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.
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 ...
UK: Rothamsted looks to extend GM wheat trials
The following is an excerpt. The centre in Harpenden, which was attacked by anti-GM protesters for its aphid resistant wheat ...
Should Monsanto be allowed to bring GM crops to Vietnam?
The following is an excerpt. HO CHI MINH CITY — It’s 5 a.m. and the streets already are buzzing. People ...
GMOs are one solution to an ancient puzzle
The following is an excerpt. For decades now, GMOs have been railed against for producing food aplenty, but at grave ...
Monsanto to debut new GMO soy in Brazil, pending China
The following is an excerpt. Monsanto Co hopes to roll out a new bioengineered, worm-resistant soybean seed for planting in ...
Genetic modification strains old food and drug laws
The following is an excerpt. When is a fish not a fish but a drug? When government regulators take old ...
Fears about GMOs among some Ugandans unfounded
The following is an excerpt. GMO is ... one of the options that should be adopted to quicken the process ...
Monsanto teams up with Congress to shred the constitution
The following is an excerpt. Our founding fathers, white maleness aside, did get a few things right. One of them ...
Can a genetically modified potato fight off blight?
The following is an edited excerpt. Ewen Mullins is the face of modern Ireland: Young, cosmopolitan, highly educated, he is ...
Why is Vermont’s governor Peter Shumlin bowing to Monsanto?
The following is an edited excerpt. After three years of trying to get a law passed by the Vermont legislature ...
Heath hits out at ‘international hypocrisy’ on GM
The following is an edited excerpt. Farming Minister David Heath has hit out at the ‘international hypocrisy’ he claims exists ...
Genetic analysis saves major apple-producing region of Washington State
The following is an edited excerpt. In August 2011, researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture were presented with a ...
Hawaii senate committees kill GMO labeling bill
The following is an edited excerpt. Three committees of the Hawaii Senate Thursday heard the House proposal to require labels ...
Why rich Americans should drop their war on GM foods
The following is an edited excerpt. Upper crust grocery stores like Whole Foods are taking a moral stand against genetically ...
AquaBounty CEO: ‘The atmosphere is getting very poisonous’
The following is an edited excerpt. AquaBounty Technologies says it remains confident that there will still be a market for ...
Scientists sidestep genetic engineering in effort to develop hypoallergenic apples
The following is an edited excerpt. While apples rarely cause the same intense allergic reaction as more common allergens like ...
Genetically modified choice: Retailers fill labeling void
The following is an excerpt. The New York Times reports today that Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, and Aldi supermarket chains have decided ...
Lawmakers should slow down on GMO labeling, a drive based on fear
The following is an excerpt. It's hard not to sympathize with Oregon lawmakers caught up in the GMO scare. Genetically ...
Grocery chains won’t sell genetically modified fish
The following is an excerpt. Call them “frankenfish,” but don’t look for genetically engineered salmon at Trader Joe’s or Whole ...
Agriculture giants use emergency budget bill to sneak in big gifts for themselves
The following is an excerpt. On Wednesday, the Senate passed a continuing resolution to fund the federal government through September ...
Tanzania: President wants GMOs taken aboard
The following is an excerpt President Jakaya Kikwete has called for change of negative mindset on the adoption of Genetically ...
Scientists manufacture abnormally large ‘super cows’
The following is an edited excerpt. Did you know that some varieties of beef on the market today come from ...
Atomic gardening: Breeding plants with gamma radiation
The following is an edited excerpt. Did you know that the peppermint flavor in your chewing gum and toothpaste, and ...
10 reasons why we don’t need GM foods
The following is an edited excerpt. Genetically modified (GM) foods are often promoted as a way to feed the world ...
Scientists say a duck has fathered a chicken
The following is an edited excerpt. A duck has successfully fathered a chicken at the Central Veterinary Research Laboratory in Dubai. Researchers ...
Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s vow not to sell GMO fish
The following is an edited excerpt. Whole Foods Market Inc, Trader Joe's and other food retailers representing more than 2,000 ...
