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.
Eating poultry helps cut greenhouse gas impact of beef. Now a start-up is increasing production – by grinding up chicken bones
Fifty years ago, poultry made up about 15 percent of all the world’s meat. Now that fraction has ballooned to ...
Video: ‘Weapon in our armory’ — Developer of Golden Rice says genetically modified crops are essential for food security as global warming makes crops more vulnerable
Nafees Meah, regional representative for South Asia for the Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute, calls genetically modified crops "a weapon ...
As Ukrainian conflict continues to disrupt global food imports, Kenya gives okay for farmers to import GMO cotton seed, a first for the country
At least 10 manufacturers including Bidco East Africa have been allowed to import 28 million kilogrammes of genetically modified organism ...
Could cultivated, lab-grown meat put a dent in global warming?
What if there was a way to eat meat without farming and killing billions of animals per year, contributing to the climate ...
‘Milk without cows’? What consumers need to know about precision fermentation
“There is a real revolution going on here,” Jim Mellon, a biotech investor and the author of Moo’s Law: An ...
How seed gene banks are preserving biodiversity and providing a hedge against climate change
“It’s a tool against extinction — not just biological extinction but, also, the extinction of knowledge.” The facility at Palmira ...
Viewpoint: Food security crisis underscores why it’s time to get over wrong-headed fears over genetically modified wheat, says North Dakota state senator
Three decades ago, a good year meant 90 bushels of corn and 25 bushels of soybeans an acre. This season ...
Bayer awaits Supreme Court decision on whether to overturn Monsanto Roundup glyphosate cancer verdicts as it wins third defense case in a row
Bayer won a jury verdict over Roundup on [June 9], the third defense win in a row over Monsanto’s pesticide ...
Lab meat revolution? Promise and perils of cellular agriculture
If chicken nuggets are emblematic of contemporary capitalism, then they are ripe for disruption. Perhaps their most promising challenger is ...
The gene editing solution that could save one million African (cash) cows a year
All around the world millions of people feed their families and make their living from cows, whose meat and milk ...
Viewpoint: New Zealand’s case for genetically edited crops and foods
The world is struggling. The United Nations (UN) has calculated that the number of severely food insecure people had doubled ...
‘If tomorrow there were no transgenic crops, a third of humanity would starve to death’: Leading Cuban scientist outlines support for genetically modified crops
"If tomorrow there were no transgenic crops in the world, a third of humanity would die of hunger," advised Luis ...
Frying foods like wheat and potatoes can produce a carcinogen, acrylamide. A CRISPR gene-edited wheat in development could prevent that
Asparagine is a naturally occurring amino acid, and while most is made into protein, plants such as wheat can accumulate ...
‘We can’t go back to precolonial food self-sufficiency’: Current UK food policy blocks sustainable genetically modified crops and other agricultural diversification strategies
The UK has not been self-sufficient in food and drink production for hundreds of years. The first foreign outposts, trading ...
Dairy without the cow? One company’s plan to create cell-based cultured milk
[Cell-based milk start-up] Opalia’s process involves harvesting mammary cells from the cow udder, then growing these cells in sterile cell ...
How algae could make meat and seafood accessible daily dishes
Technologies for cultivating alternative proteins have been around for years, but they have been far too costly to bring a ...
Bioplastics and fuel from potatoes? CRISPR gene editing could make it possible
Potatoes, which are a rich source of dietary carbohydrates for humans, are abundant in starches that find use in numerous ...
Viewpoint: Countries opening doors to genetically modified wheat and other cereal grains, but regulatory reluctance remains
Genetically modified wheat is finding paths into crop production in some parts of the world, and the science behind it ...
Viewpoint: Is Russia undermining global food security by funding European-based environmental activists opposed to genetically modified crops?
Why is Europe's political class questioning the effectiveness of modern agricultural practices and the legitimacy of nuclear power when the ...
Viewpoint: Environmental advocacy groups continue to push misinformation about non-existent honeybee crisis, distorting public policy
Given everything bees contribute to our lives, it’s not surprising that the public’s interest in pollinators has increased over time ...
New research confirms that GM corn is safe for beneficial insects
Growing genetically modified (GM) corn has virtually no impact on the abundance or ecological function of beneficial insects, according to ...
Viewpoint: Rethinking pros and cons of livestock ‘factory farms’
Large-scale or industrial farming or factory farms — whatever you want to call them, are farms designed to maximize efficiency, just ...
Gene editing makes list of top 6 agricultural technology innovations
Thanks to advancements in technology, farmers can now do things that were once impossible. The agriculture industry is constantly evolving ...
Vegan gold rush: When will billions of dollars poured into plant-based meat ventures result in more than bland-tasting imitations?
The new foods I’ve tried are just a smattering of what’s on offer from the dozens and dozens (and dozens) of ...
Food security challenge: How Africa can benefit from the emerging agricultural bioeconomy
Improved governance, multisectoral and multistakeholder coordination, and “bioeconomy education” are among the potential enablers of more sustainable and climate-resilient food ...
Solicitor General’s amicus brief ‘unwittingly makes strong case’ for Supreme Court intervention in latest Monsanto case
The U.S. Supreme Court invited the Solicitor General of the United States to express the government’s views on Monsanto’s appeal ...
Independent European Chemicals Agency is 20th international group to find glyphosate is not carcinogenic
[The European Chemicals Agency, or] ECHA's Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) agrees to keep glyphosate’s current classification as causing serious ...
