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Next glyphosate fight? Colombian farmers challenge government plan to reinstate aerial coca crop spraying
Pedro Arenas is afraid that they'll take flight again. "I expect it could be within the next months," he says ...
Tractors block German roads as farmers ‘vent frustration’ over strict and ‘unnecessary’ limits on pesticides
Several hundred tractors blockaded roads across Germany on [Jan. 17] as farmers vented their frustration over environmental regulations. The vehicles ...
EU Court of Justice dismisses activist lawsuit challenging Monsanto GMO soy approval
The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg ruled on [September 12] that the authorization of genetically modified soy produced by ...
Bayer GMO seed factory expansion in Chile sparks outcry from environmental groups
"Fuera Bayer-Monsanto de Chile" (Bayer-Monsanto out of Chile) is written on the colorfully painted posters held by protesters on the ...
Court-mandated release of unpublished glyphosate studies could ‘reinvigorate’ EU’s Monsanto Roundup controversy
An EU court ruled [March 7] that European lawmakers must be given access to scientific studies examining the safety of ...
Agricultural innovation raises thorny ethical questions about overconsumption in the western world
Scientists at the Department of Agrobiotechnology research facility in the Vienna University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Tulln, ...
Viewpoint: Europe may miss CRISPR gene-editing revolution in agriculture, but that won’t stop its progress
Had gene-editing technologies such as CRISPR-Cas9 been exempt from the same stringent guidelines in place for conventional genetic technology, it would have ...
‘Laser weeding’: Can robots partially replace farm tractors, harvesters and even herbicides like glyphosate?
Professor Simon Blackmore, head of robotic agriculture at the UK's National Centre for Precision Farming at Harper Adams University in ...
NIH retiring chimps as test animals. What other animal testing reforms are in store?
Recent tests of car exhaust on monkeys have renewed the debate around animal testing. While researchers say eliminating animal testing ...
Biohackers forge ahead with independent, unregulated research
Alessandro [Volpato] isn't a hobby chef, nor is he chemist or an electrician. But he might be a mixture of ...
Milk without cows, eggs without chickens? Synthetic biology could lead to more sustainable food
[Editor's note: The following is a Q&A with Swedish bio-hacker Hannes Sjoblad.] Bio-hacking applies technology in innovative ways to modify biological systems ...
Anti-pesticide, anti-nuclear activist named France’s new environment minister
The new French president stunned businesses by appointing Nicolas Hulot, an anti-nuclear and anti-pesticide environmental activist, as the country's environmental ...
Sustainability activists fear agrochemical, seed company monopolies will damage food security
... In the global agriculture sector, there have long been seven international manufacturers of pesticides and seeds, the report says ...
China announces plans to grow more varieties, increase acreage of GMO crops
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. China intends to plant ...
Are fears of CRISPR misuse warranted?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Hundreds were present at ...
EU court annuls approval of paper-making Amflora GMO potato
Europe's second-highest court overturned a decision by the European Commission to allow the cultivation and sale of the Amflora genetically ...
Monsanto to drop all requests for new GM crops in EU
The following is an edited excerpt. US seed producer Monsanto has said it would withdraw all new requests to grow ...
Monsanto gives up fight for GM plants in Europe
The following is an edited excerpt. The world's largest producer of seeds, Monsanto, has apparently given up on attempts to ...
Germany’s state-owned news service: ‘US Government in GM industry’s pocket’
The following is an edited excerpt. US diplomats lobbied aggressively to support its genetically-modified food industries, a campaign group has ...
