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.
There is no Monsanto Protection Act
The following is an edited excerpt. During recent negotiations on the continuing budget resolution, farm state senators included a “Farmer ...
10 facts about GM crops
The following is an edited excerpt. Biotech crops are the fastest adopted crop technology in recent times. In 2012, a ...
Opinions differ on constitutionality of Oregon’s GM crop bills
The following is an excerpt. Oregon has the authority to impose state regulations on the production and labeling of genetically ...
Eating organic food associated with longer lives (in flies)
The following is an edited excerpt. In a new study at Southern Methodist University, researchers raised fruit flies on extracts of ...
Ten facts about GM crops
The following is an edited excerpt. Biotech crops are the fastest adopted crop technology in recent times. In 2012, a ...
Egypt: Proponents of biotech agriculture discuss merits of GM crops
The following is an excerpt. A conference discussing the merits of genetically modified crops took place Sunday at Cairo University’s ...
“Monsanto Protection Act”: anti-GMO conspiracy theorists lose it over minor deregulation
The following is an excerpt. Anti-GMO conspiracy theorists are losing it over a minor deregulatory provision in Congress’s short-term appropriations ...
Tasmania: GMO ban debate
The following is an excerpt. Tasmania's dairy farmers are warning the state's ban on genetically-modified organisms, or GMO's, could disadvantage ...
Nigeria: President urged to sign Agricutlural Biotechnology Bill
The following is an excerpt. Senator Bukola Saraki has urged President Goodluck Jonathan, to, as a matter of urgency, give ...
GMO labeling activists oppose continuing resolution provision
The following is an excerpt. A demonstration organized by supporters of labeling genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food products today consisted ...
Farmers and food safety advocates lead Monsanto backlash
The following is an edited excerpt. Anger is growing against President Barack Obama the day after he signed into law ...
GMO labeling activists oppose continuing resolution provision
The following is an excerpt. A demonstration organized by supporters of labeling genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food products today consisted ...
Farmers and food safety advocates lead Monsanto backlash
The following is an edited excerpt. Anger is growing against President Barack Obama the day after he signed into law ...
DNA-damaging toxins found in common plant-based foods
The following is an excerpt. In a laboratory study pairing food chemistry and cancer biology, scientists at the Johns Hopkins ...
Wheat genome sheds light on its domestication, adaptation and modification
The following is an edited excerpt. Two manuscripts related to the ancestral wheat genomes of Triticum urartu andAegilops tauschii provide an unprecedented glimpse ...
Jane Goodall, anti-GMO writers show profound ignorance of basic biology
The following is an edited excerpt. It’s a sad day for the reality-based community, within the critiques of Jane Goodall’s new ...
Bioscience should underpin African agriculture, meeting hears
The following is an excerpt. Bioscience projects including ones that turn tannery waste into manure can improve crop productivity and food ...
No labeling needed when consumers know the whole truth
The following is an excerpt. Shop at Whole Foods. Spend your Whole Paycheck. That’s the popular description of the upscale ...
Scientific sleight of hand and monarch butterflies
The following is an excerpt. A recent article entitled "Monsanto v Monarch Butterflies" begins by examining the argument that GMO ...
GMO protestors would accomplish more by talking to the companies
The following is an excerpt. t seems that those who are against GEs are against them because of the actions ...
Monsanto to waive some GMO soy royalties in Paraguay-farmers
The following is an excerpt. Monsanto Co has agreed to waive the collection of royalties for the use of technology ...
Hawaii latest state to back away from mandatory GMO labeling
The following is an excerpt. The Hawaii Senate committees on agriculture, consumer protection and health talked tough on Genetically Modified ...
Connecticut: ‘Frankenfoods’ or better living through biotechnology?
The following is an excerpt. State legislators, like most of us, generally aren’t rocket scientists, nor are they cutting-edge health ...
Peak farmland means more room for nature
The following is an edited excerpt. “Humanity now stands at Peak Farmland, and the 21st century will see release of ...
Big Agriculture flexes its muscle
The following is an edited excerpt. Congress holds the purse strings, but who holds Congress these days when it comes ...
From fat to fuel: GM bacteria could convert waste into energy
The following is an edited excerpt. Plant waste has long been seen as a possible source of sustainable biofuels, and new ...
Alaskan legislature takes stand against GM salmon
The following is an edited excerpt. The Legislature passed a resolution against genetically modified salmon on Monday, sending a message ...
