Modern Farmer
The mission to restore the American chestnut tree using biotechnology
For almost two decades, [Sara] Fitzsimmons has been working to revive the American chestnut (Castanea dentata), a foundational species that ...
Mexico is banning US GMO corn — but not enforcing it? What’s really going on?
On the last day of 2020, Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, issued a decree that has sparked a great ...
Hardier rice crops without genetic modification? Tweaking its microbiome is one option
Yes, plants have microbiomes, too, and those billions of tiny hitchhikers can help them grow and fight off invading pathogens ...
Bayer, BASF, Corteva expected to fight court-imposed ban on dicamba weedkillers
Dicamba has been the subject of considerable outrage since the release of dicamba-resistant seeds in 2016; the herbicide has a ...
Viewpoint: 5 reasons there’s a ‘civil war’ brewing between organic food advocates
There’s something of a civil war brewing in the organic movement. On one side are industry boosters boasting about how ...
GMO Free label movement spins out of control—Now it’s on cat litter and condoms
From acai to condoms, companies are capitalizing on anti-GMO fervor, with misleading labels. At bus stops all over my neighborhood are ...
As Bayer absorbs ‘much loathed’ Monsanto, will consumers aim their anger at the aspirin maker?
The public seems to loathe Monsanto. A recent poll ranked the company among the 20 most hated in America (nearly every other name ...
Why do most farmers buy seeds instead of saving and replanting them?
Saving seed from this year’s crop in order to sow it the following spring is a romantic idea, but most ...
How technology can reduce pesticide drift
Though neither the EPA nor various state agencies could provide reliable statistics on the total number of [pesticide] drift incidents, ...
Why don’t we have GMO oats?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. So, why are there ...
Farmers seek practical, less ideological, GMO debate
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The GMO debate has ...
Monsanto ≠ GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [A] growing ...
Costco says no to genetically engineered salmon
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. AquAdvantage salmon, made by ...
Neonicotinoid ban cost UK farmers $33 million, yet no evidence it saves bees
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Since December 2013, the ...
Breeders work to mainstream genetic diversity of potato
Around the country, determined plant breeders, farmers, and chefs are joining forces to reinvent the potato and the transform the ...
Could genetic modification save male pigs from castration?
Each year, about 100 million little piggies go to market in the U.S. Half of those oinkers, unsurprisingly, are boars, ...
South’s original peanut provides genetic diversity
In one field just outside Charleston grows the South’s original peanut, long thought to be extinct but now primed for ...
Got synbio milk? Bioengineers create lactose-free lab-grown milk
Brace yourself for udderless dairy. What can science do better than a cow? That’s the question a trio of vegan bioengineers ...
New generation Amish farmer’s view of next Green Revolution
In 2010, a young man on a quest for enlightenment walked into the office of Jerry Hatfield, director of the ...
What’s it’s like to be on NaturalNews’ Mike Adams’ ‘kill list’
Name a wacky conspiracy theory (chemtrails, anti-vax, 9/11 trutherism) or a quack cure (juicing, homeopathy, metabolic therapy), and Mike Adams ...
Views on GMOs shifting: What we fight about when we fight about genetic engineering
From their very first field test in 1987, GMOs have been the subject of intense debate. Despite the current gridlock ...
How did Monsanto become the ‘evil face’ of GMOs?
Over the past decade, Monsanto has become a pop cultural bogeyman, the face of corporate evil. The company and its ...
Post GMO agriculture: Are some farmers turning away from high tech crops?
The USDA reports that 90% of all corn grown in the US is genetically modified, yet some local pockets of ...
Could the world love pesticide-free GM crops?
For many consumers, GMOs are a no-go. But, what about GMO seeds that could radically reduce the use of pesticides, ...