against Monsanto: Everyone please just shut up
The following is an edited excerpt. Last week, the U.S. Senate rejected an amendment proposed would have allowed states to ...
GMO Truthers need to be kicked out of the Progressive movement
The following is an edited excerpt. I consider myself to be part of the "far left." I also have multiple ...
South Korea: No GE found in analysis of wheat imports
The following is an edited excerpt. South Korea has not detected genetically modified wheat in initial tests of imports of ...
Natural News: GM wheat in Oregon means “Genetic Apocalypse” is here
The following is an edited excerpt. The genetic apocalypse we've been warning about for years may have already begun. The ...
A skeptical look at NYC’s “March Against Monsanto”
The following is an edited excerpt. First off, if you’re going to have a protest about how we’re all being ...
GM wheat growing on a farm in Oregon: So what?
The following is an edited excerpt. It's no big deal because the answer is that it is as at least ...
Former anti-GM writer: Movement continue to disappoint
The following is an edited excerpt. Here are three questions to ponder today. 1. What does it say about a ...
Why genetic modification myths are so appealing and powerful
The following is an edited excerpt. While I admire this optimism and agree that we should continue to engage in ...
Japan suspends some imports of U.S. wheat after GM wheat discovered in Oregon
The following is an edited excerpt. Japan has suspended some imports of wheat from the United States after genetically engineered wheat ...
Study claims GE salmon can breed with brown trout and pass on genes
The following is an edited excerpt. Scientists from Canada say that transgenic Atlantic salmon can cross-breed with a closely related ...
Senate rejects GM food labeling measure, farmers relieved
The following is an edited excerpt. On Thursday, the U.S. Senate rejected an amendment to the 2013 U.S. Farm Bill ...
Roundup-resistant bees seized in Illinois, sparking legal controversy
The following is an edited excerpt. The Illinois Ag Dept. illegally seized privately owned bees from renowned naturalist, Terrence Ingram, ...
Research on GE salmon and trout ignores that offspring are sterile
The following is an edited excerpt. The authors used fertile AquAdvantage(R) Salmon and mated them with brown trout in the ...
Ghana approves transgenic cotton trials
The following is an edited excerpt. The Ghana National Biosafety Committee has granted approval to conduct trials of Genetically Modified ...
Unapproved GE wheat found in Oregon
The following is an edited excerpt. Unapproved genetically engineered wheat has been discovered in an Oregon field, a potential threat ...
UK supermarkets give green light to GE animal feed
The following is an edited excerpt. Last month three U.K. supermarkets admitted publicly that it was impossible to guarantee that ...
Science is laughing at the anti-GE movement
The following is an edited excerpt. It is time to come clean about something that is deeply troubling to me. ...
GE purple tomato may help to fight cancer
The following is an edited excerpt. British scientists have created purple tomatoes that appear to protect against cancer The GM ...
Transgenics could head off ‘the end of orange juice’
The following is an edited excerpt. Recent coverage in the national news media is reporting the very real possibility of ...
On genetically engineered food, let the market decide
The following is an edited excerpt. The movement to force the labeling of genetically engineered food is gaining momentum. Federal ...
Biotech meets DIY hacker culture in Seattle
The following is an edited excerpt. Right now it's a storeroom filled to the ceiling with cardboard boxes and cast-off ...
Australia: When GMO bans are lifted, premium green brands will suffer
The following is an edited excerpt. Lifting Tasmania's ban on genetically engineered crops would devastate producers relying on green branding, ...
Anti-GMO marches stumble
The following is an excerpt. Protesters with a group calling itself “March against Monsanto Coachella Valley” staged rallies in Indio ...
Don’t Fear GM Crops, Europe!
The following is an edited excerpt. Researchers have genetically modified crop plants to grow well in harsh environments where conventional ...
Philippines: Court stops field testing of GM eggplant
The following is an edited excerpt. The Court of Appeals has stopped the nationwide field testing of genetically modified eggplants ...
