gmo
Podcast: GMO insect-resistant cowpea helps Africa combat destructive pests without chemicals
Cowpea is a critical crop in Western Africa. It is consumed by millions of people daily and provides important nitrogen ...
Center for Science in the Public Interest calls for national registry for CRISPR-edited crops to address consumer biotech concerns
I am often asked which genetically engineered (GM) crops have entered the U.S. food supply. The question can be answered ...
CRISPR could save banana, major food source for 500 million people, from deadly disease, climate change
CRISPR/Cas9‐based genome editing is offering new hope for protecting a critical food security crop by developing climate-smart banana varieties. Research ...
Plant-based GMO ‘Impossible’ Whopper a surprise hit at 59 Midwest Burger King locations
The St. Louis area, with 59 Burger King locations, has been chosen as the sole test market for the [plant-based] ...
With its biotech scientists forced overseas, New Zealand should rethink strict GMO rules, official says
New Zealand has a proud history of innovators and pioneering entrepreneurs who have turned ideas into world-beating businesses. It is ...
CRISPR co-inventor Jennifer Doudna: Gene-edited foods could hit stores by 2024
While ethicists debate the applications of blockbuster gene-editing tool Crispr in human healthcare, an inventor of the tool believes it has ...
Viewpoint: GMOs are an overlooked but consequential solution to climate change
GMOs, or genetically modified organisms, are not only a lot less scary than pop culture would lead you to believe ...
Viewpoint: Mainstream Arnold Foundation now major funder of fringe anti-GMO USRTK while Organic Consumers Association cuts support
US Right To Know may now be too poisonous even for the Organic Consumers Association ...
Geneticist Alison Van Eenennaam: The biotech advocate anti-GMO groups ‘love to hate’
Facing a tide of anti-GMO activism, [UC Davis animal geneticist Alison] Van Eenennaam has taken it upon herself to advocate ...
Pakistan announces field trials of 85 GMO pest-resistant Bt cotton varieties
The Pakistan Central Cotton Committee (PCCC) has announced that 93 new cotton varieties will undergo National Coordinated Varietal Trials (NCVT) in four ...
EU adopts new rules to quell mistrust of food safety studies based on industry data
New rules designed to increase transparency in the EU food safety risk assessment process have been adopted. The European Parliament ...
Viewpoint: Ghana’s anti-GMO groups urged to embrace gene editing technology
Scientists are urging Ghana’s anti-GMO groups to embrace gene editing technology to help ensure a more effective and productive agricultural ...
GMO AquAdvantage salmon labeling questions resurface
AquaBounty Technologies, creator of the first-ever salmon genetically engineered for commercial production, doesn’t have to notify Canadian buyers that its ...
Do ‘loopholes’ in organic, non-GMO labeling rules mislead consumers?
The North Dakota State Collegiate Future Farmers of America and NDSU Collegiate Farm Bureau hosted a food information forum to ...
Deciphering US plans for regulating biotech animal breeding
An overview of the regulation of biotech breeding as it relates to animals, covering some open and unsettled issues. ...
Fungus-resistant hazelnuts illustrate how genetic modification safeguards our food supply
Ordu is a picturesque city between the mountains and the Black Sea, where a quarter of the world’s hazelnuts grow ...
China’s lengthy GMO crop approval process cuts US agriculture profits $5 billion over five years
China’s approval process for biotech crops is beset by regulatory hurdles and delays that have cost U.S. companies billions of ...
Viewpoint: Outgoing FDA chief Scott Gottlieb scored some wins, but dropped the ball on food labeling, gene-edited plants and animals
Gottlieb’s policy proposals for FDA oversight of gene-edited plants and animals were as inexplicable as they were inconsistent with longstanding U.S. policy ...
Video: Geneticist Pamela Ronald breaks down basics of GMO safety, labeling
Name a food preference and you can likely find items in the supermarket aisles to accommodate your wants and needs: ...
Why scientific arguments won’t end Europe’s opposition to CRISPR-edited crops
John van der Oost....is a microbiologist at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. His research in the late 1990s contributed to ...
Why do we need GMOs if we already grow enough food to feed the world?
The world produces enough food to feed everyone, but what does that really mean, considering abundant food in the west ...
5 things to know about USDA bioengineered food labels, hitting stores in 2020
In July 2016, President Obama signed the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Law (NBFDL), requiring food manufacturers to disclose the presence ...
30,000 food products with Non-GMO Project label may be “false or misleading,” FDA guidance document says
The Non-GMO label may soon see its ubiquitous butterfly wings trimmed ...
Judge dismisses lawsuit alleging Bayer tried to monopolize dicamba-resistant seed market
A federal court has granted Monsanto's move to dismiss a complaint filed by a Missouri farmer alleging a conspiracy to ...
CRISPR-edited crops could help avoid famine as global food demand grows
Just like human beings, plants get sick. Microorganisms such as fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, viruses and nematodes (tiny worm like organisms) ...
Viewpoint: Europe’s overregulation of CRISPR-edited crops ‘cripples’ Africa’s food security efforts
Current GMO regulation is crippling advancements in sustainable development and food security, according to agricultural economist Matin Qaim, who told ...
GMO crops still ‘sticking point’ as US-China trade deal moves toward completion
China’s lengthy approval process for genetically modified crops remains a sticking point in talks to end the trade war between ...
