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Farming mom: ‘Organic methods made our farm’s environmental impact worse’
Carpooler In Chief, Homework Enforcement Officer, President of Lunch-Packing, Bedtime Efficiency Strategist… When you’re a mom, you never wear just ...
Following America’s lead, Japan won’t regulate gene-edited crops as GMOs
A government panel has decided not to regulate some genome editing procedures. The latest technology involves changing an organism's genomes ...
Farmers say Laura Prepon and other anti-GMO celebrities make their jobs harder
I really wish there were more celebrities out there who embraced the biotechnology and the benefits behind modern agriculture. ...
Americans think they know about GMOs, but poll shows consumers still badly confused
As a non-expert consumer, it’s hard to know what to think about GMOs. Of course, we’re already consuming them, with ...
Viewpoint: German regulators shouldn’t trust Testbiotech and other anti-biotech ‘lobbyists’ to guide public about CRISPR gene editing
Yes, it is important to inform the public about the opportunities and risks of new genetic engineering techniques—but not by ...
USDA patents provide glimpse of coming GMO and bioengineered food labels
On August 7, 2018, USDA filed six new bioengineered food symbols with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, to “certify ...
How anti-GMO groups copy advocacy ‘tactics’ from the anti-meat movement
The money trail behind [organic] food companies and activist groups is shocking, and there are similarities between the anti-GMO movement and the ...
Europe’s decision to reject gene edited crops signals it is losing its commitment to sustainable agriculture
At the same time as Swedish agriculture is affected by the worst drought in recent memory, the European Court of ...
GAANTRY: USDA develops ‘gene-stacking’ solution to fungal pathogens—but will it actually work?
If climate change is the new normal, farmers in some regions of the world will have to get used to ...
Viewpoint: Trying to make smart food choices? Ignore what celebrities say about GMOs
Studies have confirmed that people are more likely to believe celebrities and politicians over scientists when it comes to medical advice ...
Viewpoint: France’s agricultural policies giving rise to ‘green totalitarianism’
[France] is slowly drowning reason in a mass of ideologies that stifle common sense. On glyphosate, the French Association for ...
A farmer’s view on educating consumers about GMOs, pesticides and sustainable food
My family’s farm began in 1880s with a sod house and an intrepid couple—the Banmans—willing to brave the unforgiving Canadian ...
In landmark case, activist attempt to block introduction of GMO corn dismissed by Nigerian High Court
Just two weeks after Nigeria’s federal government approved the commercialization of Bt cotton, scientists scored another victory with a court judgment ...
Organic Times: New satire site takes Onion-like look at crop biotechnology activists
Agriculture is a serious topic. While farmers in the developing world struggle to save their crops from pest invasions and ...
Video: Fear of biotech remains high, but GMOs are revolutionizing farming worldwide
It's no secret that many consumers remain fearful of agricultural biotechnology. More than half of Europe's citizens, for instance, believe ...
Viewpoint: Federal regulators should clamp down on ‘misleading’ non-GMO advertising
For a long time, American consumers .... could read a food label or product advertisement and trust that the information ...
5 ways the USDA could resolve challenges surrounding ‘bioengineered’ food labels
Two years ago, President Obama signed the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Law (NBFDL) into law, requiring food manufacturers to disclose the presence ...
With glyphosate-cancer legal battles poised to escalate, what are the ramifications for agriculture if the herbicide is restricted?
Now that a jury in San Francisco has decided that exposure to Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup (glyphosate) was responsible for California groundskeeper ...
Viewpoint: Organic vs GMO debate distracts from real food security issues
.... For several years now, GMOs and organic have consumed America’s attention. It isn’t our interest in these topics that is ...
Health benefits of hot dog water? Profitable prank illustrates problem with food labels
Festival-goers in Canada recently got the opportunity to buy an innovative new health product: hot dog water. Boasting health benefits ...
Viewpoint: Greenpeace and ‘the awful reality of anti-science activism’
The Austrian research portal "Addendum" released a bombshell video regarding the facts, figures, and positions regarding GMO foods. In this ...
FDA approves sugar made from Brazil’s first Bt insect resistant sugarcane variety
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has concluded that it is safe to consume sugar produced from the genetically ...
Success of insect resistant Bt eggplant in Bangladesh opened door to GMOs in the developing world
Bt brinjal is the first genetically engineered crop to be commercially released in Bangladesh, and other GE crops are in ...
13 African countries have biotech crops in different stages of development, but approvals are slow
A new report published by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) shows that GM crop cultivation ...
Viewpoint: FDA gives organic food marketers a pass on deceptive labeling—at consumer expense
[W]hen it comes to the $47-billion-a-year organic industry, the FDA gives a complete pass to blatantly false and deceptive advertising ...
Stopping gene flow: ‘Containment genes’ could prevent GMO seeds from spreading in the wild
The largest field-based study of genetically modified forest trees ever conducted has demonstrated that genetic engineering can prevent new seedlings ...
Ruling out natural causes, experts say ‘rogue breeder’ planted illegal GMO wheat in Canada
A handful of unwelcome plants growing on the side of a road in Alberta were all it took to stop ...
