Grist
Grist: Genetic engineering versus natural breeding?
With a full understanding of the science, is genetic engineering really all that different than traditional breeding ...
Grist rethinks crop biotech, takes fresh look at regulatory process
Critics of genetic engineering say the industry is not required to do any safety testing. The developers of GE crops ...
Grist finally acknowledges ‘no health threats from GE foods’
It’s hard to make the case that we should trust science on global warming while scoffing at the statements of ...
Grist touts discredited GM pig study
The following is an excerpt. You’ll remember, I’m sure, the recent brouhaha over a French study by scientist Gilles-Eric Séralini that purported ...
Connecticut will label GE foods if you do too
The following is an edited excerpt. The final version of the Connecticut bill includes quite a crucial catch: The labeling ...
Grist on wrong side of science in embarrassing anti-biotech jihad
The following is an edited excerpt. Thirty years ago, scientists figured out how to directly modify the genes in our ...
Justice Department ends Monsanto Investigation
While we were celebrating Thanksgiving, Monsanto had much to be thankful for, too. Last month, the Department of Justice quietly ...
Justice Department ends Monsanto Investigation
While we were celebrating Thanksgiving, Monsanto had much to be thankful for, too. Last month, the Department of Justice quietly ...
What’s in store for food reform in Obama’s second term?
When Obama was first elected, food reformers dreamt big. As Michael Pollan wrote just after the 2008 election in his ...
Call to arms from Grist in wake of Prop 37 loss
Despite the defeat of Prop 37, the food movement is being urged to keep fighting the good fight. Grist, in ...
Prop 37 — defeat or not — marks food movement coming of age
If Proposition 37, California’s GMO labeling measure, gets voted down today, it will be unfortunate and frustrating for many. But ...