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.
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The Federation of Food and Drink Industry Associations of Turkey (TGDF) announced that it has withdrawn an application to import ...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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
India: Bar GM food crops, says parliamentary panel
In a major setback to the proponents of genetically modified technology in farm crops, the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture on ...
India: Greens call for halt to field trials of GM food crops
Environmentalists have called for stopping all field trials of genetically (GM) modified crops and a wider public debate on the ...
GM calves bred to beef up flavor
Scientists in Beijing confirmed they have successfully bred two genetically modified (GM) cloned calves for the first time in the ...
Vietnam: Genetically modified crops to be planted in 2015
Official permission for the growing of genetically modified (GM) crops on a large scale in Vietnam may not be realized ...
Seeking hardier breeds for drought, climate change
Cattle are being bred with genes from their African cousins who are accustomed to hot weather. New corn varieties are ...
Crop improvement needs great biotechnology strides, says expert
Scientists could take greater strides toward crop improvement if there were wider adoption of advanced techniques used to understand the ...
Time to accept that GM crops have their place, says European GM supporter
Martin Pollard, of the Welsh Centre for International Affairs, argues that it is time for Europe to accept GM crops, ...
Corn growers say genetic advancements help lessen the drought impact
We will find out later today if rain has helped improve the condition of the state’s corn crop. Iowa Corn ...
Willow could be a promising bioenergy crop
The commercialization of shrub willow as a bioenergy crop could be years closer, thanks to a $1.37 million grant that ...
Kazakhstan breeds carrots with anti-tuberculosis vaccines
Kazakhstan genetics have bred carrots containing anti-tuberculosis vaccine, Director General of Kazakhstan National Biotechnologies Center Yerlan Ramankulov told Tengrinews.kz. The ...
Would the GMO labeling measure block labeling foods as ‘natural’?
The use of the phrase "natural" on everything from peanut butter to orange juice could be imperiled by a statewide ...
Labeling GMOs: The potential effects of the California labeling initiative
As consumers, we already eat (and have been eating for decades) genetically engineered crops such as wheat, corn and soy, ...
Wal-Mart takes a stance on GM food
Everything Wal-Mart does is closely watched. Any action taken by the world’s largest retailer can cause ripples up and down ...
Nigeria: Pressure mounts on President to sign biosafety bill
STAKEHOLDERS in the agriculture and research business have resolved not to relent in their resolve to explore biotechnology to improve ...
GMOs may become a necessity for Kazakhstan
Genetically modified products may become a necessity for Kazakhstan, Tengrinews.kz reports citing Director General of Kazakhstan National Biotechnologies Center Yerlan ...
Indonesia: Will GM crops help feed the poor?
At least one-third of Indonesia’s babies and toddlers below two years old are stunted as a result of being severely ...
GM food poses no risk, says EU chief scientist
Anne Glover said there was no evidence GMs had any impact on human, environmental or animal health and said science ...
