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.
What is transgenic biotechnology all about?
Today’s genetic engineering processes, especially those used on food crops, are the subject of much contentious debate. Much of that ...
An Indian smallholder farmer speaks out: “Allow us to embrace biotechnology”
In 2009, I traveled from India to Des Moines to attend the Global Farmers Roundtable, a project of Truth about ...
Prop 37 voter guide has confused voters and misrepresented our position, says Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
The official voter information guide on California’s Proposition 37 GMO labeling initiative inaccurately states that the Academy of Nutrition and ...
Lawyer: Prop 37 will overtake Prop 65 as a source of consumer litigation in California
Prop 37 is likely to surpass Prop 65 as a source of consumer litigation in California if the controversial GMO ...
India: Will GM crops “cripple” traditional forms of farming?
In what can be a disturbing trend, agriculture experts observe that after having introduced Bt cotton successfully in the state, ...
Biotechnology is not all about foods only: What are the other applications?
Biotechnology is not all about foods only. There is much more in store for future of mankind. Even if we ...
Anti-GMO activists urge labeling GM foods in Ontario
As more and more evidence continues to come forward which suggests that genetically modified organisms may have adverse health effects ...
Uphill fight waged to turn back Prop 37, says pro-GM supporter
Vote no on California’s Prop 37. Most of you will. However, we are likely to be on the losing end ...
Australian perspective on Seralini affair
By now, you may have heard that eating genetically modified (GM) corn causes cancer. That alarming news is based on ...
Is the world ready for a GMO tomato?
If you would have posed that question to University of Florida tomato breeder Jay Scott back in the 1990s, he ...
Prop. 37 bad for farms, economy and families, says pro-GM supporter
Agriculture is the largest industry in California, and as a long-time Santa Maria farmer, I am deeply concerned about provisions ...
Transgenic grains: Incentive measures for banning GMOs in all of Europe?
The debate about the possible harmful effects of GM foods came roaring back after a French scientific research linked the ...
Genetically engineered in California: A food label we don’t need, says pro-GM supporter
From “food miles” to farmers’ markets, it seems that consumers have never been more interested in the ways their food ...
Insects shape the genetic landscape through plant defenses
The new study, involving aphids and the broccoli-like research plant Arabidopsis thaliana, provides the first measureable evidence that this selective ...
Europe: Food safety authority delays GM study over credibility concerns
The European Food Safety Authority has stalled a dual study which linked tumours developed by test rats to potential toxicity ...
Prop 37 will subject most packaged foods to labeling, says Cornell professor
A Cornell University professor maintains most packaged foods would need to carry a genetically engineered label if California voters approve ...
Reality check: Anti-Proposition 37 ad is partially misleading
What's the charge? Henry I. Miller, a fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution who was founding director of the Food ...
Indonesia: Transgenic products safe, say scientists
After a French researcher published an alarming study on genetically modified crops, Indonesian scientists say they will scrutinize research from ...
Mosquito genetics may offer clues to malaria control
An African mosquito species with a deadly capacity to transmit malaria has a perplexing evolutionary history, according to discovery by ...
Transgenic grains again scare Europe after misleading GM study
The debate about the possible harmful effects of GM foods came roaring back after a French scientific research linked the ...
The unintended consequences of California Prop 37
So let’s exercise our right to know. Prop 37 is widely described as a referendum to require special labels for ...
Anti-GMO study is “inadequate”, says European Food Safety Authority
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has found that a controversial study, which claimed to link genetically modified (GM) crops ...
How Prop 37 will impact Midwest farmers
The old battle between seed companies and opponents of genetically engineered agriculture is being waged anew in California, where voters ...
LA Times comes out against Prop 37
There's a growing gap between what grocery shoppers think they know about their food and the reality. Those tomatoes with ...
California: Valley farmers fear ‘modified’ wording in Prop. 37
The Valley's edible crops are grown without genetic engineering, but farmers here still fear a ballot initiative aimed at labeling ...
“GMO free” labeling may be cancelled in Ukraine
Manufacturers and importers will be required to indicate information on the presence in food of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) provided ...
EU rejects French scientist report linking GM corn to cancer
The European Food Safety Authority said Thursday it cannot accept an "inadequate" report by a French scientist on a link ...
