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Video: The case for growing (and eating) sustainable GMO AquAdvantage salmon
Recently, a company called AquaBounty earned U.S. approval to begin selling their genetically engineered salmon in grocery stores. The salmon ...
Viewpoint: FDA plan to regulate gene-edited animals as drugs will thwart US food innovation
In the absence of sensible regulation of the breathtaking genetic variation that exists naturally in our food species, innovation will ...
Video: CRISPR-edited crops could see mainstream success in 2019
[Food producers have] been lauding the benefits of CRISPR for a couple of years, and how different it is from ...
French farmers destroy 18,000 hectares of rapeseed, double previous estimates, after discovering illegal GMO crops
French farmers destroyed a total of 18,000 hectares of rapeseed, more than double the area initially expected, following the discovery ...
Viewpoint: 2 reasons GMOs might be the ‘miracle’ Nigeria is looking for
As Nigeria gets slammed with another gavel of shame – this time called the Misery Index – we suddenly realize ...
Working to build trust in the insect-resistant BT cowpea, Nigeria’s first genetically modified food crop
A crop created through technology faces intense opposition in Nigeria ...
CRISPR crops spur farming innovation despite climate change, water shortages and exploding food demand
The discussion and debate surrounding advances in agriculture have become frequent topics of discussion....[N]ow more than ever, the concept of ...
Podcast: Healthier cooking oil from biotech soybeans helps battle heart disease, diabetes
Soybeans produce abundant cooking oil, popular with both consumers and the food service industry. However, soybean oil isn't always the ...
Viewpoint: How the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. fails viewers in its misleading coverage of GMO crops and glyphosate
There is no excuse for such misinformation from Canada's ‘National News Agency.' ...
Speedy conclusion to US-China ‘trade tensions’ could foster farming innovation
It would be a timely piece of good news for American farmers if the United States and China could reach ...
From high-yielding rice to disease-resistant oranges, CRISPR-edited crops could save our favorite foods
Some of the foods we know and love could be gone from the planet faster than you might think - chocolate ...
Canada green lights commercial production of AquAdvantage GMO salmon at Prince Edward Island facility
Environment Canada has approved the commercial production of genetically-modified salmon produced in a facility in eastern [Prince Edward Island], says ...
Podcast: AquaBounty to begin raising GMO AquAdvantage salmon in US as soon as April 2019
A land-based fish farm in East Central Indiana will begin raising AquAdvantage Salmon, genetically engineered Atlantic salmon, as soon as ...
International group of economists, geneticists calls for relaxed crop gene-editing rules to promote food security
With renewed attention to implementation and regulation, new plant breeding technologies such as gene editing could make an important contribution ...
5 things to know about genetically engineered AquAdvantage salmon coming soon to US grocery stores
Animal genomics expert Alison Van Eenennaam explains the significance of the FDA’s move ...
GMO tomato demonstrates ‘high levels’ of resistance to root knot nematode in new study
Root knot nematode is one of the serious problems in growing solanceous crops including tomato. Thus, scientists from the University ...
Pew survey: Americans science literacy ‘mixed’, partisanship drives many viewpoints
A new Pew Research Center survey finds that many Americans can answer at least some questions about science concepts...The survey, ...
USDA bioengineered food labels could further confuse consumers about GMO ingredients
When Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Law in 2016, they hoped to end ...
US Senator Todd Young eager to sample just-approved sustainable AquaBounty GMO fish
After touring a land-based fish farm that is preparing to raise genetically engineered salmon, U.S. Senator Todd Young is ready ...
Podcast: Plant geneticist Kevin Folta explains how to combat consumer fear of GMOs
Dr. Kevin Folta discusses science communication (the communication of science-related topics to non-experts). Part of his work is helping people ...
Podcast: GMO AquAdvantage salmon headed for US grocery stores after 15 years of regulatory review
When the transgenic AquAdvantage salmon was first developed in 1989, the goal was simple: engineer a fast-growing fish that required ...
Video: USDA GMO labeling rules favor agriculture industry over consumers, activist group says
New GMO food labels....are “provoking the ire of environmental groups who say the rules favor agriculture industry interests over environmental ...
Viewpoint: It’s time Europe updates its 18-year-old GMO rules to regulate CRISPR-edited crops
‘In lectures, I often try to clarify things by using the tomato as an example,’ says Ernst van den Ende, ...
Podcast: Genesis of GMOs—How the tools of biotechnology came to be
Following some groundbreaking experiments in the early 1970s, biologists discovered they could move DNA between species. This development launched the ...
5 farmer tips to avoid ‘fear-based’ food marketing at the grocery store
Whether you realize it or not, we are inundated with fear-based marketing labels every time we set foot in a ...
Viewpoint: Conventional, organic farming advocates should stop fighting and focus on feeding world’s growing population
For years, discussions about the future of the agricultural industry have converged on the arbitrary yet consequential date of 2050, ...
Viewpoint: GMO trees could save America’s ‘decimated’ citrus industry from bacterial ‘plague’
Farmers in the major U.S. citrus-producing regions—Florida, California, Texas and Arizona, in particular—are facing a plague of epic proportions. Oranges ...
