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.
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 ...
“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 ...
Natural Products Association opposes Prop 37
The Natural Products Association supports the right of consumers to know what ingredients go into their food products. However, NPA ...
Food industry braces for Prop 37
On Nov. 6, 2012, California voters will decide the fate of Proposition 37, the Genetically Engineered Foods Labeling Initiative. If ...
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 ...
Prop. 37 is about language, not concept, says GM supporter
People who are either clueless or shills for anti-science hysteria insist 'something is better than nothing' when it comes to ...
Florida: Anti-GM group fights for genetically modified food labeling
The food sold at the farmer's market is the type of food members of Food and Water Watch want to ...
India: Anti-GM protestors do not seem to understand science, says Deputy Director of India’s Council of Agricultural Research
Anti-GM protestors do not seem to understand science and that genetically-modified crops are an extension of modern science, Indian Council ...
India: Activists seek new law on GM crop trials
Even as the Indian government has expressed its willingness to ratify the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur supplementary protocol on biosafety, the potential ...
In the Prop 37 food fight, is fair play losing out?
On Nov. 6, voters will decide whether to approve the country's first law requiring labels for genetically modified foods. More ...
GM cow designed to produce milk without an allergy-causing protein
A genetically modified cow whose milk lacks a substance that causes allergic reactions in people has been created by scientists ...
Tanzania: Endless debate on GMOs must come to an end
LAST week during the Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in Arusha, fresh calls were made for the government to adopt ...
Scientists fret over FDA slowness on genetically altered animals
Scientists have created a genetically modified milk that lacks a key protein involved in triggering allergies — an impressive technical ...
Prop. 37: More information is good, but rampant litigation isn’t, says GM supporter
While outsiders will try, it's hard to generalize about Californians. The most populous state in the nation is as diverse ...
Does Prop 37 bar “natural” labeling of non-GM foods?
The first sentence of California's Proposition 37 sums up its essence: "California consumers have the right to know whether the ...
Finding the common GM ground
I'm often asked why I don’t take a strong position on the GM debate – its either the best thing ...
Russia bans all GM corn imports; EU may also ban Monsanto GMO
Russia has now officially banned all imports of genetically modified corn, citing concerns from a recent study by French researchers ...
Mexicans protest against genetically modified corn
A theatrical protest in Mexico City against genetically modified corn. Scores of people took to the streets of the capital ...
Generic biotech crops jeopardized by over-regulation
The Competitive Enterprise Institute released a new study finding that regulatory policy could inhibit the development of a generic market ...
