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.
Genetically engineered salmon company expects US regulatory OK in 2013
The following is an excerpt. CHICAGO, April 23 (Reuters) - AquaBounty Technologies Inc expects regulatory approval by the fourth quarter ...
Genetic modification, a hot topic at food dialogues: Part one
The following is an excerpt. Amid the enormous Chicago-based BIO convention, USFRA gathers stakeholders to talk about GM crops and ...
Global economic benefits of GM crops reach almost $100 billion
The following is an excerpt. In a press release by PG Economics, biotech crops on its sixteenth year of commercialization has delivered ...
Lobby groups want ban on GM foods lifted to boost maize stocks
The following is an excerpt. Players in the cereals and bulk storage sector are pushing to have the ban on ...
Canada: Genetically modified food is welcome innovation
The following is an excerpt. Innovation is key to keeping Canada’s agricultural sector strong and science-based regulatory systems ensure that ...
Let’s protect biotech crops from environmental zealots
The following is an excerpt. President Barack Obama signed a six-month funding bill on March 27 to little fanfare, with ...
Genetic study finds Ice Age salmon refuge
The following is an excerpt. An area of coastal waters around North-West France has been identified as a site for ...
Eating GMO pickles will not turn any body part bald
The GLP apologizes for any confusion caused when we posted the satirical article mentioned below in our Daily Digest without ...
GMOs good for Africa’s development, says Harvard don
The following is an excerpt. technology and genetic engineering have the potential to do for agriculture what mobile technology has ...
Canada: Organic farmers, opposition ask feds to stall genetically-modified alfalfa sales
The following is an excerpt. Organic farmers are calling on the federal government to put the brakes on the commercial ...
Vermont: Legislators moving quickly on GMO labeling bill
The following is an excerpt. Before the Vermont House closes the legislative session sometime next month, lawmakers could still vote ...
Why Tanzania must accelerate agricultural biotechnology research
The following is an excerpt. When Dr. Joseph Ndunguru of Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute speaks about cutting edge science, he ...
Use of GM cotton linked to rise in aphid numbers
The following is an excerpt. In an unexpected trade-off, the cultivation of cotton that has been genetically engineered to reduce caterpillar damage ...
Monsato debate takes root over genetic modification of seeds
The following is an excerpt. Farmer Dale Baker of Huntsburg Township understands the growing and business sides of the farming ...
When hysteria about GMOs takes root
The following is an edited excerpt. A homeopath (which means that she’s reality-challenged to begin with), [Heidi Stevenson has] produced ...
Monsanto attacking democracy in Vermont
The following is an excerpt. Biotech industry lawyers claim federal courts will strike down mandatory state GMO labeling for three ...
Is conventional corn worth considering?
The following is an excerpt. Carter Charles manages insects and weeds in his cornfields near Cyrus, Minn., without the benefit of ...
GMOs — frightening and full of possibility
The following is an excerpt. The brave new world of genetic engineering is here. And its future, while scary, is ...
Alaska’s GM salmon protest comes to Prince Edward Island
The following is an excerpt. A member of Alaska's state government is meeting with P.E.I. politicians Thursday to share concerns ...
Genetically modified crops needed to ‘feed the world,’ says U.K.’s chief scientific advisor
The following is an excerpt. The case for genetically modified (GM) food is getting stronger because of its importance as ...
When a tomato is a just tomato
The following is an excerpt. Another paper comparing organic and conventional tomatoes (sort of) was published in PLOS One on ...
U.K. envoy champions GM crops
The following is an excerpt. Community attitudes towards cropping biotechnology are shifting in the European region, where resistance has been ...
Litigation is the root of the problem
The following is an edited excerpt. There has been some serious misinformation about the Farmers Assurance Provision running through the ...
If GM crops provide more food, that’s a good thing, right?
The following is an excerpt. What drives opposition to genetically modified crops? Well, there are a bunch of enduring myths, ...
Fears of GMOs based on ‘commercial politics’, says Gates director
The following is an excerpt. European fear of genetically modified organisms has more to do with “commercial politics than it ...
‘Gene-editing’ expected to develop disease-resistant breeds
The following is an excerpt. Scientists have developed a method of creating genetically modified animals that addresses one of the ...
Americans still wary of ‘greenwashing’, including organic labels: Harris Poll
The following is an excerpt. Concern for the environment may be increasing among Americans, but suspicion of corporate ‘greenwashing’ may ...
