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Viewpoint: Netflix’s ‘Okja’ perpetuates stereotypes about food, farming and scientists

Alison Van Eenennaam | 
The popular Netflix movie is a disservice to important agricultural research aimed at producing more food with fewer resources, writes ...
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Talking Biotech: Know Ideas Media gives scientists platform to discuss future of food and farming

Kevin Folta, Nick Saik | 
Canadian filmmaker Nick Saik is taking the 100+ hours of footage he recorded for his Know GMO documentary and turning ...
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Calestous Juma: Africa needs its own Green Revolution based on science and technology

Calestous Juma | 
Africa can learn from the Green Revolution model—which saved up to one billion people from starvation—by bringing together government, academia, ...
Canola oil causes Alzheimer's? How the media mis-covers science, feeds NGO misinformation and scares the public

Canola oil causes Alzheimer’s? How the media mis-covers science, feeds NGO misinformation and scares the public

Kevin Folta | 
Sensationalist press coverage fueled by a poorly written university press release misled the public about a recent study on mice—a ...
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GMO seeds could be critical for extended space travel, colonization

Gina Riggio | 
If we hope to colonize space, scientists must figure out how to feed astronauts on journeys that could last years ...
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Did GMO connection prompt Gates Foundation to halt support for corn-aflatoxin breakthrough?

Andrew Porterfield | 
When Gates Foundation reviewers rejected a researcher's bid for new funding, one of the reasons cited was a concern over ...
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Hidden hunger: How anti-GMO activists are blocking humanitarian biofortification in Africa and Asia

Isaac Ongu | 
Many crops grown in the developing world are deficient in nutritional qualities--which makes biofortification critical if we hope to improve ...
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Does the ‘Nordic diet’ reduce stroke risk? Maybe, maybe not

Ben Locwin | 
Study gives teeth to claims that the Nordic diet--which limits foods to what people in Denmark, Sweden and other northern ...
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Podcast: Can the food we eat change our RNA and the way genes work?

Ken Witwer | 
Molecular biologist Ken Witwer: Can the food we eat change our RNA and the way our genes work? ...
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Are your food choices killing you?

Andrew Porterfield | 
Scientists, the media and policymakers often make glib connections between certain foods, nutrition and disease. The links are a lot ...
How the Global Industrial Food Complex Leaves People Hungry and Undernourished

Talking Biotech: Domesticating wild plants to seed new crops and foods

Lazaro Peres | 
Brazilian plant physiologist Lazaro Peres: Using genetic technology to identify desirable traits in wild plants and create new crops ...
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‘Food Evolution’ movie could mark turning point in public GMO discussion

Kevin Folta | 
Food Evolution, a documentary about the GMO debate, brings pro-science perspectives into the mainstream and casts a harsh light on ...
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Fatty acids: How do all those omegas affect your health?

Ben Locwin | 
Omega 7 fatty acids are suddenly the rage in health circles. They are found in macadamia nuts, certain meats and ...
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Inuit Paradox: Can we all eat lots of fat without weight gain or heart disease?

Andrew Porterfield | 
It used to be "French paradox" now it's Inuits: Eat lots of fat and never gain weight or have heart ...
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GMOs in pipeline promise consumer-friendly traits but attacks by familiar critics abound

Andrew Porterfield | 
Genetic engineering of food is moving on to the second-generation. The changes could be revolutionary ...
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Are schools teaching ‘anti-GMO propaganda?’

Andrew Porterfield | 
More and more, anti-GMO groups are looking to sway students toward "big organic" with unscientific lesson plans ...
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As Chipotle struggles with poisoning crisis, it’s under fire for GMO and sustainability claims

Andrew Porterfield, Jon Entine | 
Chipotle has made than a food poisoning crisis--it's also yet to face up to its deceptive marketing around its use ...
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Is Europe’s opposition to importing GMOs violating trade agreements?

Andrew Porterfield | 
The World Trade Organization ruled that the EU violated treaties when it banned GM imports. What's happened since? ...
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Will sugar, sweetener, salt, cholesterol, fat, HFCS, (fill in blank) kill you?

Andrew Porterfield | 
Scientists, the media and policymakers often make glib connections between certain foods, nutrition and disease. The links are a lot ...
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Asthma and Atopic March Syndrome caused by GMOs? Science says ‘No’

Andrew Porterfield, Jon Entine | 
Anti-GMO activists have lumped together a lot of allergic reactions into a syndrome caused by GMOs. Asthma shows how wrong ...
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