Andrew Porterfield

As European politicians move toward blocking the use of glyphosate, farmers there are facing the prospect of using less-effective replacements ...

It's the way crops are farmed not the farm's size that matters when it comes to sustainability ...

Aflatoxins are responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars in crop losses annually. Farmers have struggled to control the troublesome ...

Amish farmers may not get cancer as much, but it's not because they don't use pesticides or GMOs. In fact, ...

The EPA's relatively quick approval of a new Monsanto seed trait drew criticism from anti-GMO groups that complained about a ...

When Gates Foundation reviewers rejected a researcher's bid for new funding, one of the reasons cited was a concern over ...

The sources of obesity look more biological, and less psychological, which opens new avenues toward addressing the crisis. Finding answers ...

Genetic counseling for potential mental illness in children should be just as responsive as counseling for "physical" disease. Right now, ...

Can consumers trust "independent" studies funded by corporations that have found genetically modified foods safe? Anti-GMO activists say 'no.' But ...

Opposition to the world's first GMO animal approved for human consumption was fueled by a variety of sources --from quacks ...

Could organic and GM farming step past the rhetoric and vitriol, and co-exist? The science says yes ...

The credibility of eyewitness accounts has taken some hits from DNA evidence-based refutation of trial testimony. But there's more here ...

Supply chain issues -- and restrictions imposed by anti-GMO groups -- may be responsible for what appears to be a ...

Several states have banned the use of a recently reformulated dicamba herbicide after farmers complained about damaging chemical drift. Identifying ...

Scientists, the media and policymakers often make glib connections between certain foods, nutrition and disease. The links are a lot ...

Anti-GMO activists call for longer animal feed studies to assess the safety of GMOs. But are longer tests really necessary? ...

As the world's population booms, solutions are needed to feed an additional 2 billion humans by 2050. Can organic and ...

Anti-GMO critics often blame the herbicide glyphosate for monarch butterfly population declines, as it kills the insect's habitat--weeds. But a ...

The shift has been more common in France, where wineries have cited concerns about the environment and copper buildup from ...

Genetic modification has had a dramatic impact on crop production, agricultural sustainability and the economics of farming, in the 26 ...

As more terrorism sweeps across the globe, scientists begin to look at a biological basis for organized violent behavior ...

'Moving on up' is a cherished American value (and important in other societies, too). But there could be a cost ...

New gene-editing techniques like CRISPR can be detected, but can't be distinguished from "natural" genetic changes. Should regulators and the ...

What's a normal mind? Do brain scans provide any insight? The answer is stranger than you think ...

Which organizations promote ideology over science in the debate over crop biotechnology? The list includes some of the most well-known ...

There are legitimate concerns about the rapid pace of genetics research. But some of the most well known groups seen ...

Logical, science-based arguments often seem to have no affect on people hardened in their opposition to GMOs. The reasons are ...