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Disease resistance, crop diversity and enhanced fertilizer efficiency: Three desperately needed improvements that CRISPR brings to agriculture
Moderated by Howard-Yana Shapiro, a distinguished senior fellow at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), the March 19 and 20 World ...
Viewpoint: ‘We’ve passed inflated expectations and troughs of disillusionment’ — Food and ag industry insiders say best is yet to come for CRISPR gene-edited crops
Over the past 10 years, there has been incredible progress in CRISPR thanks to enormous private and public investment. Yet, ...
Viewpoint: Environmental Working Group up to its old trick of misrepresenting science to scare us about chemical traces in its attack on oat products containing micro-levels of chlormequat
So, here we go. Something else to worry about. At least according to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a non-profit ...
Viewpoint: Is the EU ready to pivot from outdated CRISPR rules and embrace sustainable gene-edited crops?
The European Commission published on 5 July, 2023 its long-awaited legislative proposal for the regulation of plants produced by certain ...
Viewpoint: ‘Add the EPA to the list of Luddites’ — Here’s why the new rule treating gene-edited crops as GMOs is a setback
Energy, transportation and construction are using advanced materials and technology to decrease their climate impact while enabling the modern comforts ...
Countries around the world diverge on how to regulate gene editing crop revolution
Existing biotech regulations for GMOs have established a very complicated and burdensome regulatory environment in addition to trade barriers without ...
Viewpoint: ‘10 billion by 2050’ — How gene editing can increase quantity and quality of calories for a world where 800 million go hungry
“When we talk about food insecurity, we know that over 828 million people worldwide are hungry,” says Sarah Evanega, lead ...
Video: ‘Media bashing of pesticides is hysteria wrapped around a kernel of truth’: Rethinking essential crop protection tools
Headlines about agriculture chemical use aren’t always the most kind to the industry. And while these headlines may be flashy ...
Viewpoint: What are the most serious hurdles blocking mass adoption of gene editing in agriculture?
Since the academic discovery of gene editing, farmers, researchers and all of agriculture have heard many promises about its potential ...
‘Biggest limitation is legislative uncertainty’: Slow, steady adoption of agricultural gene editing expected in next few years
We all know that vegetables are good for you. And with advances in plant breeding innovation, this can accelerate the ...
GMO labeling begins this week. Here’s what you need to know
After four years, Jan. 1, 2022, brings not just a new year, but a new set of regulations to U.S. food ...
Seed Speaks Video: ‘Farmers are inherently sustainably minded’ — Agriculture is often unfairly criticized as a carbon polluter yet technological advances have dramatically reduced climate change impacts
For decades farmers and others working in agriculture have worked hard to implement practices to make their farms more sustainable ...
Seed Speaks Video: Getting beyond the myth that synthetic pesticides do more harm than good
With questions about sustainability and safety from consumers, and efficacy and longevity from farmers, pesticides have many questions that need ...
Seed Speaks Video: GMO labels are mandatory beginning 2022. What will they tell us?
It’s the eve of mandatory GMO labeling in the U.S. As of the start of 2022, manufacturers will be required ...
Seed Speaks Video: Despite enormous sustainability benefits, some people still view genetically engineered crops with suspicion. Here’s why
Why do GMOs have an image problem? It’s a question we attempted to answer on the Oct. 13 episode of ...
Seed Speaks Video: Are GMOs sustainable? Can organic feed the world? One size doesn’t fit all
The debate about GMO safety and sustainability is ongoing, but one fact remains: food security is paramount. Does the absence ...
Viewpoint: ‘Neonicotinoids and other seed treatments are a precise tool and critical component of safe, integrated pest management practices’ — American Seed Association challenges ‘misunderstandings’
Treated seeds have been widely adopted by growers for two key reasons: 1. They are a highly effective tool for farmers ...
CRISPR gene-edited wheat with lower carcinogenic acrylamide levels when toasted greenlighted for UK field trials
Hertfordshire-based experiments will be the first field trials of CRISPR edited wheat anywhere in the UK or Europe. The wheat ...
Can next-generation agriculture become a climate change solution — rather than a carbon generator?
Carbon farming includes a variety of agricultural methods aimed at sequestering atmospheric carbon into the soil. These farming practices can ...
3 key ways to turn agricultural biotechnology skeptics into science advocates
Activist groups around the world are still fighting against GMOs, despite what has now been more than 20 years of ...
Some organic farming advocates poised to embrace CRISPR and other New Breeding Techniques because of their sustainability benefits
There is a new ongoing debate as to what plant breeding technologies constitute genetic modification. The transgenic GM crops introduced ...
Public will accept CRISPR if they trust scientists who develop the technology, sociologist says
As a sociologist who studies food and agriculture, I’m frequently asked whether the public is going to accept gene-edited foods ...
US revising GMO, gene editing rules to ensure health and environmental safety, protect innovation
.... More than 30 years have passed since the three federal agencies that deal with agricultural products of biotechnology — ...
Vermont: First US state to mandate its own GMO crop regulations
On June 17, 2019, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed a new law, which creates a committee to review new genetically-engineered ...
Seed industry, farmers ‘pleased’ with proposed USDA genetic engineering rules
Editor's note: The comment period for these regulations -- as well as those proposed by the FDA -- opened on Jan ...
Biotech industry focuses on CRISPR, new gene breeding techniques to break regulatory logjam
Commodity groups, farm organizations and others considered the summer’s GMO labeling law a prudent compromise for what had become a ...
Doubling nitrogen fixation in soybeans could boost yields, reduce fertilizer need
A Washington State University plant scientist may have discovered how to double nitrogen fixation in soybeans. Her greenhouse-grown soybean plants ...
Peanut genome sequenced, may lead to drought tolerant, allergen-free varieties
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A scientific breakthrough on ...
