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.
GMO stories helped drive consumer behavior in 2012
According to a recent survey, the Midwest drought, genetically modified organisms and the lean finely textured beef "pink slime" misnomer ...
Genetic testing reveals fake fish on your plate
Oceana’s findings are not exactly subtle, since their report is titled “Widespread Seafood Fraud Found in New York City,” and ...
India: Farmers’ leaders call for right to choose GM crops
A consortium of some farmers organisation from Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu have urged the government to remove all ...
Farmer to farmer: The truth about GM crops
Michael Hart, a conventional livestock family farmer, has been farming in Cornwall for nearly thirty years and has actively campaigned ...
European science agency backs GM pollen use in food
Europe’s top food safety regulator has delivered a scientific opinion backing Monsanto’s application to place genetically modified (GM) pollen on ...
Synthetic biology can turn soaps and shampoos into fuel
However, for people not afraid of science, a PNAS paper showing that synthetic biology can be used to manipulate hydrocarbon ...
Kashi caves to anti-GMO demands
Kellogg's Kashi Still Battling GMO Foesbrandchannel.comKellogg's Kashi brand has just introduced two new USDA Certified organic cereals, touting that it's ...
Probe nails scientists for Bt cotton blot
Probe nails scientists for desi Bt cotton blotTimes of IndiaThe report has found serious faults at each level, including the ...
UK should ban, or at least label, GMOs
Daily Mail'Frankenstein food' a good thing? It's all great GM liesDaily MailThere is no doubt that it was a declaration ...
GM proponents face litigation
Litigation threats are forcing biotechnology campaigner Bill Crabtree to rethink his approach to the controversial topic, and call for greater ...
GM food-crops in developing countries: blessing or curse?
There is immense pressure on developing countries to adopt genetically modified (GM) crops in the shortest possible time to supposedly ...
UK: Seeds of another GM row are sown
Humbug. Christmastide would not be the same without the word. But while it is usually Scrooge’s denouncement of the festivities, ...
Smart food — Is there an alternative to GMOs?
By 2050, we need to figure out how to not only feed but also nourish the three billion new people ...
Co-founder of Greenpeace: GM opponents need a fundamental conversion
It takes courage, humility and honesty to admit mistakes. And how many of us haven't jumped to wrong and impetuous ...
Christmas tree genome relatively unchanged in 100 million years
Science can make better corn and, well, better everything - except perhaps the Christmas tree. The genome of conifers like spruce, ...
Kenya sending the wrong message about GM foods
Kenya has bypassed its own biosafety watchdog in banning GM foods, which will stifle balanced debate of GM in Africa, ...
Indian scientists found guilty of marketing contaminated GM cotton seeds
India TodayIndian scientists found guilty of marketing contaminated GM cotton seedsIndia TodayCertain tests conducted in 2004 at the National Research ...
“Just Label It” crowd’s true mission is to ban GM crops
Anti-biotech activists are like zombies in a horror movie: No matter how many times you defeat them, they keep snapping ...
UK’s GM trials to go ahead next year
Scientists will go ahead with plans to plant genetically modified (GM) crops in the UK next year, despite vandalism during ...
Will Monsanto destroy Mexico’s corn?
Aljazeera.comWill Monsanto destroy Mexico's corn?Aljazeera.comThose in the North fear the high costs and debts associated with transgenic corn, while the ...
The future of food: Are there alternatives to GMOs?
By 2050, we need to figure out how to not only feed but also nourish the three billion new people ...
“RIPE” project to increase crops’ photosynthetic efficiency
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has received a five–year, $25-million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to ...
Russia to tighten reigns on GMO industry
Russia will soon adopt a tough legislation to limit the cultivation, importation and use of GMO in feed production for ...
UK, Kenya, China: doing the GMO two-step
Gotta love the candor of UK Environment Secretary Owen Paterson, who reportedly called consumer opposition to genetically modified (GM) food ...
How the food movement is gaining strength
More and more people are realizing that our food chain is in crisis. Agribusiness has made profits more important than ...
“We’re not backing down,” says Pamm Larry, who led the charge to get Prop 37 on the ballot
One of the pro-37 campaigners [was] none other than Pamm Larry, the now internationally known grandmother from Chico who initiated ...
Canada: Food security and GM food regulation growing issues
Food security a growing issueNorth Shore NewsRichmond, Powell River, Salt Spring Island, Nelson, Rossland and Kaslo have enacted bylaws banning ...
