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.
20 years out, biotech crops hold no surprises
The following is an excerpt. A review of 20 years of research on compositional equivalence of biotech crops and traditionally-bred ...
The push to label genetically modified foods in Florida
The following is an edited excerpt. Do you have a right to know what's in your food? A big battle ...
Anti GM-salmon petition nears one million supporters
The following is an edited excerpt. Almost one million people have signed an online petition to stop the US approving ...
A scientific look at genetically modified organisms
The following is an edited excerpt. Two weeks ago, I tackled the subject of “natural” in reference to foods and ...
Food crisis will prompt GM foods rethink, says US aide
The following is an edited excerpt. A food crisis may be necessary to make EU consumers understand the value of ...
Canadian farmers embracing genetically engineered crops
The following is an edited excerpt. If you wanted to buy Canadian canola oil that wasn't produced from a genetically ...
Using genetics to bust herbicide resistance in weeds
The following is an excerpt. Herbicide resistance in weed species is one of the roadblocks to increased cereal yields and ...
Zimbabwe: Maize shortage renews GM debate
The following is an excerpt. HARARE, 4 March 2013 (IRIN) - A major shortage of maize has sent the price ...
Swiss government site to protect GM studies from activist damage
The following is an excerpt. A new Swiss government-protected GM crop site will act as an example to other European ...
GMO poll: huge majority in favor of labeling
The following is an excerpt. Americans are largely uncertain over whether genetically modified foods are safe for the environment or ...
Namibia: Millers promise to strengthen anti-GMO measures
The following is an excerpt. Windhoek — Following revelations that maize meal available on Namibian shelves contain percentages of genetically ...
Livestock virus found on 1500 UK farms
The following is an edited excerpt. A virus that causes stillbirths and birth defects in lambs and calves has spread ...
Hawaii to pass GMO labeling bill, but with amendment
The following is an edited excerpt. Hawaii might have cause to celebrate, as lawmakers have passed a new measure in ...
Vermont House Committee backs labeling law for genetically modified foods
The following is an edited excerpt. Vermont is one step closer to becoming the first state in the nation to ...
Switzerland creates secure test site for GM crops
The following is an edited excerpt. The Swiss government will create a permanently protected area on federal land for experiments ...
Are biofuels endangering US wildlife?
The following is an excerpt. A collection of satellite-imaged maps now confirm what were once only rumors: between 2006 and ...
India: Agriculture experts, researchers support biotech center
The following is an excerpt. Agricultural experts and researchers say proposals to have Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology in Ranchi ...
Agricultural biotech to “eradicate food insecurity” in East Africa
The following is an excerpt. Some dozen African researchers and policy makers who gathered Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for ...
Organic sector pinched by GMO tainting in seed and feed
The following is an excerpt. Organic Valley recently announced a plan to distribute more than $1 million in grants to ...
Minnesota latest state to introduce GM labeling bill
The following is an excerpt. ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Sen. John Marty plans to introduce a bill Thursday requiring the labeling ...
Fighting GM crop vandalism with a government-protected research site
The following is an excerpt. Genetically modified (GM) crops have been a source of great controversy—particularly in Europe—but acts of ...
Growing need for GMO labelling in Namibia
The following is an edited excerpt. The Namibian Organic Association (NOA) is calling for the introduction of mandatory and comprehensive ...
Researchers confirm Bt corn’s benefits aside from pest resistance
The following is an edited excerpt. It turns out that maize hybrids expressing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt corn) is not just a pest ...
Gene switch-off produces healthier carbohydrates
The following is an edited excerpt. We need protein, fat and carbohydrates – there is no way around that. But ...
Genetically modified foods: Who has to tell?
The following is an edited excerpt. Consumers who believe they have a right to know whether their food contains genetically ...
Golden promise: How ‘biofortification’ could soon be saving hundreds of thousands of lives
The following is an edited excerpt. Despite the rapid progress made towards reducing poverty in many developing countries in recent ...
Anti-GM salmon petition nears one million signatures
The following is an edited excerpt. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is in favour of allowing a fish produced by scientists ...
