gmo
Viewpoint: Debunking 6 activist ‘lies’ about the GMO Impossible burger
A look at some persistent lies about bio-engineered soy ...
Post Brexit UK ag biotech policy: USDA official calls European approach to GMOs and food safety ‘old-fashioned, based on traditions and not modern science’
Addressing The Scottish Farmer, amongst other UK journalists at a food show in Chicago, Foreign Agricultural Service administrator Ken Isley ...
Viewpoint: International science communicator warns crop biotech proponents not to oversell its benefits to wary consumers
We all agree any mention of “genes” and related techniques, tools and applications evoke strong emotions and varied opinions. This ...
GMO lab-grown insect meat key to sustainable food production, researchers argue
Livestock farming is destroying our planet. It is a major cause of land and water degradation, biodiversity loss, acid rain, ...
Scientific challenges to CRISPR crops ‘largely settled,’ though political, social concerns remain
Soon, soybeans will be bred to yield oil without dangerous trans fats. Lettuce will be grown to handle warmer, drier ...
More than one-third of Americans do not know that foods with zero genetically modified ingredients contain genes—and why that matters
More than a third of Americans think that only GMO foods contain genes. Even worse--people aren't looking to scientists to ...
Opuah Abeikwen: Fighting to protect Nigeria’s indigenous crops
Opuah Abeikwen was introduced into agriculture and food production by his grandmother, a famous pigeon pea farmer in her local ...
Indian geneticist: ‘Policy paralysis’ on biotech crops threatens country’s food production
An Indian farmer has been found illegally growing a genetically modified (GM) aubergine. The event immediately sparked anti-GM protests and ...
Plant breeders will move CRISPR gene-editing programs out of EU without updated regulations, industry group says
A number of breeding companies have promised to relocate their advanced mutagenesis breeding programs outside Europe and others will follow ...
GMO salmon production begins as first batch of bioengineered eggs arrive at new US facility despite activist opposition
On a winding road on the outskirts of a small Rust Belt town in eastern Indiana, a fish hatchery is ...
Harvard food security expert: European influence keeps GMO crops out of Africa
African countries have long maintained some of the strictest regulations on genetically modified agriculture, with only four out of 47 ...
Bayer GMO seed factory expansion in Chile sparks outcry from environmental groups
"Fuera Bayer-Monsanto de Chile" (Bayer-Monsanto out of Chile) is written on the colorfully painted posters held by protesters on the ...
Here’s how GMO crops preserve soil health and curb climate change
A healthy agricultural production system cannot exist without healthy soils. Aside from being the habitat of diverse organisms that contribute ...
Podcast: ‘Straight out lies’ from anti-GMO groups hinder Africa’s food security, South African biologist says
Africa has the most to gain from embracing crop biotechnology, yet the continent's farmers are still largely denied access to ...
Viewpoint: USDA GMO labeling plan is pointless, expensive—and probably unconstitutional
The scientific consensus is that mandatory GMO labeling fails every test — scientific, economic, legal, and common-sense ...
Royalty-free genes reduce GMO seed costs in Africa
Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa will be able to access improved seeds at low cost, thanks to the use of ...
Plant-based meat sales hit $760 million in 2018, but GMO skepticism, nutrition concerns could slow industry’s meteoric rise
Amid soaring U.S. demand for meat substitutes — a market that grew 23 percent in 2018 to exceed $760 million ...
The more biotech science you know, the less you fear GMO crops, study finds
Genetically modified (GM) foods are often met with harsh public opposition, though little research has attempted to understand why this ...
Podcast: Getting back to nature—7 reasons you should start a home garden
Our collective desire to get “back to nature” is probably one of the better instincts from the Woodstock era that ...
Golden Rice, Part 3: A thoroughly studied, safe and nutritionally enhanced GMO crop approved by Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US, but vilified by Greenpeace and ‘environmental’ activists
‘Opposition [to Golden Rice] based on emotion and dogma contradicted by data must be stopped.' ...
As consumers become more and more detached from farming, ignorance about modern agriculture and GMOs grows
“Any farm is completely artificial. Even with organic farms, you strip away all the native vegetation,” says Pamela Ronald, a ...
Viewpoint: India should stop bowing to ‘mindless opposition’ and approve GMO Bt eggplant
A couple of decades ago, some of our brightest gene scientists in India took the genes of a commonly found ...
Following US and Argentina, Brazil approves drought-tolerant, herbicide-resistant soybean
Brazil’s bio-security agency CTNBio has approved a new soybean seed that combines technologies to make it resistant to drought and ...
54% of consumers want sustainable food, survey shows, but knowledge of nutrition, farming lacking
Topics like sustainability, plant-based diets and clean eating seem to permeate news about food, but it turns out they’re not ...
Irish scientist calls for reopening GMO debate
Award-winning Irish biochemist Dr. Richard Murphy says it’s time to revisit the debate around the use of genetically modified organisms ...
How pink bollworm may evolve resistance to GMO Bt crops
Insect resistant Bt crops are widely grown in many countries all over the world to prevent pest attacks in highly ...
Monsanto ‘abused’ market dominance in India to inflate GMO seed prices, investigators say
A probe by the investigations unit of India’s antitrust body has found that Monsanto abused its dominant position as a ...
