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.
‘More risky to maintain a strict regulation than to soften it’: Genetic commission in Norway challenges EU, urges gene editing regulations similar to conventional foods
A report from the public committee advising the Norwegian Government on the future regulation of genetic technologies in food was ...
How soon will gene-edited seeds become the agricultural norm?
Rabobank sees that expectations for gene edited crops are high, and significant growth in their adoption is projected in the ...
Allergic to eggs? Here’s how tweaking chicken genes can save kids from anaphylactic shock
Egg allergies are common and may develop during early childhood, resulting in unpleasant symptoms and leading to negative health outcomes ...
Viewpoint: Do you really want a sustainable food system revolution? Let’s expand the definition of regenerative ag to include all the tools in the farmer’s toolbox
Climate change and land and nature lost to settlement and agriculture were not important topics then. When students of today ...
How the America Grows Act will improve agricultural innovation and spur research on climate change crop innovation
Agricultural research is key to ensuring food security, economic stability, and sustainable development. It is the driving force behind advances ...
Viewpoint: CRISPR crop regulations should be based on the final product, not on the nearly undetectable process of producing new plants
The adoption of new technologies by plant breeders and developers depends on clear, predictable, risk-proportionate regulation and the breadth of ...
Countries around the world diverge on how to regulate gene editing crop revolution
Existing biotech regulations for GMOs have established a very complicated and burdensome regulatory environment in addition to trade barriers without ...
Viewpoint: How the EPA deprives farmers of safe and effective pesticides by capitulating to environmental activist agendas
During his long-overdue testimony before the House Committee on Agriculture in April, EPA Administrator Michael Regan complained about anti-pesticide groups tying up ...
Viewpoint: Cultured meat mixed with plant-based protein might be good for the environment but it still can’t match the taste of a quality regular hamburger
I stared down the lineup of sliders, each on a separate bamboo plate. On the far left was a plant-based ...
As Kenyan High Court mulls future of GM imports, neighboring Ethiopia moves closer to approving genetically engineered maize, wheat, potato and enset
The Kenyan government's move to import Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) for human consumption has faced a setback as the appellate ...
Cultured meat’s hidden carbon footprint raises questions about whether it’s a sustainable substitute for retail beef
Lab-grown meat, which is cultured from animal cells, is often thought to be more environmentally friendly than beef because it’s ...
‘Bureaucratic layers of red tape’: EPA’s new safety testing requirement contradicts USDA ruling that CRISPR crops are identical to those in nature
When the CRISPR gene editor landed in U.S. plant science labs a decade ago, allowing researchers to tweak a crop’s ...
Viewpoint: Gene editing and climate change — Aquaculture’s vulnerability to high temperatures, parasites and contagion could be solved with biotech
Aquaculture is a diverse sector with about 600 cultured species, as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United ...
Viewpoint: How agricultural biotechnology can help North American farmers cope with climate change
The use of modern seed genetics, which includes genetically modified crops, chemical and fertilizer use, greatly contributes to improved agricultural ...
Kenyan High Court rejects appeal to suspend genetically modified crop import ban
The government recently suffered a setback when the Court of Appeal declined to overturn orders of the High Court suspending ...
Using ‘failed’ antibiotics as herbicides makes weed killing more sustainable
A molecule which was initially developed to treat tuberculosis but failed to progress out of the lab as an antibiotic ...
‘Italy cannot afford to fall behind’: Greenlighting of CRISPR-edited plant field trials opens door to host of improved crops
The Senate Agriculture Commission approved the amendment that will allow field trials in Italy of Assisted Evolution Technologies (TEA) for ...
U.S. issues formal complaint over Mexico’s GM corn and herbicide ban as Mexico concludes ‘science’ reviews alleging human health and safety risks
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai [June 2] announced that the United States has requested dispute settlement consultations with Mexico ...
Viewpoint: How Canadian activists are exploiting tort law to try to ban one of the safest herbicides available to farmers
The green campaign to ban glyphosate is a global co-ordinated effort, but in Canada the war on the pesticide is led ...
Viewpoint: Greenpeace’s ongoing campaign against Golden Rice is taking nutritious foods from the mouths of children
Every year, hundreds of thousands of children suffer from visual impairment and health problems due to vitamin A deficiency. The ...
France sugar beet production hits 14-year low, analysts blame neonicotinoid pesticide ban
Sugar beet production in the EU is closely watched as sugar prices in the bloc are already trading near record ...
Can lab-grown leather production be scaled up to meet massive materials demand of industry?
Tyneside biotech business 3D Bio-Tissues say we are just a few years away from lab-grown leather goods after creating animal ...
Rice is in trouble: A new generation of CRISPR varietals may be the only remedy as climate change escalates
Rice is in trouble as Earth heats up, threatening the food and livelihood of billions of people. Sometimes there’s not ...
Viewpoint: Kenya is the world epicenter for misinformation about agricultural biotechnology. Here’s why this needs to change
Kenyan Opposition leader and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga recently criticised the government's move to import genetically modified (GM) maize ...
Why salt-tolerant crops could reduce massive drain on limited fresh water reserves
Despite years of effort and advances in understanding how salinity tolerance works in plants, very few salt-tolerant crops have been ...
What’s the best science-based method for promoting a sustainable global food system amidst biodiversity loss, rising populations and climate change?
Producing food is terrible for the environment. According to the online scientific publication Our World in Data, agriculture is responsible ...
Will cloning disease-resistant indigenous cows rescue the milk-producing market in India?
All births are special, but Ganga's was a milestone. This Gir calf born on March 16 this year is the ...
