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.
David Suzuki: GE trees pose environmental threats
The following is an edited excerpt. Deforestation is already an enormous problem, and the last thing we need is to ...
Physician on GMOs: They’re not what you’ve been told
Genetically Modified Organisms are bad. Monsanto is evil. These crops are killing us. Well, not really. This is not a ...
Trader Joe’s under fire for selling GMOs
The following is an edited excerpt. Grocery chain Trader Joe's is now the focus of an effort by the Consumers ...
Harvard professor urges Ugandans to embrace ag biotech
The following is an edited excerpt. During a recent speech, Professor Calestous Juma, the Director of the Science, Technology and ...
Connecticut: Don’t label GE food
The following is an edited excerpt. The recent call for labeling of foods containing genetically engineered ingredients — especially on ...
Kenya: National Biosafety Authority to ensure GM foods’ safety
The following is an excerpt. Dr Willy Kiprotich Tonui is the chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Biosafety Authority ...
UK: GM crops aid farmers, citizens and the environment
The following is an edited excerpt. Biotechnology has delivered an increase in farm income while providing substantial benefits to both ...
Washington: One grocer already labeling GMO products
The following is an edited excerpt. Before Stephen Trinkaus slapped “GMO Alert!” labels on dozens of products in his Bellingham ...
Scientists clash over future of GM crops in India
The following is an excerpt. Science sought to shed light on the issues and future of GM food crops in ...
Activist groups pressures Abbott to remove GMOs from infant formula
The following is an edited excerpt. Shareholders of Abbott Laboratories will vote on whether the manufacturer of Similac, a leading ...
General Mills maintains opposition to labeling GMOs
The following is an edited excerpt. Ken Powell, chairman and CEO of General Mills, restated his opposition to mandatory labeling ...
Vermont: GMO labeling won’t pass this year
The following is an excerpt. With time ticking down in this year's Vermont Legislative session, it's becoming clear that lawmakers ...
Could biotech bring back the American chestnut?
The following is an excerpt. Once upon a time, according to folklore, a squirrel could travel through America’s chestnut forests ...
Call it genetically engineered Salmon, not “Frankenfish”
The following is an edited excerpt. When you Google “genetically engineered salmon,” the second link that appears is titled “Stop ...
Transgenics: A new breed of crops
The following is an edited excerpt. A whole new generation of GM crops is now making their way from laboratory ...
Glowing plants and DIY bio
The following is an edited excerpt. In the last week, over 3,000 people on Kickstarter backed the now fully-funded "Glowing ...
Ag biotech’s new secret weapon: Moms
The following is an edited excerpt. Betsie Estes is a mother of two young kids who lives in suburban Chicago ...
California: Sen. Boxer seeks nationwide labeling of genetically modified foods
The following is an edited excerpt. Following the defeat of Proposition 37 last November, Sen. Barbara Boxer is proposing federal ...
A forward-looking Kenya can lead the movement for global food sufficiency
The following is an excerpt. A newly-elected government provides a country with a rare opportunity for a fresh start, and ...
Will genetically engineered food feed a hungry world?
The following is an excerpt. Dick Tracy was right. So was Captain James T. Kirk and Maxwell Smart. Through their ...
5 points in favor of intellectual property for agricultural biotechnology
The following is an excerpt. CropLife International has identified the top five facts everyone should know about the importance of ...
Biotech crops do help poor farmers
The following is an excerpt. According to a just-released economic analysis by U.K.-based PG Economics of the impacts of genetic ...
London School of Economics enters biotech crop discussion
The following is an excerpt. The prestigious London School of Economics (LSE) and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation and ...
Tanzania: Biotechnology to increase cotton production
The following is an excerpt. Recently, the Ministry of State in the Vice-President's Office (Environment) convened a meeting for stakeholders ...
Use genetically modified crops on refuges?
The following is an excerpt. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will hold five public meetings around the South in ...
Supermarkets must stop scaremongering, say scientists
The following is an excerpt. Supermarkets are pandering to misplaced consumer fears about the health risks of widely used food ingredients ...
New study finds genetically modified crops won’t feed world; Biodiversity is key
The following is an excerpt. A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Agronomy for Sustainable Development concludes that genetically modified (GM) ...
