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China poised to approve 192 GMO crops, including insect-resistant, glyphosate-tolerant corn
China is set to award safety certificates for genetically-modified corn, paving the way for domestic production as the world’s most-populous ...
Agriculture companies accelerate biopesticide development amid consumer pressure for less chemical-intensive farming
Agribusiness is increasingly turning to natural and sustainable alternatives to chemicals as consumers rebuff genetically modified foods and concerns grow ...
Consumer skepticism of plant-based meat could slow Impossible Foods’ expansion into Asia
If the American fake-meat darlings Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods have their way, chef Raymond Xie will soon be able ...
CRISPR-edited pigs could blunt swine fever epidemic threatening China’s food supply
Inside a fortresslike megafarm on the outskirts of Beijing, dozens of pink and black pigs forage and snooze, unfazed by ...
Are we ignoring ‘staggering risks’ of human gene editing, including a wider gap between haves and have nots?
Biologists recently revealed a new form of the gene-editing tool known as Crispr that allows researchers to make precise changes ...
Thailand glyphosate ban could boost weed-control costs by $268 million, pesticide trade group says
A trade group representing pesticide firms urged Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha to delay a ban due Dec. 1 on ...
Bill reinstating neonicotinoid pesticide ban on wildlife refuges gains traction in Congress
A bill that would reinstate a regulation banning certain pesticides from wildlife refuges was approved by the House Committee on ...
Alaska Senator Murkowski challenges Trump FDA Commissioner nominee over agency’s approval of fast-growing GMO AquAdvantage salmon
President Donald Trump’s selection to be the next head of the FDA faces a barrage of questions this week about ...
Anti-pesticide group As You Sow, food industry spar over glyphosate sustainability
San Francisco-based shareholder advocacy group As You Sow rated 14 major food companies on what—if anything—they’re doing to address the ...
Parliament pressures EU nations to restrict GMOs with non-binding vote opposing 4 biotech crop imports
The European Parliament objected to proposed EU approval to import four genetically modified crops, in a series of Nov. 14 ...
Judge dismisses false advertising lawsuit against Panera over products containing glyphosate residues
A putative class action alleging that Panera LLC’s labeling and marketing of its food products as “clean” or “100% clean” ...
Environmental Working Group slams joint EPA-PETA effort to end pesticide testing on animals
Leaders from the Humane Society and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals flanked Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler ...
Impossible Foods seeks approval for GMO plant-based burgers in biotech-wary Europe
Impossible Foods Inc. has applied to start selling its plant-based burgers in the European Union as it looks to expand ...
Beyond Meat pea supplier mulls lentils, oats, rice as beef substitutes to meet plant-based burger demand
One of the world’s biggest pea processors is considering expanding into fava beans as the boom in alternative proteins fuels ...
Bayer, BASF must defend against dicamba herbicide drift lawsuit in Missouri state court
Monsanto Co. and BASF Corp. must defend in state court allegations that dicamba herbicides drifted onto a Tennessee tobacco farm, ...
Viewpoint: Don’t ‘oversell’ veganism as the only solution to climate change
Meat consumption plays a huge role in global warming, producing nearly 15% of all carbon dioxide emissions, even more than ...
Rapeseed farmers benefit from honeybees more than pesticides, French study finds
For European rapeseed farmers, honey bees buzzing around fields may outweigh the benefits of using pesticides to fight insect damage, ...
The coming ‘vegan economy’? Billion-dollar plant-based food industry rushes to satisfy eco-conscious consumers
Veganism is on the rise. The phenomenon has spawned a burgeoning industry in alternatives to animal-derived products that’s already worth ...
Nestle expands glyphosate testing on imported coffee as trials feed Roundup-cancer scare
Nestle SA is increasing checks on the coffee it buys, after recent tests showed beans from some countries had levels ...
Chipotle reaches $6.5 million settlement in lawsuit alleging ‘deceptive’ non-GMO marketing
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has agreed to pay $6.5 million to resolve consumer litigation over allegedly misleading non-GMO marketing, according ...
Glyphosate-cancer battle escalates as Germany aims to ban Roundup after 2023
Angela Merkel’s government aims to phase out herbicides containing glyphosate by the end of 2023, a move that could generate ...
EU farmers ‘fed up’ with rapeseed as neonicotinoid insecticide ban, dry weather cripple crop yields
Rapeseed, easily spotted with its bright yellow flowers in summer, is used for meal and oil in products ranging from ...
Glyphosate label war escalates: Spurning EPA objections, California keeps cancer Prop. 65 warning on herbicide
California has no plans to change its rule that certain products containing the herbicide glyphosate require warnings to consumers that ...
Roundup on trial: Glyphosate-cancer settlement talks progress, but report of an $8 billion payout is ‘pure fiction’
Bayer AG is proposing to pay as much as $8 billion to settle more than 18,000 U.S. lawsuits alleging its ...
Roundup trial: Bayer’s glyphosate-cancer legal losses signal public’s flagging trust in regulators
Jurors have sided with plaintiffs in all three cases over Bayer AG’s herbicide Roundup to go to trial so far, ...
UK may reject strict EU GMO rules, but nation’s farmers can’t grow biotech crops yet
British farmers could get the chance to plant genetically modified crops as part of Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans. The new ...
Some farmers earn more money defending GMOs on YouTube than they do growing food
It’s a sign of the times when farmers make more money advocating for the industry on social media than actually ...
Viewpoint: We need GMO, CRISPR-edited crops to help feed 10 billion people
If we want to feed 10 billion people by 2050, in a world beset by rising temperatures and scarcer water ...
