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.
GM protesters’ newest tactic: “Soup’s on!”
The following is an excerpt. WASHINGTON -- When authorities got wind of a demonstration planned for Monday outside the Food ...
Genetic ‘kill switch’ eradicates female silkworms for a better crop
The following is an excerpt. The technology used to kill off the female mosquitoes that spread tropical diseases has been ...
Zealots froth over biotechnology
The following is an excerpt. Overheard from an Oregon legislator as he exited a committee meeting at the Capitol: "Are ...
An NYU panel debate on GMO labeling
The following is an edited excerpt. Last Thursday, the NYU Global Center for Academic & Spiritual Life, ย in conjunction withย GMO ...
Engineered apples near approval
The following is an excerpt. Any parentย will tell you, itโs hard to get a kid to eat an apple thatโs ...
Monsanto, steaks, and chefs: Intellectual property and food
The following is an excerpt. The big problem with Monsanto is its reliance on intellectual property. Rather than onย innovation, the ...
GM: Time for a more nuanced debate
The following is an edited excerpt. What is a person with a conscience to think about the fraught and complex ...
GMO scientist Sรฉralini backs GMO awareness and labeling
Last year the French scientist Gilles-Eric Sรฉralini published a study linking GMO foods and tumors in rats. The studyย has since ...
Letter to the editor: ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ is at root of โFarmer Assurance Provisionโ
The following is an excerpt. I was surprised to read Rekha Basuโs columnย (โDeception Undermines Democracy,โ April 5)ย and learn that she ...
Response to Mark Bittman on the “biotech rider”
The following is an excerpt. Bittman continues writes misleading claims in an attempt to distract readers from what the issue ...
GMO labeling is better if voluntary
The following is an excerpt. Norwich, Conn. โ The Legislatureโs Public Health Committee this week gave favorable approval to a ...
Connecticut: Advocates push for GMO labeling law
The following is an excerpt. A public forum with state legislators and advocates for the labeling of foods containing Genetically ...
GMO pickle claim leaves you scratching your head
[UPDATE, 23 April 2013 -- The post excerpted here is satire. Our apologies for any confusion. You can see a ...
Food labels don’t tell what’s in the genes
The following is an excerpt. Josephine Burriesci already reads food labels and tries to avoid ingredients she canโt pronounce. But ...
India and GM crops: Time for a second Green Revolution?
The following is an excerpt. India is at the crossroads as far as the use of genetically engineered crops in ...
Some U.S. farm groups vow to protect pro-Monsanto ‘rider’
The following is an excerpt. A number of U.S. farm groups want to extend a law that allows farmers to ...
Golden rice and the necessity of genetically engineered crops
The following is an excerpt. Fourteen years ago, scientists developed a genetically engineered version of rice that would promote the ...
Iowa Senate panel weighs bill on labeling of GM foods
The following is an excerpt. An Iowa Senate panel held a public hearing Wednesday on a bill that would require ...
Sustainable intensification in global agriculture
The following is an edited excerpt. [Farmers are] under constant pressure to do more with less. The economic reality of ...
What is the role of open agricultural data in on global food security?
The following is an excerpt. Later this month, Secretary Vilsack will lead the U.S. Delegation to the G-8 International Conference ...
Farmer’s diary: The biotech debate and our challenges
The following is an excerpt. You could have read Nassib Mugwanyaโs article, Are GMOs really the threat? in Seeds of ...
Pest resistance to Bt crops
The following is an excerpt. The issue of pest resistance to insect resistant Bt crops receives regular media attention, partly ...
Experts discourage ban on genetic engineering
The following is an excerpt. As genetic technology develops, the ability to change the genes of a fetus has moved ...
International conference tackles the adoption of biotech crops in developing countries
The following is an excerpt. An international conference presenting the key findings of a research projectย Adoption and Uptake Pathways ofGM/Biotech ...
Ugandan farmer’s diary: The biotech debate and our challenges
The following is an excerpt. The legalisation of biotechnology is not to outlaw organic farming, which is to sustain soil ...
Farmer-leader backs wider propagation of biotech corn
The following is an excerpt. The Philippines continues to be a leading player in the full commercialization of biotech food ...
Anti-GMO attitudes on the left and right
The following is an excerpt. If you follow public debate on genetically modified foods, you know that Monsanto is routinely ...
