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.
New research shows more approval of GM food consumption
Genetically Modified Organisms are playing a major role in the economic transformation of developing countries despite the emergence of pest-resistant ...
Australian anti-GM acitivists demand GMO labeling
Food Standards Australia New Zealand has approved 43 varieties of genetically modified canola, corn, potato, rice, soybean and sugarbeet for ...
Shoddy drafting or part of the plan?: The “natural” problem in California’s biotech food labeling initiative, according to pro-biotech commenter
The “California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act,” also known as Proposition 37 (“Prop 37″), advances the deeply misguided ...
U-turn on GM in Turkey
Turkey's Food and Beverage Associations Federation (TGDF) has withdrawn applications to import 29 genetically modified (GM) food items due to ...
GM labeling debate goes to Germany: WWF demands action on GM soy
Although genetically modified food is banned in Germany, nearly all the eggs, chicken and pork produced here is based on ...
Orange sweet potatos and golden rice: Biofortified foods in Africa
One of the important ways that plant scientists are working to improve the lives of malnourished people in developing countries ...
Genetically engineered algae for biofuel could pose potential risks
Algae are high on the genetic engineering agenda as a potential source for biofuel, and they should be subjected to ...
Frankenfood or crops of the future? Gaps in the perception of GM food safety
Humans have always faced tricky safety problems with food because we eat plants, which are the most ingenious pesticide chemists ...
Investment goes into new bioenergy crop research
A $1.37 million (€1.1 million) grant is set to allow researchers to study and potentially develop shrub willow as a ...
Genetically modified crops and livestock: Support divided
North American regulatory agencies have not yet approved genetically modified livestock for human consumption. The Enviropig project has ground to ...
Complaint against EU authorisation of GM soybeans
Several organisations such as the European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility (ENSSER) are filing a complaint against ...
What if India says ‘no’ to GE food? Anti-biotech activist speaks out aginst GM food
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture, made up of members of parliament (MPs) from across party lines, tabled its latest ...
Anti-GM activists win in Oregon: GE canola planting stopped
The Center for Food Safety, an anti-GM organization reports that the planting of GE canola in the Willamette Valley of ...
Europe: Need for educational program on GM food
IF a recent a survey on food is to be believed we are producing BMWs and Mercedes, when what consumers ...
Prop 37: Pro-GM writer calls the California GMO labeling initiative a “misleading campaign”
The race is on to define Proposition 37, the ballot initiative that would require labels for most genetically modified foods ...
Human-assisted evolution to help animals survive a human-dominated age
UK-based photographer Vincent Fournier collaborated with scientists to create his digitally enhanced photographs of genetically modified animals better suited to ...
Monsanto’s defense: The safety of GM crops: The case of Africa
We’re often criticized for supposedly ignoring studies that say genetically modified (GM) crops have safety or performance issues. The fact ...
Canada ready to unveil plan to ease trade of genetically modified foods
Canada is set to unveil to the world its proposal to permit traces of unapproved genetically modified organisms in imported ...
Turkey: Food Association withdraws application to import GM foods
The Federation of Food and Drink Industry Associations of Turkey (TGDF) announced that it has withdrawn an application to import ...
Genetically modified rice a good vitamin A source
Genetically modified rice could be a good source of vitamin A for children in countries where deficiency in the vitamin ...
Key West, Florida, says NO to genetically engineered mosquitoes
Dengue Fever afflicts millions of people around the world. It is a virus that is spread by a specific mosquito, ...
Farmers turn to engineered corn to adapt to drought. But will it be enough?
Out in western Kansas, the corn looks unsalvageable. The landscape is rife with curled brown leaves, an unmistakable sign of ...
California labeling initiative: Anti-GM activist compares the food industry to tobacco industry
As the California labeling act gets closer to election day, proponents of both sides are coming out of the woodwork ...
Monsanto’s genetically modified sweet corn sparks debate
Protesters of genetically modified food were outraged in early August when Wal-Mart Stores Inc. confirmed that the company plans to ...
Could genetically modified seeds be a drought solution?
Could genetically modified seeds be a drought solution? While farmers across the country struggle with the worst drought in 50 ...
Scientists advance genetic understanding of how flowers are formed
Scientists from the Smurfit Institute of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin have made a significant breakthrough in understanding the genetic ...
Scientists use light to ‘tag and track’ genetic processes
In a new study, UT Dallas researchers outline how they used fluorescent molecules to "tag" DNA and monitor a process ...
