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.
DNA test to guarantee Irish pigmeat
A NOVEL paternity test for pigs has been introduced to determine if meat sold as Irish actually comes from Irish ...
Futurist envisions aquaculture and GMOs to feed the planet
It’s been said that, when it comes to the future of food, thought falls along one of two paths. There’s ...
Public sparring between Prop 37 supporters, opponents begins
As predicted by supporters late last month, opponents of Propostion 37, which would mandate the disclosure of whether genetically modified ...
Monsanto: ‘No’ to GM food labeling in California, ‘yes’ to GM food labeling in Great Britain? Why?
Monsanto fully supports the labeling of foods with genetically engineered products. In the United Kingdom. St. Louis-based Monsanto, a leading ...
Genetic engineering: Is it a a food fix or does it cause more problems?
Genetically engineered (GE) crops are often discussed as the way to feed the world’s growing populations and to mitigate the ...
Paraguay bets on genetically modified soy and corn
Paraguay will approve Monsanto's genetically modified Roundup Ready 2 soybean seeds before the end of this year along with new ...
Plant biotechnologists “time travel” with their use of chemicals
In the last few months there have been two examples where we have seen brand new biotech crops that are ...
First GM camels to be engineered for drug production
The project aims to slash the prices of life-saving drugs — including insulin, and clotting factors for treating haemophilia — ...
GM government panel warns New Zealand that it could miss the GM bus
New Zealand has been issued an ultimatum by GM heavyweights - change our tune on genetically modified food or watch ...
Authorities in China deny that children were used in a GM food experiment
Authorities in Hunan province on Saturday denied that children in a rural school were guinea pigs in a US research ...
In the European Union, there is a call for “evidence, not emotion” on GM foods
Professor Anne Glover said Europe could only achieve sustainable intensification if we become more open-minded. “What we do now will ...
Colorado scientists working on genetically modified crops to beat drought
Colorado scientists are looking at genetically modified crops as a way farmers can beat the drought as worries continue about ...
Single gene has major impact on gaits in horses and in mice
Researchers at Uppsala University, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and their international collaborators have discovered a mutation in a single ...
Key genetic mechanism in plant hormone signaling may help protect crops from stressors
Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have discovered a key genetic switch by which plants control their response ...
Yes on Prop 37? No on Prop 37? Writer says no matter what the outcome, everyone loses
It doesn’t matter whether you support Prop 37 or oppose it; whatever happens in November when Californians vote on whether ...
Africa: Ghana sets up Biosafety Authority to regulate GM foods
A national bio-safety authority, to regulate and oversee the application of modern biotechnology, is to be established soon in Ghana, ...
GMO labeling acitivist group attacks Monsanto and Dow Chemical Co in new television ad
The Yes on Proposition 37 Campaign launched a $150,000 media blitz today directly challenging pesticide and processed food corporations that ...
Drought in US creates more interest in biotech corn
AMERICAN farmers continue to demonstrate unprecedented confidence in biotech or genetically modified crops, Dr. Clive James, chairman of International Service ...
No danger? GM plants represent low risk, say Swiss scientists
Genetically modified (GM) plants present little danger for the environment or people’s health, according to Swiss researchers. Also, while they ...
No letup on Roundup Ready alfalfa and other GMOs, says pro-GM blogger
Last month I talked to a PCA in the southern San Joaquin Valley who was surprised at an alfalfa grower’s ...
Proposition 37 in California: A high-stakes food fight?
California’s crowded November ballot includes white-hot measures to raise taxes, amend the state’s Three Strikes Law and repeal the death ...
GM food campaign is now million dollar fight
When one million Californians signed a petition for proposition 37 to be put up for a state-wide vote, nobody thought ...
GM foods unlikely to concern Wal-Mart shoppers, says industry expert
Despite a media storm and several petitions asking Wal-Mart Storesnot to sell genetically modified sweet corn, industry experts say the ...
Genetically engineered goats produce human breast milk
This Spring brought news of goats engineered to lactate the building blocks of a malaria vaccine. Now Co.Exist reports on ...
Big steps towards GM for India: Plans to set up institution for ag biotechnology
India is a country that continues to struggle with the adoption of genetically modified crops. Some groups within the country ...
New Zealand: ‘GE Jamboree’ upsets the Greens
The Greens are outraged by the Government spending $100,000 to host an international agricultural biotechnology conference ...
Discovery of plant gene lays groundwork for improved biofuel processing
Since 2007, researchers at the BioEnergy Science Center, one of three U.S. Department of Energy-funded research centers, have partnered to ...
